Bible teacher and bestselling author Beth Moore made front-page news in March when she announced her departure from the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), explaining to Religion News Service that the world’s largest Baptist denomination is “not in step with the gospel.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Since becoming CEO of Independent Publishers Group in January 2016, Joe Matthews has built it into a distributor for independent publishers that now has more than 1,000 clients in the U.S. and U.K., and has more than 400 employees and 150,000 SKUs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
For the 'Millions,' 12 authors look back at 2021 and the books they read along the way. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Books UK’s new list Heligo Books is seeking to broaden the market for business and smart thinking books by reaching new audiences with strong branding, says its editorial director Rik Ubhi. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 03:27:21 UTC ]
Creative Access has released research to coincide with its 10-year anniversary, revealing the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on people from under-represented groups in publishing, including a sharp decline in financial stability. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 03:20:02 UTC ]
Authenticity, honesty and listening to others are the keys to success for publishers as young generations place value on truth and transparency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 03:14:00 UTC ]
Broken Sleep Books has landed Killernova, a book that explores the woodcutting heritage and colonial history of Southeast Asia in verse, by Bornean-Australian author and poet Omar Musa. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 01:51:27 UTC ]
Four in 10 of this year’s list of the book trade’s big cheeses are either new entries or 2021 first-timers, reflecting how the pandemic has reshaped publishing leadership. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 00:28:55 UTC ]
Lume Books has snapped up the follow up to Nancy Bilyeau's historical thriller The Blue. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 00:09:57 UTC ]
Online children’s retailer Books2Door has donated more than 1,000 books to child refugees from Afghanistan who have recently arrived in Leicester. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 22:39:43 UTC ]
Snap Inc. commissioned two analyses from Nielsen to help it quantify sales driven by ads on the Snapchat platform for advertisers in the consumer packaged goods and beauty categories in the U.S. The company said in a blog post that advertisers are turning to measurement strategy market mix... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-12-16 22:30:00 UTC ]
Creating an all-physical but smaller 2021 Guadalajara International Book Fair gave organizers a chance to evaluate their approach. The post In Mexico, Guadalajara Book Fair’s Rubén Padilla: ‘People Were Happy’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-12-16 21:03:59 UTC ]
bell hooks was a legend. She was also human, and we should celebrate her complexity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-16 17:44:05 UTC ]
Alden Global Capital hedge fund, owner of the Chicago Tribune, stepped up its attempts to buy Lee Enterprises this week, filing a lawsuit that accuses its board of denying shareholders of the newspaper publisher a voice in the matter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2021-12-16 17:02:32 UTC ]
The L.A. Times Book Club dove into stories across the world and close to home in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-12-16 15:00:17 UTC ]
The Guest of Honor Spain program at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 will reflect the strong position of women in Spanish publishing. (Sponsored) The post Spain’s Women in Publishing: ‘A Major Role in Defining Literary Trends’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-12-16 12:32:30 UTC ]
When it comes to great novels, this year felt like an embarrassment of riches. The books collected here are ambitious—in intellect, in scope, in subject matter, and in size. Some are perfect encapsulations of the unique problems of our time, while others illuminate the human threads that connect... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-12-16 12:05:00 UTC ]
Picador has swooped for the third book from The Secret Barrister, which charts their transformation from "hang ‘em and flog ‘em, austerity-supporting twenty-something to campaigning, bestselling, reforming author". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 11:48:50 UTC ]
Details of Anthony Horowitz’s third official James Bond novel, With a Mind to Kill, have been revealed ahead of publication in May 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 11:24:58 UTC ]
Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir inspired the popular Netflix series. She’s not done fighting for people navigating the red tape of poverty. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-16 10:00:03 UTC ]