Cartoonists from 21 countries and about 20,000 graphic novel fans attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and its satellite events last weekend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Well known U.K. agent Sophie Hicks has hung up her own shingle, starting the Sophie Hicks Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The country's oldest LGBT bookstore, Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia, Pa., was set to close on Saturday. But, in a new twist, owner Ed Hermance announced yesterday that he is in discussions with a potential buyer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
XanEdu and SharedBook have completed their merger, previously announced in March. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Brown's mass market paperback for his latest thriller, Inferno (Corgi), debuts at number... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Endowment for the Arts announced that between September 2014 and June 2015, 77 organizations across the country will receive more than $1 million in funding as a part of the NEA's Big Read program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
At S&S Children’s, Christina Solazzo has been promoted to senior production editor for the Simon Spotlight and Little Simon imprints. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
IPPY award-winners announced, a new kids' imprint at Barbour, a website for all things Amish, the popes in pictures and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired a new crime series by Howard Linskey. Editor Emad Akhtar bought... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a letter sent by the AAR to Amazon, which PW has obtained, the organization says it "deplores any attempt by any party that would seek to injure and punish innocent authors...in order to pursue its position in a business dispute." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired a debut trilogy about the Battle of Hastings told from the perspective... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
First quarter sales at Lagardère Publishing fell 6.2%, to 393 million euros compared to the first period ended March 31, 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW contributing editor Peter Brantley talks with UC Berkeley law professor Pamela Samuelson, founding member of a new author advocacy group, the Authors Alliance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson has won an auction for a debut novel featuring a "chilling"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has condemned a 10-year prison sentence handed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rachel Hendrick has been named operations manager of "Choice," effective immediately. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A memoir by a man who claims his father was the Zodiac Killer, kept under lock and key by HarperCollins for months, rocketed up Amazon's bestseller chart on May 13, the book's publication date. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Christian retail sales increased slightly last year, even while the total number of stores in that market continued to decline, according to a state-of-the-industry report for 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HCI Books announces an extensive launch and promotional tour of Barb Schmidt’s "The Practice." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson's "Unlucky 13," out May 5, hit the list at #2 for the week ended May 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]