Max Brooks, author of "The Harlem Hellfighters" (Broadway Books, 9780307464972), will appear on "Conan" on TBS on Tuesday, April 29. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is offering legal assistance to any MacAdam Cage author who wishes to mount a legal challenge to the agreement giving control of their ebook rights to MP Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annabelle Gurwitch, author of "I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50" (Blue Rider, 9780399166181), will appear on "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday, April 25. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite complaints from former MacAdam Cage authors about ebook royalties and statements, Mark Pearce, publisher of MP Publishing, the ebook distributor that controls their ebook rights, claims all royalties have been paid and all statements are up to date. Pearce is urging former MacAdam Cage... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jason Padgett, author of "Struck by Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Medical Marvel" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544045606) will appear on "CBS This Morning" on Thursday, April 24. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Douglas Whynott, author of "The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup—and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest" (Da Capo, 9780306822049) will appear on "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday, April 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Savannah Book Festival announced plans to offer year-round author events, starting with Tami Hoag set to headline the Spring 2014 event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Late Friday afternoon, the Authors Guild filed its appeal in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Google. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Dawson, author of "The Public Library: A Photographic Essay" (Princeton Architectural Press, 9781616892173), will appear on "Weekend Edition Saturday" on Saturday, April 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martin Goldsmith, author of "Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance"(Da Capo, 9780306823220) will appear on MSNBC TV's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" on Thursday, April 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s Search for the Truth About Everything" (Twelve, 9781455501762) will appear on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" and NPR’s "Fresh Air" on Tuesday, April 8. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Lewis, author of "Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt" (Norton, 9780393244663) will appear on C-SPAN2's "BookTV" on Saturday, April 5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
In testimony delivered before a House subcommittee, AG counsel Jan Constantine recapped the AG’s long running copyright dispute with Google and offered one possible solution—a collective licensing agreement for digital presentation rights to out-of-print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
London publishers are turning down work they consider “too Scottish”, the chair of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Buhl, author of "Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood’s Most Famous" (Sourcebooks, 9781402297007), will appear on "Entertainment Tonight" on Monday, March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sixty thousand is the number of copies Christina Baker Kline thought her newest book, "Orphan Train," might sell in her "wildest dreams." For a midlist author on her fifth novel, it was a lofty number. It turns out, it was also way too low. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our publishing industry seems to champion just one or two black and Asian authors at a time. Lack of diversity is a real problemMonths back I was trudging through the streets of Dalston when I spotted a copy of Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing in a charity shop window. It evoked the same... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Thavis released The Vatican Diaries' in 2013 and added a section about Pope Francis for the paperback edition. 'It has struck me how the level of enthusiasm around the world for this new Pope is definitely a notch or two above that inside the Vatican,' the author said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
He's no friend of those on the political left, but he knows how to woo kids. He's been named as one of four finalists for book of the year at the Children's and Teen Choice Book AwardsName: Rush Limbaugh.Age: 63.Appearance: Angry face drawn on a pink dish.Occupation: Radio talkshow host,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kraig is perhaps best known as the author of "Modern Magick," published in 1988. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]