Fireside Fiction’s report, #BlackSpecFic, finds less than 2% of SF stories published in 2015 were by black writers The world of speculative fiction publishing is plagued by “structural, institutional, personal, universal” racism, according to a new report that found less than 2% of more than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has signed a deal to publish children’s non-fiction with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four independent publishers have come together to form the Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market in an attempt to “level the playing field” and promote regional diversity in publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
No adult fiction title released in the January-through-June period managed to make the top 20 print bestsellers list in the first half of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion’s Rebecca Gray has been promoted to the company's head of fiction publicity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Edition M, a new imprint for crime fiction, is the latest addition to Amazon Publishing in Germany. It plans to publish 60 titles by the end of 2016. The post Amazon Starts New Crime Fiction Imprint in Germany appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman’s latest novel is among those longlisted for the Guardian children’s fiction prize, alongside titles from Alex Wheatle and Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
MIRA Books, the fiction imprint of Harlequin Books, has announced the launch of a new literary fiction line, Park Row Books. Inaugural titles are slated to publish in summer 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate has said it is "worth thinking about" introducing a Young Adult bestseller chart into the paper, after taking the decision to make vlogger Oli White's Generation Next (Hodder & Stoughton) number one on the upcoming Sunday Times adult fiction... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan non-fiction is expanding its business and pop-science list with two "major" acquisitions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guillaume Musso’s "Brooklyn Girl" has Parisians dreaming of Park Slope for the second month running, as the bestseller retains its #1 position on the fiction chart in France for April. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pricing pressure and the shifting genre tastes of readers are two big issues for publishers of Christian fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jennifer Doyle, currently deputy marketing director at Cornerstone, will become fiction publishing director for Headline and Headline Review, marking an "exciting new phase in Headline’s evolution". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
When it comes to filling their worlds with characters positioned along the spectrum of good and evil, Veronica Roth, Melissa de la Cruz, Lauren Oliver, and relative newcomer Sabaa Tahir have it down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marcia Clark wanted to write crime fiction since childhood, but lacked the confidence to go for a career as a writer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Currently 25 percent of our top 20 fiction titles are translated,' we learn from Waterstones. It appears that UK readers are surprisingly into international books. The post Survey: Translated Fiction Outsells English Fiction in the UK appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It might be a double-edged sword, Jennifer Close says, that her fourth novel, "The Hopefuls" (Knopf, July), is being published the same week that the Republicans in Cleveland, and the Democrats in Philadelphia the following week, are convening to select their presidential nominees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lately a number of licensing deals and renewals pair licensed characters with true nonfiction, helping children and families learn facts about science and history through the eyes of their favorite characters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite falling sales in fiction, Gilead Publishing is offering a traditional publishing model with advances, royalties, and a tight focus on Christian themes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]