This week on The Lit Hub Podcast: How the publishing world can respond to Trump, and “What energizes you?” | Lit Hub Radio “When in doubt, leave the reaction out.” Eric Puchner on how to be funny when writing a novel. | Lit Hub Craft Ted Hamm on how Jimmy Breslin and Langston Hughes each […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-21 11:30:16 UTC ]
World of Books, a major U.K.–based e-tailer of new and used books with $200 million in annual sales worldwide, has consolidated its U.S. businesses and relaunched its website in the hopes of growing the U.S. into its largest territory within three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
The veteran fair director may be new to publishing, he has a wide range of experience in other industries and has wooed back Chinese exhibitors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
In life and in fiction, the bestselling author embraces the unknown, the beastly, and the unlikable. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Summit preempts a debut billed as “Donna Tartt meets EL James on a 1980s college campus” across four territories; Norton and Graywolf pick up an African epic and Latinx poetry anthology, respectively; and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Feel-good fiction and self-help nonfiction remain center stage going into the first major rights fair of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
‘Scythe & Sparrow,’ which rounds out Brynne Weaver’s Ruinous Love trilogy, swoops to the top of our trade paperback list. Plus ‘Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales’ continues Heather Fawcett’s fae-bulous fantasy series sent in an alternate early 20th century, and B.K. Borison makes a good... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Wednesday’s top sessions include conversations on the process of bringing books to screen, the current state of literature in Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Thursday’s top sessions include multiple discussions on encouraging the next generation of publishers, deep dives into AI and sustainability, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we welcome romance and relationship books.Want to see your book featured? Go to booklife.com/indiespotlight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Beacon Press, founded in 1854, will celebrate its 175th anniversary with a Beacon Classics collection of 60 backlist titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Over the course of his first year as joint CEO of Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, Shelley has shaken things up at the Big Five publisher—and the company’s latest sales report proves it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYTFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“God bless Sky News,” the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-21 00:57:55 UTC ]
The finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize were just announced Wednesday. The list is 61 nominees long ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-20 18:21:26 UTC ]
Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-20 17:34:09 UTC ]
Timothy Pearson, a former senior adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, abused his authority by instigating a brawl with two guards at a migrant shelter in 2023, then lying about the incident to police in order to get the guards falsely arrested, according to an investigation released Thursday by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2025-02-20 16:59:00 UTC ]
The L.A. Times Book Prize finalists have been announced, an executive order shuts down JFK Library, WICKED is coming to streaming, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-02-20 16:00:00 UTC ]
A brief reminder that nominations for the International Publishers Association's Prix Voltaire close on February 23. The post IPA’s 2025 Prix Voltaire Nomination Deadline; Awards in Norway appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-02-20 15:39:12 UTC ]