For the last several years, the New York artist has fastidiously tracked the phrase "working on my novel" as used on Twitter. His new book, Working On My Novel, collects hundreds of these tiny declarations of literary intent. It's a clever conceit, but it's also something more. Taken together,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Independent Publishers Guild will hold its 2015 conference from 4th to 6th March. The IPG... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Congressman Jon Lewis, Nate Powell, and Andrew Aydin; Dick Dillin Exhibition Opening Reception; Cincinnati Comic Expo; Mondocon; Rose City Comic Con; Brooklyn Book Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a letter to OverDrive CEO Steve Potash, the ReadersFirst coalition of libraries has protested a change that would require new users of OverDrive’s app to register accounts directly with OverDrive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Most of America’s magazines are based in New York City, which houses media giants like Conde Nast and Time Inc. But it always struck Douglas McGray, a journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker, as a bi ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
What do most people think of when they think of analytics? Metrics and measurement, mostly. Limiting analytics to just metrics and measurement limits what you can do. How does a publisher make the leap from metrics to action? Sponsor content by Parse.ly. The post You’re using analytics wrong:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Eric-Shabazz Larkin's new collection of children's poetry, 'A Moose Boosh,' he combines playful and political poems about food and food culture with photographs "vandalized" with his own scribblings and doodles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book trade individuals on both sides of Scotland's independence debate have spoken out as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A year after its launch, ebook subscription service Oyster, has added tens of thousands of titles, scores of new publishers and appears to be attracting more subscribers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookstore sales fell 5.1% to $707 million in July, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were at $745 million in July 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cookbooks featuring healthy, light, and quick meals were the strongest sellers in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Glasgow School of Art replaces 22% of its most popular books that were lost in a fire at its Mackintosh building in June. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seni Glaister has led a management buy-out of The Book People from co-founder Ted Smart. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Bad Feminist, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Moranthology, Caitlin Moran’s 2012 compendium of her decades of brash, personal columns for the British press, Moran jokes that as a teenage girl living in public housing in Wolverhampton, England, her career options were limited to “prostitution,” “working the checkout at the Gateway... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Which authors should you look for from Otava, Finland's largest book publisher? Director Minna Castren lists upcoming books, authors and trends ahead of Frankfurt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
For lovers of literature, Paris is the place to be for the next two weeks, as Festival America and Festival des Ecrivains du Monde highlight Francophone writers from Quebec and Indian authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 700 authors and 75 agencies have registered for Random House’s Author Portal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lou Johnson, who has been managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia since 2010, has resigned from the post. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights for two picture books from debut author Lou Carter.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]