May children's book releases include a hilarious new picture book by Adam Rex and a magical middle grade by Leah Johnson, Ellie Engle Saves Herself. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-04 10:32:00 UTC ]
Writers B.J. Best, Andrew Ervin, and Brittney Morris join co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell live from the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri to discuss the narrative realms of video games and the evolving space they inhabit. The group reminisces about their first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-05-04 08:53:59 UTC ]
The bestselling author urged all Republican lawmakers to stop the distractions and focus on this key issue. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-05-04 08:27:12 UTC ]
Last April, the business news publisher Quartz stunned the media industry by removing its three-year-old paywall, a move designed to expand its general readership at the potential expense of its paid membership business. One year later, the pivot serves as a valuable, if limited, case study in... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-05-04 06:00:00 UTC ]
Jack Jensen, who built Chronicle Books into one of the country's largest and most distinctive independent publishers, will transition from president of Chronicle parent company the McEvoy Group to chair of the McEvoy Group advisory board later this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Just one week after IDW Media slashed its workforce by nearly 40% and appointed a new CEO and COO, the company has now named Joshua Frankel to the role of CDO, Mark Doyle and Tara McCrillis as co-publishers, and Jamie S. Rich as editor-in-chief. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
The New York City-based literary agency announced three new director-level promotions among several new hires and staff changes across the agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 2.7% last week compared to the week ended April 30, 2022. For the second consecutive week, higher sales in the adult fiction and young adult categories were offset by declines in adult nonfiction and children's segments. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jack Zipes technically retired from his position as professor of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota in 2008, but he hasn't paused his prolific contributions to storytelling and radical children's literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales rose 19% and earnings were up 16% at Simon & Schuster in the first quarter, and executives at parent company Paramount Global said there is a possibility the sale of the publisher could be completed this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
'Pysch' co-stars Dulé Hill and Jazmyn Simon have turned the daily affirmations they repeat with their two kids into a children's book released this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-03 16:25:25 UTC ]
Julia by Ada Zhang When she was twenty-two she used to spend what little money she could have saved on hardcover books, lattes, and croissants. She read in cafés alone and anonymous, with no reason except to offer the world a glimpse of her. Ten years later, she was leaving and decided to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-05-03 11:05:00 UTC ]
Shirts, pins, and stickers promoting banned books and fighting censorship are a great way to keep book bans in the public consciousness.- Rachel Brittain Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-03 10:33:00 UTC ]
On IAB NewFronts day two, digital content platforms and streamers pitched new ad formats (with a focus on artificial intelligence and shoppable content) in short-form social video and longer-form TV shows and movies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-05-03 10:01:00 UTC ]
The arrangement will bring some 21 free Literati book fairs to Minneapolis schools in 2023 and will fund free books for kids in need. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
While a new briefing schedule has yet to be set, lawyers for Woodward and S&S insist that the Trump interviews as issue were given in his capacity as president, thus barring Trump from owning a copyright interest in them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The stock price of Chegg, the online learning platform for university students, fell 48% Tuesday, after its CEO reported that a spike in interest by students in ChatGPT resulted in lower than expected results in the first quarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
We all have our favorite TV shows, and it seems every year there's a new hit series to add to our watchlist. What do these trends mean, especially to marketers? For decades, Nielsen was the place where advertisers and marketers could turn to better connect with their audiences by understanding... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2023-05-02 20:53:41 UTC ]
Plan comes amid waves of media layoffs and closures, including shuttering of BuzzFeed NewsVice, the global news publisher and TV company that was once valued at nearly $6bn (£5bn), is reportedly close to filing for bankruptcy.The company, whose assets include Vice News, Motherboard, Refinery29... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-05-02 14:10:53 UTC ]
In the week ending April 22, Circana saw adult nonfiction posting the largest gains in the United States print market. The post Post-Easter US Print Sales Up 5 Percent in Late April appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-05-02 13:43:54 UTC ]