Among recent publishing deals, Jemar Tisby takes two to Convergent, Faith Urey Cho brings a picture book and devotional to WaterBrook, and Zondervan looks to Cultivating Delight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
In an August 4 ruling, federal judge M. Casey Rodgers transferred Trump's $50 million copyright suit against Bob Woodward and publisher Simon & Schuster to the Southern District of New York, where Trump was hit with sanctions for filing a frivolous lawsuit earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-08-08 02:22:18 UTC ]
The deal, for $1.62 billion, will put control of a cultural touchstone in the hands of a financial buyer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-07 23:51:30 UTC ]
Company also announced the sale of its Simon & Schuster publishing business to KKR & Co. for $1.62 billion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2023-08-07 22:19:36 UTC ]
The acquisition of Simon & Schuster by KKR, Jonathan Karp says, is enhanced by KKR's interest in company growth and employee equity. The post KKR Agrees To Buy Simon & Schuster for $1.62 Billion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-07 21:40:44 UTC ]
Paramount announced Monday that it's selling the storied publisher for $1.62 billion, months after a sale to Penguin Random House was blocked by a federal judge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-07 21:27:31 UTC ]
PEN America says it sees book publishing 'at a crossroads' in a new report warning of cancel culture, review-bombing, and book banning. The post Beyond Book Banning: PEN America Warns of ‘Booklash,’ Self-Censorship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-07 21:16:27 UTC ]
Paramount Global has sold the publisher after a federal judge blocked rival Penguin Random House from buying itSimon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-07 21:05:30 UTC ]
The Financial Times is joined this year by Schroders, with added support from Nikkei, in the £30,000 Business Book of the Year award. The post In London, Schroders Backs the Business Book of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-07 20:19:16 UTC ]
Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads YouTube trumps TikTok as the most popular online platform for young people to discover new books, according to a report by Nielsen BookData.Nielsen,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-07 14:48:11 UTC ]
The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-07 14:42:05 UTC ]
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press – and may reveal our own hidden fears and desires. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2023-08-07 13:03:29 UTC ]
Share that link right now or ruin your reading life! Do it, do it now! Or, a brief history of chain letters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:36:00 UTC ]
From Best Book with a Cat on the Cover to Best Book to Read in a Dark, Dark Place, these are the book award categories we really want to see! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:34:00 UTC ]
If your fingers are itching to put together a puzzle and you're delighted by bookish things, get into these bookish jigsaw puzzles.- Jamie Canaves Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-08-07 10:31:00 UTC ]
The private investment firm KKR has agreed to buy Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion. When the purchase closes, S&S will operate under current leaders Jonathan Karp and Dennis Eulau and KKR promised to "support new growth initiatives" for the country's third largest trade publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
With a lawsuit pending to block a controversial new "book rating" law from taking effect in Texas, publishers and industry groups are balking at a request from the nation's largest school distributor to help rate their own titles for sale in the state. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The deal with KKR, a private equity firm, is said to be valued at roughly $1.62 billion, and could be announced as soon as Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-08-07 03:00:57 UTC ]
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Eyes Do More Than See’ is a very short story by Isaac Asimov (1920-92), which originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in April 1965. Background The story had a curious genesis. In 1964, Playboy magazine (which published... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2023-08-06 14:00:04 UTC ]