Gilbert Cruz, the new editor of the 'Review,' plans to keep experimenting to find the perfect formula for books coverage at the paper of record. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
The nearly two-score indie bookstores scattered around the Windy City and its suburbs are succeeding by leaning into their unique qualities and filling distinct niches. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Crosby, the executive director of the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association, learns to embrace Christian fiction after years as a skeptic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Great speakers and a strong slate of educational programming await the library community at of the 2023 ALA Annual Conference, set for June 22–27 in Chicago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
One of the highlights for those attending the 2023 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago will be the Chicago Public Library’s 150th anniversary festivities, which will kick off with a citywide celebration on June 10 and continue throughout the rest of 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
PW talks to author and iSchool professor Emily Knox about book banning has changed in just a few short years—and, perhaps most importantly, why it’s changed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Crosby, the executive director of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, learns to embrace Christian fiction after years as a skeptic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
In two decades of leadership at the publishing house, he helped remold a clubby book industry into a diversified and highly profitable corporate enterprise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-06-08 21:08:45 UTC ]
In the middle of this year’s Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley teased a new game with characters from a storied manga artist – and he wasn’t kidding. Sand Land is a new adventure game from Bandai Namco, featuring character design from Akira Toriyama, the man who gave us Dragon Ball’s Goku, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-06-08 20:02:42 UTC ]
The recently concluded Abu Dhabi International Book Fair reports its 2023 numbers, as well as interest from exhibitors for 2024. The post Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2023 Drew 1,300+ Exhibitors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-08 15:18:39 UTC ]
Sammy Harkham's epic graphic novel took 14 years to create and captures a Los Angeles — and a movie business — that no longer exists. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-06-08 13:00:48 UTC ]
Most actors make terrible novelists – but writing the ‘cracking thriller’ Deadly Game was life-affirming for the veteran star, so never mind the finished productGod spare us another millionaire actor who fancies themself as a bestselling author –unless the actor is Michael Caine, in which case... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-08 12:30:07 UTC ]
“So many come to mind,” says the author, whose novel “The Rabbit Hutch” won a National Book Award last year and will be out in paperback this month. “I guess I’m often furious?” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-06-08 09:00:31 UTC ]
A survey by the Publishers Association found reading to be more popular than going to the cinema or browsing social media, coming second only to watching TVMore people plan to escape into books than go to the cinema this summer, new polling from the Publishers Association has found.The survey by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-08 08:00:00 UTC ]
In honor of Pride Month, the White House today announced a set of actions designed to protect LGBTQIA+ communities, including the appointment of a new coordinator within the Department of Education to facilitate a response to the rising number of book bans at the state level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The final day of CI2023 was packed with a mix of educational sessions and author presentations—including a conversation with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—and closed on an exuberant note with karaoke, bookseller-style. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The hearing on the revived case comes some 10 months after magistrate judge Valerie Figueredo found insufficient evidence for the initial case to proceed. The suit accuses Amazon and the Big Five publishers of a conspiracy to fix e-book prices, a claim the publishers insist is "implausible" and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Richard “Dick” Snyder, who built Simon & Schuster into the biggest publisher of its day over the course of a long and tempestuous career, died on June 6 at his home in Los Angeles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Fieldstone cut ties with the Audubon name in February, and Knopf will remove the name and logo from all future field guide publications and reprints. Fieldstone also plans to donate proceeds from its field guides to National African American Reparation Commission. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Indigo Books & Music, Canada's dominant bookstore chain, announced founder Heather Reisman will retire in August; simultaneously, four board members resigned with one citing a loss of confidence in the board and mistreatment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]