Rebecca Solnit offers a series of stories about life, health and connection, with a central thread relating to her preventative breast cancer surgery as well as her mother's Alzheimer's.Rebecca Solnit's latest book, "The Faraway Nearby" (Viking: 260 pp., $25.95), began with a delivery of 100... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Conventional wisdom says that entrepreneurs who start a Web-based business will do so with VC money. Read enough stories of Internet ventures that enjoy lucrative exits in the millions (in some cases billions) of dollars, and it’s easy to assume that the only path to success is to begin by... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The former L.A. County prosecutor's high-stakes tale of crime, celebrity and the courtroom can be suspiciously convenient, but it's all in good fun.No one knows celebrity murder trials better than Marcia Clark, the former prosecutor in the L.A. County district attorney's Special Trials Unit.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why does HarperCollins need a VP of Innovation? Ana Maria Allessi, who holds that very title, tells us about a future in which books look a lot like apps. Ana Maria Allessi is somewhat of an oddity, for someone who’s worked at a publishing house for almost 13 years. While publishing is rife... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quarto, the U.K.-based illustrated book publisher and distributor, has signed a distribution agreement with Hachette, in the U.S. and the U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
As in the UK, Father's Day weekend in America provided a fillip for both Dan Brown and sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The merger of Penguin and Random House is expected to close in July, creating—with sales of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A day after news broke of actor James Gandolfini's death, entertainment magazines are lining up content to commemorate The Sopranos star’s life and work. An Entertainment Weekly spokesperson said that the magazine would include a tribute to Gandolfini in its “All Time Greatest” double issue, on... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century publishing director Ben Dunn has bought an autobiography from Alan Partridge creator... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Further offers have been unveiled by publishers to help independent bookshops boost their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins non-fiction director Carole Tonkinson has bought a new Lorraine Pascale cookbook... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-Libros, one Colombia's few digital publishers, is using the tarjeta e-libro, or ebook cards, to reach readers accustomed to only buying print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Childrens Books fiction publishing director Ruth Alltimes has bought a posthumous... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angry Robot's crime imprint Exhibit A has signed up two historical mystery books starring... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown has bought a third volume of autobiography from Sharon Osbourne, set to return as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing announces that the Hangman's Daughter series is their first million seller. Is it a cause for concern? Celebration? Or merely surprise that it took this long? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Apple/ DoJ ebook price fixing trial will enter its final sessions later today (20th June),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shakespeare & Co.'s Paris Literary Prize honors novellas written in English by an unpublished author. Judge Rebecca Carter reports on this year's festivities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon Publishing has added Hugh Howey's Silo Saga to its Kindle Worlds platform, designed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp. (NWSA)’s publishing spinoff began trading today at a market value of about $9.1 billion, one-seventh the size of the entertainment side of the media empire, underscoring the business’s growth challenges. The &ldqu ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]