Even though no adult coloring book sold as well in 2016 as the bestsellers in 2015 did, the adult nonfiction category, which includes those titles, posted the biggest unit gains among the major print categories last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anne Perry is set to join Simon & Schuster UK as editorial director of adult fiction from her role as commissioning editor at Hodder. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The dominance of three honours in the UK can be prohibitively expensive for small publishers, and end up discouraging risk-taking on ‘difficult’ authorsCutting-edge British literary fiction risks being undermined by its growing reliance on a handful of powerful book prizes, a leading literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all,” Henry David Thoreau once wisely counseled. It is in that spirit that we offer this list. As happens every year, 2016 was full of widely praised books, but the 15 listed here are the nonfiction titles the Monitor’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all,” Henry David Thoreau once wisely counseled. It is in that spirit that we offer this list. As happens every year, 2016 was full of widely praised novels, but the 15 fiction titles listed here are the ones the Monitor’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Religion fiction publishers discuss the different sales strategies surrounding Christmas-themed fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In snowy Moscow, the ‘non/fictioNo 18′ fair saw nearly 300 exhibitors this year amid publishers’ talk of improving business. By Eugene Gerden Exhibitors Represent 20 Nations he 18th International Moscow Book Fair for Fiction and Nonfiction—dubbed “non/fictioNo. 18″—was held November 30 to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers Marina Benjamin and Joanna Walsh, author/illustrator Oliver Kugler and poet Jack Underwood are on the shortlist for a new prize for creative non-fiction writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘Does a Lithuanian author stand a chance in the ocean of books on British bookshop shelves?’ Noir Press’ Stephan Collishaw says he has a good answer. Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė is the Vilnius-born, 39-year-old author who won the 2009 European Union Prize for Literature for her ‘Kvėpavimas į... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Erri De Luca has won the 24th annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction Award for The Day Before Happiness (Allen Lane). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a year plagued by racial tensions, Colson Whitehead took the National Book Award for fiction for his novel "The Underground Railroad," a visceral and creative imagining of a female slave's escape from slavery. Although it takes years to write a book and bring it to publication, the National... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Further action against media in Turkey prompts international publishers' criticism; and Amazon KDP names a new recipient of its Spanish-language award. The post International Notes: IPA Blasts New Turkish Censorship; Amazon Awards Spanish-Language Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Publishing Group has appointed Emad Akhtar, senior commissioning editor at Michael Joseph, as publishing director for Orion Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Love to read historical fiction? Take our quiz and find out how well you really know the genre. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Non-fiction had a strong month in the Audio Download Chart, as the Harry Potter canon is displaced from Audible’s epper echelons in September by a slew of newcomers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three new independent publishers are to join the Northern Fiction Alliance which intends to position the north of England as a "centre of publishing excellence". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
With over 7.8 million copies sold in the Baxter Family series alone and a new collection on the way, Christian fiction star Karen Kingsbury reflects on her writing career. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Folio Prize is planned to return in 2017, with its remit extended to include non-fiction for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cecilia Ekbäck has won the 2016 Historical Writers' Association's Goldsboro Debut Crown for her Nordic noir thriller, Wolf Winter (Hodder). Meanwhile, the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award was presented to Philippa Gregory. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction and picture books are likely to take the lion’s share of sales over the Christmas period, although this year’s YA and teen offering is not as strong, according to a number of children’s booksellers. Florentyna Martin, children’s buyer at Waterstones, said younger fiction is particularly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]