In her essay collection “These Precious Days,” the novelist and bookstore owner explores friendship, marriage and mortality. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-19 15:41:34 UTC ]
Amazon has changed the publishing ecosystem more than anything else due to its “proprietary” capturing of data, FutureBook delegates have been told. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-19 15:38:24 UTC ]
Using “genotypic scores” could level the playing field in schools, Kathryn Paige Harden argues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
Woody Holton looks beyond the founders to find who shaped the push for independence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
The civil rights leader offers a blueprint for tackling current issues, Keisha Blain writes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
Fatima Daas’s debut book explores the writer’s conflicted identities as a lesbian, Muslim woman with an immigrant background. In France, it was an unlikely literary hit. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-19 10:21:37 UTC ]
Amazon's Fire tablets make great portable, secondary devices, or primary devices for the kids in your life. They're already pretty affordable — that's one of the best things about them — but Black Friday has knocked their prices down even more. Most Fire tablets are on sale right now, including... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-11-19 09:30:03 UTC ]
As ever, Amazon is discounting many of its products for the Black Friday shopping period. Like many other companies, Amazon is getting out of the gate a little early with deals on Kindles. The standard Kindle is down from $90 to $50, which is the lowest price we've seen for the e-reader. Back in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-11-19 09:00:22 UTC ]
Much of the discussion during GLIBA's annual membership meeting, held virtually, centered upon upcoming in-person gatherings. GLIBA also reported a spike in new members, with 205 stores, the highest in many years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Black, Indigenous, and white women authors are bringing their distinctive faith journeys to the fore in new books. The three authors below aren’t well-known—yet. But publishers expect that their voices will resonate with many women, whom they predict will feel seen and celebrated in these... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Grand Central buys a book on animal communication by Tom Mustill, Jill Winger sells a collection about homestead life to Park Row, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
After questioning the Big Five publishers in September, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo (D-California) this week expanded their ongoing inquiry into the library e-book market with questions for nine major library e-book distributors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
The pandemic, coupled with the protests that followed George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis last year, has transformed the Twin Cities bookselling scene in the last 20 months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
New books by women writers of faith tackle racism, abortion, mental health, and other tough subjects. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and editors discuss their efforts to broaden their lists to reach those in underrepresented communities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Joe Matthews, CEO of IPG parent company Chicago Review Press Inc., discusses the distributor’s explosive growth, and its future. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Midwest religion and spirituality publishers draw inspiration from their communities to meet readers’ needs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jocko Willink hits #10 on the hardcover fiction list this week with 'Final Spin', Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich lands at #11 on our hardcover fiction list with her latest, 'The Sentence,' and Will Smith, the Academy Award-nominated actor and Grammy-winning rapper’s memoir is an instant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Gains in all categories led to an 11.7% increase in unit sales of print books in the week ended Nov. 13, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
The merged Canadian and Korean platforms are expected to generate 12 graphic novels per year in the Webtoon Unscrolled imprint. The post Wattpad-Webtoon’s Book Group Opens Graphic Novel Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-19 03:13:04 UTC ]