Jhanteigh Kupihea has resigned as president and publisher of the independent publisher, and will leave the company at the end of the year. Founder David Borgenicht has returned as president and interim publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tara Booth’s new graphic memoir is an eccentric and colorful psychological self-portrait with dazzling visual impact and an engaging and idiosyncratic sense of humor. A ten-page excerpt. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Publishing Group will acquire the publishing assets of Amber-Allen Publishing, the independent publisher of personal development books. Upon completion of the deal, the list will be managed by the TarcherPerigee imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Alison Tweed, CEO of U.K.–based charity Book Aid International, describes the destruction of libraries in Lebanon, Ukraine, and Iraq and advises on how the book business can help to rebuild them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Schwartz, a former high school English teacher who founded Children's Book World in Haverford, Pa., in 1989, died on November 8. The store, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, is one of the country's oldest children's bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
The former Viking editor and UTA agent has launched a boutique literary agency based in New York representing “authors writing works that shape our understanding of the world and offer profound insights into its complexities.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Just in time for Thanksgiving menu planning: a list for the culinarily curious among us looking to crack open a visually stimulating read alongside a cold one at the end of the day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
DC will expand its DC Compact Comics line, which republishes “bestselling, new-reader-friendly titles” from the comics giant's backlist in a full-color, 5.5” x 8.5” trim size priced at $9.99, next year, adding 15 more titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Apple has a history of eye-popping price tags, but the company is reaching new heights with a product that isn't even a gadget. After Apple Music unveiled a list of the 100 best albums of all time earlier this year, the streaming service is releasing a companion coffee table book. You can grab... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-11-12 19:30:18 UTC ]
Basic Liberty, a publishing imprint launched in the wake of Trump’s election win, will be helmed by Thomas Spence, an editor associated with Project 2025 thinktank The Heritage FoundationStaff are protesting against a new US imprint of global publisher Hachette Book Group (HBG) specialising in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-12 17:08:39 UTC ]
Cursed boys, illegal love potions, a teenage Ida B. Wells, and more of today's best YA book deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-12 16:12:00 UTC ]
Black Friday may technically just be one day, but it’s evolved to consume the entire month of November in the US at this point. For the past few years, retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have ushered in the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier, and this year is no different. Early... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-11-12 15:35:44 UTC ]
The Independent Publishers Guild is one of seven associations collaborating on sustainability efforts in the book business. The post The UK’s Sustainability Industry Forum Evaluates Its First Two Years appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-12 15:25:00 UTC ]
Born in Tehran: A Conversation with Porochista Khakpour, by Shohreh Laici Interviews [email protected] Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:04 In June 2024 Pantheon published Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour’s latest novel (see WLT, Sept. 2024, 73). The novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-11-12 15:04:04 UTC ]
We have Spider-Man updates, Kelsey Impicciche's forthcoming book, and more book news to have on your radar! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-12 11:30:00 UTC ]
A new series is stepping into the fraught territory of Northern Ireland in the 70s by telling the real-life story of a woman abducted by the IRA. Its creators talk about truth, reconciliation and trying to depict both sides of the conflict“To be honest, I’d always thought of the Troubles as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-12 11:00:55 UTC ]
Andrea Chambers, associate dean of the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts at the NYU School of Professional Studies, argues that understanding Facebook and TikTok is an essential element in a publisher's education. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Brooklyn-based small publisher will publish its inaugural two-title list in 2025, with plans to grow to four titles annually by 2027. Through Under the BQE's publishing model, each year’s list is acquired by the authors who were published the year prior. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Author and illustrator Bruce Degen, best known for his detailed, humorous artwork depicting the fun and informative field trips of Ms. Frizzle’s class in the Magic School Bus series, died on November 7 of pancreatic cancer; he was 79. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Book club picks for November, funny comics, bookish holiday sweatshirts, and more today on Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-11 17:06:16 UTC ]