HarperCollins imprint The Friday Project is to publish a new novel by W P Kinsella, author of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google Inc.'s effort to digitize the world's books inched forward Monday, as the search giant said it had struck deals with French authors and publishers that end six years of litigation and open the way to sell out-of-print French books online. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google and French publishers and authors have officially ended six years of legal wrangles with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has struck a deal with two French organizations representing authors and book publishers, ending years of litigation. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers from Sri Lanka and New Zealand have won this year's Commonwealth Writers Awards for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Historical novelist Barry Unsworth, who won the Booker Prize in 1992 for his novel about the 18th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors have reacted angrily to news of a proposed qualification for Creative Practitioners... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is encouraging its 8,500 members to submit comments against the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice and three large publishers. The settlement, the guild argues, will only benefit Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jean Craighead George was a leading writer of novels about nature for young readers. One of her best-known works was the Newbery Medal-winning 'Julie of the Wolves.' After children's author Jean Craighead George revealed that she wanted to write a book about a girl who talks with wolves,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House chief executive Gail Rebuck and authors including Jacqueline Wilson, A S Byatt and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published writers who have an agent, or who use the DIY route to get a traditional deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Granta Magazine has opened submissions for the fourth edition of the Best of Young British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Century has pre-empted two books by South African author Charlie Human, likening his writing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has written to schools minister Nick Gibb urging him to support children... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A dozen books a year? Some writers are accelerating the pace in this brave new world of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died at the age of 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The enduringly popular children's book illustrator and writer radically changed the genre with tales of outsized monsters and frolicsome humor that tapped into the fears of childhood. He also collaborated on numerous operas, films and TV programs.Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kiwi authors such as Patricia Grace and Lloyd Jones are seeing increased interest in their books being translated into German ahead of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]