The author has always been drawn to the fringes of publishing, and is staking a claim for herself on those fringes this year, when she will launch her own indie press, Rose Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
An updated version of the author and preacher’s classic My Utmost for His Highest from Our Daily Bread Publishing is set to reach a new generation of readers. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tracy Kidder joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss "Rough Sleepers," about a doctor's mission to bring healing to homeless people. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-26 22:03:03 UTC ]
On Wednesday, the 41st John Dos Passos Prize was awarded to Uruguayan American writer Carolina De Robertis (The President and the Frog; Cantoras; The Gods of Tango) by Longwood University. The Dos Passos Prize is the oldest literary award given by a Virginia college or university, and every year... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-01-26 14:54:21 UTC ]
Micro-publisher Martin Riker has just published a novel of his own, 'The Guest Lecture,' that proves fiction can be experimental and rigorous at once. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-26 14:00:20 UTC ]
If you thought "teens can get those $15.99 YA paperbacks from the library," you've missed the fact that book bans mean they can't. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-26 11:38:00 UTC ]
As the shift to a younger readership is examined in Italy, Scholastic and LitWorld roll out a new format for World Read Aloud Day. The post Scholastic and LitWorld: A 24-Hour ‘World Read Aloud Day’ Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-26 08:47:42 UTC ]
Hobbled, as are other markets, by high production and shipping costs, Poland's book business learns that its taxation won't be eased. The post Poland Tells Publishers: VAT on Books Must Stay appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-26 05:09:26 UTC ]
Emily Krump and Jessica Williams have each been promoted to v-p and editorial director for William Morrow Fiction, while Mauro DiPreta has been promoted to senior v-p and editorial director for William Morrow Nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
The winners of this year’s BolognaRagazzi Awards presented by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair have been announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
With negotiations stalled, the publisher and union have agreed to employ an independent mediator to help end a strike that has stretched on since early November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Challenges publishers face in generating discovery for their titles helped Open Road Integrated Media attract a growing number of companies to its various services in 2022, Open Road CEO David Steinberger wrote in a letter to company employees this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education has announced the two books that are the first recipients of the Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award for excellence in literature for young children. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Niantic has created some of the most popular augmented reality games like Ingress and Pokémon Go. But this week the company is launching a new title called NBA All-World that might be the best application of its location-based tech to date.For people who have played one of Niantic’s previous... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-01-25 17:00:37 UTC ]
Nearly six months after he was brutally attacked, Rushdie is recovering and releasing a new novel, with the literary world rallying to his side. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-25 16:58:49 UTC ]
Liberal lion won National Book Award and edited leftwing Nation, with writers including Hitchens and Cockburn, from 1978 to 2005Victor Navasky, an award-winning author and journalist who presided over the liberal US weekly the Nation and wrote influential books on the anti-communist blacklist... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-01-25 15:01:09 UTC ]
These ten moments from SPARE are among the weirdest in this bestselling and highly anticipated memoir from Prince Harry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-25 11:39:00 UTC ]
Kotopia's Ahmed Mahmoud Ibrahim, the International Publishers Association says, was detained in Riyadh in October. The post IPA States Its Concern for a Missing Egyptian Publisher appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-01-25 07:15:19 UTC ]
Rachel Wightman, the author of 'Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely' (Eerdmans, May), emphasizes the importance of fact-checking as an expression of faith in online spaces. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
A trio of scholars examine the nature of suffering in a book for IVP; Salem agrees to publish prayers ‘for desperate times;’ a kids’ story about Bryson, a bison, heads to Zonderkidz; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-25 05:00:00 UTC ]