Flatiron signs a novel by Whiting Award winner Caitlin Greenidge, Legacy Lit nabs a memoir by podcaster Jonathan Conyers, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
We look back on a Depression-era cover ad from Modern Library promoting “books people can afford” at 95¢ per copy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Book.io, which describes itself as “an NFT marketplace for buying, reading, and selling e-books and audiobooks,” is looking to help authors build new revenue streams, and has buy-in from Ingram. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 8% in the week ended Oct. 8, 2022, from the comparable week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a tough year, the biggest free literary festival in New York City looks toward the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Following two months of declines, bookstore sales rose 5.4% in August over August 2021, hitting $1.14 billion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
In her debut memoir, the author explores trauma and resilience—her own and that of her family—and, in telling her story, finds catharsis and freedom. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The webcomics category is exploding in growth—and it’s only going to get bigger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Story nominated for News gong branded ‘national disgrace’ by Indigenous reporters. Plus: SMH all wrapped up in The EverestFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThere’s one thing guaranteed at the annual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-10-14 03:11:42 UTC ]
Watch singer Willie Nelson at the L.A. Times Book Club on Oct. 13 discussing his new book, "Me and Paul." Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-10-13 20:52:52 UTC ]
Frankfurt's Agora is the setting for a TikTok stage this year, emphasis on #BookTok and its community of book fans and readers. The post TikTok and Frankfurter Buchmesse Open a New Collaboration appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-10-13 20:22:25 UTC ]
Netflix's ad-supported tier finally has a release date, and it's now clear just what sacrifices you'll have to make to get a lower price. The new "Basic with Ads" plan will be available November 3rd at 12PM Eastern for $7 per month. It will initially be available to viewers in 12 countries,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-10-13 17:45:26 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble is currently holding a huge Buy One, Get One 50% Off sale applied to hundreds of titles, both in store and online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-10-13 17:01:37 UTC ]
The T. S. Eliot Prize, the prestigious literary prize that honors new poetry collections in the UK, has announced its shortlist of 10 books. Judges Jean Sprackland, Hannah Lowe and Roger Robinson determined the shortlist from a record submission pool of 201 books; each of the poets on the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-10-13 16:59:04 UTC ]
Some exciting spring book news: Random House will publish Curtis Sittenfeld’s seventh novel in April. And as both a Sittenfeld completist and an unabashed rom-com lover (NB: this does not include Netflix rom-coms), I’m very excited by both the novel’s title—Romantic Comedy—and its plot synopsis.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-10-13 16:02:18 UTC ]
Yes, we’ve got full reviews of Google’s new flagship phones as well as its first smartwatch. The phones fare better than the wearable, but we are on the seventh generation of Pixel smartphones, so that’s to be expected.In addition to new software features and Tensor G2 chip, the Pixel 7 Pro gets... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-10-13 11:15:44 UTC ]
The legacy news publisher Newsweek has hired Kevin Gentzel as its global chief commercial and growth officer, a newly created role, where he will report to chief executive Dev Pragad, Adweek has learned. Gentzel began the role Wednesday. In the position, he will oversee all lines of revenue... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2022-10-13 11:12:10 UTC ]
Prince Shakur’s debut memoir When They Tell You to Be Good starts with an argument between him and his mother which recalls the image of his father’s murder, a man he never got to know. In unflinchingly honest detail Shakur traces his own journey of self actualization as a queer, Black Jamaican... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-10-13 09:00:06 UTC ]
Life Studies is Robert Lowell’s best-known and most influential book. It won the National Book Award for poetry in 1960. I read it in 1962 and I hated it. In a shallow way, my dislike was a matter of social class. I said aloud to Lowell’s book, “Yeah, I had a grandfather, too.” Like my […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-10-13 08:57:28 UTC ]