Christopher MacLehose, rehoused in the Hachette empire with his eponymous list, reflects on the pros and cons of big-business publishing and the health of the market for translated fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books rose 2% in the week ended June 17, 2018, over the comparable week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell 2% in the week ended June 3, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NDP BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kamila Shamsie has scooped this year's £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her "extraordinarily topical" novel Home Fire (Bloomsbury Circus). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the year that Kamila Shamsie once proposed as a 'Year of Publishing Women,' the Pakistani-British author has won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 for 'Home Fire' in London. The post Kamila Shamsie Wins £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A children's book published by a tiny independent publisher has beaten off competition from authors such as Malala Yousafzai and Gill Lewis to win the Little Rebels Children's Book Award for Radical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A dramatic shift is under way in the non-fiction market with "more intelligent" titles on the rise, partially the result of the continuing wane of the celebrity market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Catherynne M. Valente, author of 'Space Opera,' picks books by Cory Doctorow, Stanislaw Lem, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With 'The Boneless Mercies' (FSG, Oct.), a reimagining of the Beowulf legend in which four mercenary girls set out to defeat a marauding monster, Tucholke is making her first foray into fantasy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Declines in both adult and juvenile fiction offset gains in nonfiction, resulting in a 1% decline in print unit sales in the week ended May 27, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused a stir when, during an interview with Variety, she said that the 9/11 hijackers “got the idea” to fly planes into buildings from watching “Star Wars.” Atwood, the author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and other dystopian classics, did not have the facts... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A second consecutive week of soft adult fiction sales led to a 1% decline in total unit sales of print books in the week ended May 20, 2018 compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature's 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created 'European stories.' The post The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishing director Doug Young is leaving Transworld at the end of May, after more than 17 years with the company, following a restructure. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The inaugural Fiction Readers Summit brought together top selling Christian fiction authors and their fans in Grand Rapids, Mich. earlier this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
“The struggle with writing is done.” The Newark-born novelist, whose prolific output was matched perhaps only by his facility with the English language, died of congestive heart failure in Manhattan on May 22. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The YA author’s first venture into adult fiction could find a wide readership, finds Alice O’Keeffe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary periodical The London Magazine is launching a new literary award for debuts in partnership with law firm Collyer Bristow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three attorney-authors are up for this year's Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, with an autographed copy of the late writer's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' waiting for the winner. The public votes through June 30. The post Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Shortlisters: Lawyers in Love With... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books fell by less than 1% in the week ended May 13, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]