Audio publishers are putting their stamp on a bumper crop of titles this season and we’ve gathered together some of our favorite highlights from their forthcoming lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the “official” biographer of Lassie, bestselling author Ace Collins understands the inherent potential of canine companions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The gift of a simple red pencil gives a girl in war-ravaged Sudan the opportunity to express her feelings and overcome her grief. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Publishing wants booksellers to know that it’s not just their grandparents’ publishing company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
“A small press with a big reach” is how founder and publisher Barbara Ras describes Trinity University Press, the San Antonio, Tex., house that is celebrating its 10th publishing anniversary this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Cameron + Company will be pouring martinis today, 3–4 p.m., at its booth (1223A) in the PGW section. The party also celebrates the 50th Anniversary Edition of The Drinking Man’s Diet, originally published in 1964 by the company’s founder, Robert Cameron. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s is to publish a YA novel by Jeff Giles, former managing editor of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The dispute over terms between the Hachette Book Group and Amazon, the viability of the subscription model, and the arrival of BookCon were three of the most discussed topics during BookExpo America which had its 2014 run from May 29 to 31 at New York City’s Javits Center. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The chills in The Three (Little, Brown, May), Sarah Lotz’s debut novel written on her own and under her own name, begin with the scary description of a plane crash in Japan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
There definitely were common elements to the five novels presented during the middle-grade editors buzz panel Friday morning that was moderated by Holly Weinkauf, the owner of Red Balloon Books in St. Paul, Minn.: all five mixed up fairy tale themes with real-life issues to produce excellent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leaders of the American Booksellers Association board urged their members to capitalise on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Octopus imprint Conran Octopus will publish a series of books from Condé Nast's House &... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Woodland Media, which provides logistics and supply chain products for publishers, announced that it will open a new office in Hong Kong. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Super-agent Andrew Wylie has struck a deal with Spanish agent Carmen Balcells to merge their two eponymous shingles and form a new agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Carmen Balcells —the super agent of the Spanish-language literary world — has agreed to merge her agency with that of Andrew 'The Jackal' Wylie. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
BAM has flat quarter, adds HBG site and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline imprint Tinder Press has acquired two more novels by Maggie O’Farrell, and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Gourmand's new Beijing Cookbook Fair, launched this year, publishers came from around the world for a taste of China's and the world's $4bn cookbook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Georgetown University Press celebrates its 50th anniversary this year by offering visitors to its booth (1544) two books that reflect the press’s emphasis on what it calls security studies—books on diplomacy, spies, international affairs, intelligence, history, and related topics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Humor is very likely on the menu at today’s Children’s Book and Author Breakfast, which is highlighted by three lively veteran children’s book authors and one debut author whose specialty is comedy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]