Independent publishing group Oldcastle Books is launching a digital-only sister company, Verve Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction was announced on Wednesday, with books on history and social issues making up the bulk of the nominations. Notable titles on this year's list include Steve Coll's "Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ten books have named to each of the National Book Foundation's 2018 longlists in young people's literature and the widely welcomed new National Book Award in translated literature. The post National Book Awards 2018 Longlists: Nonfiction and Poetry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scribe has commissioned three “fascinating forays into European non-fiction” as part of its “recommitment” to the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
While the Children's market as a whole has plateaued in value since leaping 7% in 2016, with the full-year for 2017 posting a razor-thin 0.07% in growth, the Children's Non-Fiction category is booming in 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate is to publish two works of fiction by poet and playwright Inua Ellams. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
'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 ]
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 ]
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 ]