Major writers including Arundhati Roy and Neil Gaiman condemn 'egregious' suppression of Wendy Doniger's book under pressure from Hindu nationalistsMajor authors from Arundhati Roy to William Dalrymple and Neil Gaiman have condemned Penguin's controversial removal of Wendy Doniger's book The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Taipei International Book Fair, children's publishers presented Taiwan as a market open to exploring new authors, imported titles, and innovative themes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Europe’s biggest comics festival opened in Angoulême, France Thursday with the streets thronged with avid comics readers and the rights center jammed with meetings from publishers around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers as far away as New Zealand, Guatemala and Denmark joined the ABA's Winter Institute to talk shop and pick up tips about better bookselling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The fact a delegation is visiting the UK over the hostile response to the Guardian's reporting of the Snowden leaks, as well as the royal charter, should sound alarm bellsThis week, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers has dispatched a delegation of editors and publishers from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Speaking at an investor conference, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said growing digital and international sales will drive gains for publishers in the years ahead. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
How much difference does a Nobel win make to sales? BookNet Canada charted dramatic numbers for Alice Munro's books in 10 countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newcomers to the international bestseller lists locked down the top spots in several markets in October. Haruki Murakami’s much anticipated novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, the author’s first since 1Q84, hit #1 on Spain’s fiction list (Knopf will publish a translation... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wholesaler Bertrams' latest financial results have seen growth from online traders, its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lady Antonia Fraser has resigned as an adviser to the Man Booker International Prize as a result... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hanley Wood unveiled details for two new events, The International Surface Event East and TileExpo, in an effort designed to enhance the relationship between the flooring and surfaces i Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer Marina Warner is to chair the 2015 Man Booker International prize. The £60,000 prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newsweek, the iconic newsmagazine brand, has been acquired by IBT Media, which publishes the news website International Business Times. Newsweek has long been financially troubled and the venerable magazine published its last print edition i ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A recent webinar examined the challenges and opportunities for international publishers looking enter the children's book publishing market in China. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the guest of honor at this year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), Israel will bring 36 writers, 10 publishing houses, artists, musicians and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of leading publishers and editors from around the world have met with the Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, to discuss how a free press could be the cornerstone of a flourishing Thai democracy. Twenty-two publishers and editors eng ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Does the Man Booker International Prize lose credibility by overlooking works in translation while favoring books originally written in English? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
American writer Lydia Davis has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for "achievement in fiction on the world stage." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookmasters has signed an agreement with TGS International to distribute their print books and ebooks to major U.S. booksellers for the first time in the United States. TGS International, headquartered in Berlin, Ohio, has been publishing Christian books for almost 30 years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]