When Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians founded Melville House 20 years ago, they had no idea their small press would eventually become one of the country’s most respected independent publishers. Yet here they are. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Midwest publishers are optimistic sales gains in 2021 will carry into 2022 despite supply chain issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Erroll McDonald, v-p and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf, pays tribute to the legendary Random House editor and industry entrepreneur, who died February 4 at age 93. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The books we love coming out this week include new titles by Daniel Pyne, Gal Beckerman, and Maja Lunde. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Dupree, who was a senior editor at Bantam for much of the 1990s and later an executive editor at HarperCollins, died of in his New York home on February 7. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Despite opposition from the AAP, library e-book bills are now pending in five state legislatures, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Illinois, Tennessee, and Missouri. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Charmaine Craig sells a novel to Grove Atlantic, Threshold Editions buys a memoir from Kellyanne Conway, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk lands at #15 on our hardcover fiction list with 'The Books of Jacob,' translated by Jennifer Croft. Plus 'I Must Betray You,' the latest YA historical novel by Ruta Sepetys, is #10 on our children's fiction list, and a pair of celeb book club picks make their debuts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
With the adult nonfiction category posting a 10.2% decline in print unit sales in the week ended Feb. 5, 2022, total unit sales of print books fell 3.9% from the comparable week in 2021 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
The programs first went into effect in March of 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis, and will have been in force for over two years by the time they expire if they are not extended further. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Launching this spring, the opera is based on See's book about her Chinese American family's immigrant experience in California. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-10 19:08:27 UTC ]
Because you can never have enough gorgeous libraries to imagine yourself visiting: Condition_Lab’s new Pingtan Book House library in Pingtan, China, built by working closely with local carpenters and CUHK architecture students, is a luminous, organic structure with a matrix of bookshelves in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-10 19:05:38 UTC ]
The 2021 jury for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Understanding returns in the 2022 cycle, seeking works that 'public understanding of world cultures.' The post Awards Season: British Academy Prize Names Jurors, Opens Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-02-10 17:07:21 UTC ]
Before you read House of Sky and Breath, how well do you remember Crescent City book 1? Here's a recap to get you ready for the sequel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-10 11:40:00 UTC ]
Following a year in which the pandemic decimated its business, Reed Exhibitions reported a 48% increase in revenue in 2021 and upped its in-person fair count to 269, from 169 in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
With the adult nonfiction category posting a 10.2% decline in sales, total unit sales of print books fell 3.9% last week compared to the week ended February 6, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Reese Witherspoon recommends the mysterious and the macabre, Oprah points the way to 'The Way to Integrity,' and more in our monthly roundup of book club picks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
An anthology of erotic short fiction keeps the award-winning writers a dirty secret. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-09 20:55:35 UTC ]
If you’ve been paying attention to local news in the past year, you’ve likely noticed the concerning wave of book bans sweeping the nation. Books by authors of color; books that acknowledge historical atrocities; books featuring LGBTQ+ characters; sex education books for teens; all are under... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-09 19:49:33 UTC ]
Books in schools and libraries increasingly have targets on their spines. The more partisan the battle has become, the more it manifests as a power struggle, rather than an effort to best serve children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-02-09 18:11:00 UTC ]