The UK’s largest independent bookshop chain Blackwell's is up for sale for the first time in its 143-year history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-02-01 12:20:05 UTC ]
Escape into the twisty tales by Joseph Kanon, Calla Henkel, Bonnie Kistler, Lan Samantha Change and Danya Kukafka. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-02-01 12:00:43 UTC ]
Swift Press has acquired Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me after its author and original publisher Picador ‘parted company’ last month following widespread criticism of the bookAn independent publisher, Swift Press, has acquired Kate Clanchy’s Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-01 10:50:18 UTC ]
Brendan Slocumb’s debut novel is a musical bildungsroman cleverly contained within a literary thriller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-02-01 10:00:07 UTC ]
England footballer’s follow-up to bestselling debut You Are a Champion is aimed at children aged between 10 and 14 Marcus Rashford is writing a follow-up to his bestselling debut You Are a Champion, in which the England footballer will explore “how to celebrate and champion... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-01 09:00:14 UTC ]
Vex King's personal development book Good Vibes, Good Life has now sold one million copies globally, according to publisher Hay House, alongside clocking up 100 weeks on the Sunday Times non-fiction paperback bestsellers list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-02-01 07:43:37 UTC ]
Fern McCauley has moved from The Artists Partnership to Hachette UK in the newly created role of head of media development, where she will be responsible for handling all book-to-film and TV rights deals for the business. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-02-01 05:31:21 UTC ]
Submissions are now open for the 2022 U.S. Selfies awards for self-published books. The 2022 awards submission period will be open until the night of March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bradley Graham, co-owner of Politics and Prose bookstore, has stepped down as president of the American Booksellers Association's board after assuming the position in May 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
In May 2021, Penguin Random House launched a new marketing effort under the hashtag #AllWaysBlack. Over 26.3K followers and nearly a year later, the channel will expand in a number of ways. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
As Penguin Random House and the Department of Justice continue to prepare for an August trial in which PRH hopes to block the government’s effort to kill its acquisition of Simon & Schuster, professionals throughout the industry are finding themselves pulled into the legal fray. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Urban Ministries, Inc. and HarperCollins Christian Publishing are extending their publishing and distribution partnership into a subscription-based digital platform, UrbanFaithStudy.com, which features sermons and other content by prominent Black pastors and authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hannah McMillan has been promoted to director at Midas amid a string of promotions and new hires at the communications agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-02-01 04:10:51 UTC ]
Swift Press will publish Kate Clanchy’s Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, along with her prose backlist, after Pan Macmillan parted company with the author. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-02-01 03:11:38 UTC ]
Creator Josh Wardle ‘thrilled’ that newspaper is taking over internet sensationThe New York Times has acquired the viral word game Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum, the publisher announced on Monday.Created by a Reddit engineer and launched in October, Wordle gives players just six... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-01-31 23:22:01 UTC ]
The shortlists for the 2022 Romantic Novel Awards have been revealed, with Liz Fenwick also announced as this year's winner of the Popular Romantic Fiction category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-31 22:48:56 UTC ]
At Asymptote, Sang Young Park discusses his English-language debut novel, Love in the Big City, an ambitious love story told in a colloquial tone with copious pop culture references. “Being a young writer in the twenty-first century is exactly like being a young person in the twenty-first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-01-31 21:30:58 UTC ]
Macmillan Children's Books has landed the follow-up to Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka's bestselling You Are a Champion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-31 21:06:23 UTC ]
Eighteen months ago, I almost gave up writing. I had wanted to write for decades; that I did not is connected to how I nearly gave up and why I want to ensure you keep at it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-31 20:44:58 UTC ]
Sales of Art Spiegelman's 'Maus,' the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel on the Holocaust, have risen after a Tennessee school board banned it this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-01-31 18:49:42 UTC ]