At Abrams Press and the Overlook Press, Jamison Stoltz has been promoted to editorial director, and Tina Pohlman has joined as executive editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Norman Vincent Peale, known as the father of positive thinking, takes #2 in Religion Nonfiction with his 60-year-old mega-bestseller, ‘The Power of Positive Thinking;’ Debby Giusti debuts at #2 on our Religion Fiction bestsellers list with her new Christian romance, ‘Soldier Protector.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray, testifying in the trial over whether the Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster sale will go through, said he was “shocked” by the price PRH offered for S&S. Later in the day, the defense cross-examined the government's economic witness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
David McCullough, the author of 12 bestselling books, died August 7 at age 89. PW caught up with McCullough in 1992 shortly after his sixth book, 'Truman,' was released by the only publisher he ever had, Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
David McCullough, the author of 12 bestselling books, died August 7 at age 89. PW caught up with McCullough in 1992 shortly after his sixth book, 'Truman,' was released by the only publisher he ever had, Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Micron, Novavax fall; Qualys, Nielsen Holdings rise Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2022-08-09 20:13:11 UTC ]
The 'African Book Box' program from Book Aid International is delivering books to 76 schools in Uganda, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. The post Book Aid International Programming: Books for 56,000 African Students appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-09 19:02:10 UTC ]
Close to 600 titles will be part of the new, accessible 'Ebooks for Everyone' initiative from the Literary Press Group of Canada. The post Canada’s Literary Press Group: Accessible Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-09 14:58:40 UTC ]
Bookclubs, a company that offers an online platform and app for book club management, has raised $1.07 million in new funding from nine investors, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from July. CEO and co-founder Anna Ford said in an interview her company is continuing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2022-08-09 12:40:00 UTC ]
That “Heat” is plotted as tightly as a Swiss watch makes the shapelessness of this follow-up all the harder to forgive. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-09 12:07:51 UTC ]
Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Megan Giddings, Belinda Hujuan Tang, Adam Levin, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-08-09 09:59:25 UTC ]
Allow a budget of £4,000 to do-it-yourself, from the editing and design through to marketing“A top-of-her-game literary agent tells us she receives about 3,000 submissions a year,” says Joe Sedgwick, the head of writing services at The Literary Consultancy. “Of those, she requests to see the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-08-09 06:00:19 UTC ]
Diana Steel, cofounder of the U.K.-based art book publisher Antique Collectors Club, died August 3 in Woodbridge, England. She was 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales rose 10% at HarperCollins, to $2.19 billion, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, but higher costs limited the increase in profits to 1%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the government's case against Penguin Random House's acquisition of Simon & Schuster winds down, Macmillan CEO Don Weisberg and government economist Nicholas Hill laid out reasons why they are concerned about the impact of the proposed merger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Rupert Murdoch’s publishing and media giant attributes record profits and revenue to acquisitions and digital transformationRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has almost doubled its profits in 2021/22 to a record $US760m ($A1.1bn).The US-listed company owns News Corp Australia, as well as... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-08-08 23:21:18 UTC ]
The author of biographies and other works and narrator of documentaries, McCullough was ‘the voice of American history’David McCullough, the Pulitzer prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to American presidents John Adams and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-08-08 19:41:16 UTC ]
Lynne Tillman’s taut memoir of caring for an aging parent runs an emotional gamut. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-08 19:30:06 UTC ]
The two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize was a master storyteller who brought to life the grand sweep of time and place. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-08 16:43:22 UTC ]
If you have unprocessed trauma, $50,000, and a sense of adventure when it comes to your mental health, a new “wellness recovery program” created by Augusten Burroughs—author of the best-selling memoir Running With Scissors—may be right up your alley. The week-long program, called Focus-Directed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-08 14:41:32 UTC ]