We look back on our 1991 survey of the bookstore chain landscape, when 11 corporations operated a total of 3,300 outlets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new Pakistan-focused journal is to survey colonialism, nationalism, gender representation, devotion, popular culture, diaspora, and more. The post Cambridge University Press Announces a Pakistan Studies Journal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-18 20:34:51 UTC ]
I’m Glad My Mom Died details the abuse the iCarly actor suffered as a child star. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2022-08-18 20:31:47 UTC ]
The union of HBO Max and Discovery+ is already causing pain through layoffs, and now the move is affecting some shows. Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed to Variety that it's removing 36 titles from HBO Max as soon as this week while it prepares for the Discovery+ platform merger. Most of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-08-18 20:30:29 UTC ]
At Frankfurter Buchmesse this year: a trade fair supportive of free expression, diversity, and those who interpret these concepts for us. The post Frankfurt 2022: Translation, Live Audiences, Inclusivity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-18 18:15:42 UTC ]
It was seemingly just a matter of time before streaming overtook at least one form of conventional TV, and now that moment has arrived. Nielsen data indicates that streaming TV viewership in the US surpassed cable for the first time this July. About 34.8 percent of viewing time went to shows on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2022-08-18 16:44:57 UTC ]
TEGAN AND SARA TRAILER DROP, TEGAN AND SARA TRAILER DROP—this is not a drill! If you clicked on this, you’re probably well aware that the beloved sister indie pop duo published a memoir in 2019 called High School. Amazon Freevee (boo) is adapting it into a TV show (yay) starring Railey and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-18 16:25:50 UTC ]
Laura Z. Hobson’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” was so popular that Simon & Schuster could barely keep up with demand. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-18 14:41:29 UTC ]
July viewership hours soar for streaming, in large part thanks to Netflix’s "Stranger Things." Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2022-08-18 14:23:15 UTC ]
Elizabeth Crane's new memoir is an excavation of a 15-year union that proves just how hard it is to talk about marriage, even when it's your own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-08-18 13:00:19 UTC ]
Nuar Alsadir explores how all types of outburst can act as conduits to our animal nature, that vibrant essence unconstrained by social code. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-18 12:14:36 UTC ]
Olivier Guez's "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele," translated by Georgia de Chamberet, is a grueling read. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-18 12:00:20 UTC ]
Tess Gunty’s debut novel The Rabbit Hutch follows the inhabitants of a low-income housing complex, called the Rabbit Hutch, in Vacca Vale, Indiana. It’s a loud novel, full of many voices, since there are many inhabitants of the Rabbit Hutch, some of whom we know by apartment number and some by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-08-18 11:00:00 UTC ]
The proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster could lead to fewer voices — including marginalized voices — being published. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-08-18 10:09:48 UTC ]
I discovered something about my daughter’s relationship to books: if I cry the first time we read one together, it is likely she will not want to read it again. This has happened several times, most often with books written for children about Japanese American incarceration. My daughter is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-18 08:55:12 UTC ]
Over the past two weeks, writers and publishing professionals have been riveted by coverage of the trial in which the U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to block Penguin Random House’s purchase of Big Five rival Simon & Schuster. As a member of the independent book publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-18 08:54:18 UTC ]
Hollywood can’t resist a literary adaptation. Frontlist, backlist—it’s all fodder for screenplays. The publishing world itself also feeds the insatiable page-to-screen pipeline: from 1930s and ’40s screwball satires about newspaper reporters (His Girl Friday, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-18 08:53:31 UTC ]
Penguin Young Readers Licenses has secured the trade publishing rights for 'Super Sema,' an animated series from licensor Kukua Education Limited that began its second season as a YouTube Original on June 17. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington publisher Lynn Cully will transition into a the newly-created role of v-p and director of business, with Jacqueline Dinas taking over as publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Last week’s sales pattern looked a lot like the previous week: a modest sales decline compared to a year ago, with higher sales of adult fiction and young adult titles offset by lower adult nonfiction and juvenile sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]