Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Brandeis University Press will publish 'Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes' by former PW bookselling editor Judith Rosen, which profiles 24 couples who proposed, or held their weddings, at independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and editors discuss books that infuse historical time periods with magic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
The forecast for Denver includes a wintry mix of childrens and YA creators, with a flurry of picture books, middle grade reads, and teen novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
ABA celebrates its 125th year as booksellers prepare to convene in Denver for the 20th Winter Institute. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
A successful holiday season, which included a 30% increase in sales of Kindle devices, led to a record 2024 at Amazon. Revenue hit $638 billion and operating income soared 86%, to $68.6 billion. The company made an extra $1.5 billion in sales on Leap Day alone. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
An inside look at the publication process for the author and rare book dealer’s latest work of nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tales of blood and monsters unfold in a medieval castle, a 1980s arcade, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
A few opening observations before diving into PW’s annual breakdown of adult bestsellers by publisher. In addition to having a new look, this year’s edition excludes a ranking of mass market paperback bestsellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Claudia Rankine returns to Graywolf with her genre-busting latest, the creator of a popular animated short takes three graphic novels to Oni, and more in this week’s book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
BIPOC booksellers will gather before WI2025 for education and networking opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
L.A. indie publisher Unnamed Press has started a poetry line devoted to “collaborative cross-media projects,” and its first releases include books by musician Emma Ruth Rundle and translator Alana Marie Levinson-Labrosse. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
During his long career, the author has defied expectations, switching between genres and writing about anything and everything. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller, ‘The Crash,’ tops our trade paperback list. Plus Neko Case plays confessor, brings the flood of emotions in her new memoir, and MSNBC host Chris Hayes sounds the alarm against ‘The Sirens’ Call.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Ibi Zoboi’s debut YA fantasy novel draws on Caribbean folklore and her own life experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
BIPOC booksellers will gather before WI2025 for education and networking opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Plan called ‘mad’, ‘ethnic cleansing’, and a possible crime against humanity in most outlets – but The Australian says it reflects Trump’s ‘inherently benign’ worldview. Plus: Mr Murdoch goes to WashingtonWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-06 22:57:10 UTC ]
New editions of her novels are aimed squarely at the BookTok demographic – but will this make these classics appeal to fans of “spicy” romance?What will get young people reading classic literature? Better blurbs? Changes in the school curriculum? Flashy new biographies of dead authors? Or might... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-06 17:56:34 UTC ]
A good book that’s set on a farm can immerse you in an historical epoch, make you laugh until your sides hurt, inspire you to fight for a just cause, or sob over an unjust death. And it can so engross you that by the time you turn the last page, you might be bubbling […] The post 7 Captivating... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-02-06 12:05:00 UTC ]
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas revisits the world of 1980s talent agencies in her debut novel, 'Climbing in Heels,' which onetime colleague Darren Star has signed on to adapt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-02-06 11:00:47 UTC ]
In Sarah Chihaya’s memoir Bibliophobia, we enter into the moment of her breakdown—an event that she has seen on her horizon since childhood, but also seemed impossibly remote. As a child of Japanese and Japanese-Canadian immigrants to the US, Chihaya’s parents “didn’t really believe in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-06 09:56:18 UTC ]