Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt (Picador) has swiped the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot for a third week on the trot, making the junior doctor memoir the longest-running non-fiction number one in the chart’s history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington is renewing its dedication to nonfiction with an expanded list and books on a wider array of topics. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperNonFiction has acquired Challenge Accepted!, a "part-memoir, part-comedy routine, part-advice manual" by actor, writer, comedian Celeste Barber. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin, a division of Penguin Random House Children’s, is strengthening its non-fiction and licensed publishing by promoting Ruth Knowles and hiring Jamie Coleman. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s independents say they are seeing growth in the market, particularly in non-fiction and middle grade. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Created two years ago to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market, and to promote regional diversity, the Northern Fiction Alliance is making a name for itself as a growing force in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Strong sales in the adult nonfiction category led to a 2% increase in overall print unit sales in the week ended July 29, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Eight members of publishing collective the Northern Fiction Alliance have joined the Publishers Association for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Study finds that fewer books for young adults by black and minority ethnic authors have been published in the UK since 2010, despite rise in diversity initiativesDespite a raft of diversity initiatives, the percentage of young adult books written by black and minority ethnic (BME) authors has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
This eighth annual prize in legal storytelling, created with Harper Lee's authorization, goes to CE Tobisman for her novel about a potential elder abuse case, the second book in her series about attorney Caroline Auden. The post Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction to CE Tobisman for ‘Proof’;... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new prize is being launched to champion young, illustrated children’s fiction, which often goes unnoticed or underappreciated by other awards, according to judge Axel Scheffler. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Slavery, ecology, missing persons, inner-city violence, young love, prisons, trauma, and race' all are said to figure into the Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist, as the award starts its second 50 years of competition. The post The 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist Is Announced in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ireland’s Nielsen-measured market has enjoyed strong, UK-beating growth this year to date, with a grass-roots author campaign propelling the late Emma Hannigan to the top of the bestseller lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales of non-fiction in Ireland, and much of the nation’s publishing, has moved away from big-money celebrity and onto more authentic, enduring voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, founder of the National Problem Gambling Clinic, is writing a book about addictions for Virago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Studio Press has bought three fiction titles from Casey Stoney MBE, based on the former England Women’s captain’s life "on and off the pitch". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the trend has been building for some time, publishing news media in France now are reporting on how 'houses known for publishing literary fiction have been hiring editors to develop popular fiction imprints.' The post Interview: Fabrice Piault on the Rise of French Popular Fiction appeared... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Super Thursday will fall on 4th October this year, The Bookseller can reveal, when a whopping 544 new hardbacks will be hitting shelves—40 more than on last year’s equivalent day—all vying for a slice of the lucrative Christmas book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, is launching a range of illustrated fiction for emerging readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gains in the adult and juvenile nonfiction segments were not enough to counter declines in fiction, and as a result, unit sales of print books fell 1% in the week ended June 24, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]