Naja is a smooth, contemporary update on pulp noir by French comics masters Morvan and Bengal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In testimony delivered before a House subcommittee, AG counsel Jan Constantine recapped the AG’s long running copyright dispute with Google and offered one possible solution—a collective licensing agreement for digital presentation rights to out-of-print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has confirmed it is the publisher for a series of children's books by controversial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book based on the Crappy Taxidermy Tumblr site will be released later this year by Cassell... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson and Marshall Karp's "NYPD Red 2," and "Shadow Spell," by Nora Roberts, were new to the top ten on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erica Kochman Warshal, director of national accounts at Abrams, passed away suddenly on March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total book sales rose 1.0% in 2013 over 2012, to $15.05 billion, at the 1,211 publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven Stories is publishing a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's commencement speeches, edited and introduced by Vonnegut's longtime friend, Dan Wakefield. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Turner Publishing has acquired the assets of Hunter House Publishers. The deal involves over 225 titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Headline is to publish the memoir of Flea, the bassist and a founding member of the Grammy Award-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Beginners, a publisher specializing in illustrated nonfiction, is switching its distribution from Random House Publisher Services to Red Wheel/Weiser effective April 1, 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Elizabeth Bewley has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers as executive editor based in the NYC office, starting April 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is to open a bookstore selling physical books on the International Space Station (ISS).... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Great British Bake Off" star Mary Berry rules the top of the charts for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Foundation, which oversees the National Book Awards, has announced the judges for the 2014 awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a much-talked about "60 Minutes" appearance by Michael Lewis, Norton has gone back to press for 50,000 more copies of the author's new book, "Flash Boys." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Karen Brown will take up the post of chair of Booktrust this week. She replaces Alistair... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Russell Brand is writing a series of books aimed at children, with illustrations by Chris Riddell... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year Comic and Cartoon Art Week, a series of comics-related events starting April 1 in New York City, will serve as an introduction to the MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual festival of small press comics, held April 5 and 6 at the Lexington Avenue Amory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic + Cartoon Art Week; MoCCA Arts Fest 2014; Middle East Film & Comic Con; Freak Scene East; University of Florida Comics Conference Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]