A late addition to the hot books at the London Book Fair is a debut novel called "Hausfrau" that Random House's David Ebershoff preempted world rights to on Friday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the recent consolidation of Penguin Random House fresh in everyone’s minds, this year’s London Book Fair Great Debate argued the proposition: "It’s all about size, bigger is always better." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Along with increased attendance, a reconfigured exhibition floor and its smooth organization, this year's MoCCA Arts Fest will also be known as the small press comics show with the giant Charlie Brown balloon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
eBook Ninjas will provide professional development for ebook developers, managers, and publishing execs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere has acquired an "incredible" true Holocaust story "about three pregnant... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jason Bateman and Tina Fey will kick off BookCon with a panel discussion and sneak peek of their upcoming film, "This Is Where I Leave You," adapted from Jonathan Tropper's novel of the same name. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Publishers Association (PA) and the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) have relaunched the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is a “disconnect between readers and between those who produce the books they read... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blackwell’s unveiled a new “multi-million-pound” digital learning service for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guggenheim Media Entertainment Group named Tony Gervino, former executive editor at Hearst Magazines International, successor to Billboard magazine editor-in-chief Bill Werde, as editor Joe Levy shifts responsibility to the new position of editor-at-large on April 28. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tthe Swedish super-agency came out in a big way with its top title at the London Book Fair, a crime novel called "Made In Sweden." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
With day one of the London Book Fair not yet closed, another book is emerging as a hot title: a memoir by "New Yorker" contributor Lauren Collins which has the working title, "French Lessons." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher and nonprofit have agreed to co-publish a 12-book collection of TED books, with a new title to be released every one-to-two months, beginning in September 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
PubMatch, the book publishing and international rights database founded by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit, is introducing a new upgrade at this year’s London Book Fair--Rights@PubMatch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins U.K. and William Morrow have acquired an e-first series of nonfiction shorts that will be curated by international bestselling author Karin Slaughter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sequential, the digital comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, is adding a selection of Top Shelf graphic novels for purchase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
People keep asking me about Al Gore. I wrote a book, Windfall, about who will profit from climate change. On book tour and in advance of the latest bleak report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, I've been traveling around the country talking about our warmer future. I can't... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth About Everything" (Twelve, 9781455501762) will appear on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" and NPR’s "Fresh Air" on Tuesday, April 8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
As it gears up for its annual event on April 23, World Book Night U.S. released an interactive map that displays how many givers there are per zip code. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
While no single title has emerged as the hot book of this year’s London Book Fair, a number of titles were generating buzz as the trade show kicked off on Tuesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]