Don't toss out those carrot tops and corncobs! Eugenia Bone, author of 'The Kitchen Ecosystem,' explains why a seemingly parsimonious approach to cooking is actually the key to richer, fuller flavors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why are some of the world's most widely read authors now at daggers drawn with Amazon? The answer lies in Jeff Bezos's chief lieutenant, now the most powerful man in publishingEarlier this year, Amazon threw a party at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to celebrate the launch of Alpha... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The character of Alex Vause, portrayed by actress Laura Prepon on the show, is based on Wolters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Stay' follows a teenage cellist, Mia, who must decide whether to die or move forward with life after becoming injured in a car accident. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despicable or brilliant? How three publishers have grown, at least in part by repurposing or resurfacing old content. The post Recycle, reuse … re-publish? How publishers make what’s old new again appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, the danger of what you eat, the miseducation of the American elite, and an outstanding Japanese revenge thriller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The litigation represents the latest legal front for Apple and the publishers stemming from the 2010 agency switch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Books has signed a second novel from Norwegian writer Tore Renberg. The indie publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer imprint has acquired the first solo thriller by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson has signed four more books from The Hairy Bikers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The two-page ad that ran in the Aug. 10 issue of the New York Times, which more than 900 authors signed calling for readers to email Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to air their displeasure at the company’s tactics in its terms dispute with Hachette Book Group, unleashed some of the harshest language yet... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York City bookseller plans to add a new store on the Upper West Side at the end of November, just in time for the holidays. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Atkinson has been appointed managing director and publisher of Atlantic, ending a 20-year sojourn at Faber and replacing Toby Mundy who stepped down earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Read with caution: in September, a number of libraries will invite patrons to read comics and graphic novels that have been challenged or banned in schools and public libraries in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Ness has warned against writing “adjective novels” while giving the inaugural... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
American titles hit the top of the bestseller charts across European markets in July. Diana Gabaldon’s "Written in My Own Heart’s Blood" came in at #1 on Germany’s fiction list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In early 2013, Thad Woodman, a manager at an economics consulting firm, reached out to Larry Levitsky, previously the publisher and general manager of the computer book publishing division of McGraw-Hill, about developing a startup that would combine the services of a legacy publisher—editing,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of the hundreds of paid-for weekly and monthly titles fell 4.4% compared with previous six months, according to latest healthcheck Continue reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
'This is about as close as one can get to the Ministry of Truth and its doublespeak: turning the facts inside out to get a piece of propaganda across,' Bill Hamilton, executor of the Orwell estate, said. Amazon recently wrote a letter criticizing publisher Hachette, with which it is engaged in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]