Orchard Books has acquired a YA trilogy by US author Allen Zadoff it is billing as "Jason... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners have called government plans to scrap equalities assessments and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Further major publisher consolidations will change the face of the industry in the next year,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literature organisations in the North East have said they face difficult times with a combination... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
W H Smith looks set to expand into Russia after hiring property consultant Knight Frank to hunt... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers have joined retailers for the first time in offering customers up to 50% off books as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are planning to celebrate the life and work of Sylvia Plath on the 50th anniversary of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to leverage recent critical and financial successes, the literary publisher Graywolf Press is embarking on several new initiatives to further boost its visibility and to reflect that it is, in new marketing director Michael Taeckens’s words, “entering a new era.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
To see the international success of E.L. James’s Fifty Shades trilogy, just take a look at Italy, where the entire trilogy figures among the top six bestselling October titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author's revealing graphic memoir is much more than a survivor's tale. It's a story of coming to terms with oneself. Marbles Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 50% year-on-year increase in digital sales at Cambridge University Press contributed to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Biographer Anne Sebba is to take over as chair of the Society of Authors, succeeding Lindsey... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier children's publisher Hot Key Books has become the latest publisher to join the boom... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent David Bolt died on 16th November, aged 84. Bolt worked at David Higham... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
As anticipated, the Nook tablet e-readers, the Nook HD and HD+, have gone on sale in the UK today... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Louise Erdrich's latest novel, the National Book Award-winning 'The Round House,' a Native American teenage boy comes to terms with his mother's recent rape, his sexual awakening and his Indian heritage in a solid work that doesn't have a strong emotional pull.The Round House Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers across the UK have put up signs in their windows reading 'We pay our taxes' in response to a hearing by the Public Accounts Committee on Amazon's business practices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple now holds the patent for the appearance of their animation which makes it look as if the reader of an ebook is turning a physical page. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newcastle City Council has announced plans to close 10 of its 18 libraries as it looks to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is in early talks about merging with Simon & Schuster, according to reports in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]