It’s probably safe to assume most of you aren’t expecting to encounter any wildlife on the walk or taxi ride from your hotel to the Javits Center. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Douglas Preston and John Scalzi have a lot in common: their work, of course—they both write speculative and near-future fiction about, as Douglas Preston says, “things we are quite sure will happen.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel has apologized after a series of emails from his college days revealed insensitive statements regarding women. Gawker’s Valleywag published Spiegel’s e-mails from when he was a fraternity brother at Kappa Sigma at Stanford, a notoriously wild house that got kicked off... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
BEA attendees faithfully—and eagerly—flock to two panels that have become popular staples of the show’s programming. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon.com Inc. said it is "not optimistic" that a dispute with publisher Hachette Book Group will be resolved soon and added that it is acting "on behalf of customers." The comments, which Amazon... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Watching the charismatic actor, Alan Cumming, on the CBS television show, The Good Wife, or PBS’s Masterpiece Mystery, seeing him in films or on the stage, where he’s currently getting raves on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret, you’d be looking at the picture of success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.K. wholesaler Gardners is fielding its strongest team yet at BEA as it promotes its new U.S. shipping service. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Next year China is the guest of honor at Book Expo America’s Global Market Forum and is planning a host of events for the occasion. Vice Minister Wu Shulin details his country’s goals and expectations in this interview with Publishers Weekly. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Readers who were inspired by Azar Nafisi’s paean to literature in Reading Lolita in Tehran—there were enough to keep the book on the New York Times bestseller list for 117 weeks—can rejoice at the appearance of The Republic of Imagination (Viking, Oct.), an homage to American literature and a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the bookseller and publisher are battling over mundane business specifics, the state of publishing hangs in the balance. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reduced or zero rates of VAT should be removed from physical books to create a single rate across... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to create some post–literary conference drama in the name of legendary writers like Poe, who whacked his head with a bottle of whiskey in front of a mirror? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bill O'Reilly will add "Killing Patton" as the fourth volume in his series that includes "Killing Kennedy," "Killing Lincoln," and "Killing Jesus." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Characters are everything,” says New York Obie-winning actor and writer Eric Bogosian. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The terminology is fresh because the concept is fresh: “curated, additional content” on an ebook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even with all the celebrity authors wandering around Javits, it’s impossible to overlook two monumental South Dakota Historical Society Press books about larger-than-life subjects: Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill, and Love Letters... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
To choose among the dozens of bookstores in the city, we asked several authors and booksellers to be our guide. Here it is again for those who might have missed the feature and want to check out some of these fabulous stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Show-goers have been impressed with BookExpo America 2014 so far, saying it's one of the most exciting and energetic in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cleis Press, founded nearly 30 years ago in Berkeley, Calif., by Felice Newman and Frédérique Delacoste, and its Viva Editions imprint are offering a wealth of author events, signings, and promotional activities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author-artist Matthew Van Fleet has spent some two decades putting innovative spins on novelty elements in picture and board books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]