A total of 46 books—23 fiction titles and 23 nonfiction titles—have made the longlist for the American Library Association’s 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, the association’s adult book award. The six-title shortlist will be announced on November 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Check out this year's winners of the Barnes & Noble Children's & Young Adult Book Awards (plus, learn about this summer's reading program for kids!) Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-05-14 12:45:00 UTC ]
What adult book covers have struck you as interesting, unique, or otherwise attention-grabbing so far this year? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-23 12:00:00 UTC ]
These 24 picture book, young reader, and young adult books are the finalists for this year's Barnes & Noble Children's and Young Adult Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-03-27 13:10:40 UTC ]
Book sales fell 10.9% in July at the 1,233 publishers that supply data to AAP’s StatShot program. Sales of adult books dropped 4.6%, and children's/young adult book sales declined 10.7%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Book sales fell 9% in August compared to a year ago at the 1,367 publishers who report data to AAP’s StatShot program. All segments had declines in the month, with sales of adult books down 9.3% and sales of children’s/young adult book declining 10.9%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
He has attempted to drive a bus, attend school, and even take a spin on a roller coaster, but soon the Pigeon will embark upon his greatest adventure yet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
The winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards and Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult book have been announced! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-09-07 17:03:36 UTC ]
Earlier this week, I was having a perfectly normal dinner with some friends who were in town, and I can’t remember how we got on this topic, but we ended up spending a good 30 minutes trying to track down the name of a middle grade/young adult book from our youth. One friend in particular […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-17 19:26:23 UTC ]
In April 1973, Grosset & Dunlap, which is now a Penguin children’s imprint, announced the impending publication of a very adult book: Norman Mailer’s biography of Marilyn Monroe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Romance, mystery and horror share shelf space with a moving memoir, a crime caper and an appealing Young Adult book for all ages. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-29 10:00:45 UTC ]
Sales of adult trade books rose 5.3% in November over 2020, while children’s/young adult book sales posted a 9.8% increase. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of adult books rose 25.8% last week over May 30, 2020, and for the first five months of 2021, adult book sales jumped 32.4% over the comparable period a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
An unusual dip for downloaded audiobooks plays into the November 2020 StatShot book sales figures from the Association of American Publishers. The post AAP StatShot: US Adult Book Sales Up 35.4 Percent in November appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-25 19:02:26 UTC ]
Trump first said it was going to be at the Four Seasons and everyone assumed it was the hotel but he later clarified it was Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2020-11-07 23:30:22 UTC ]
BookExpo helds its first Adult Book and Author Dinner, in lieu of a breakfast, on Wednesday night, showcasing five of the big books of the year, in wide-ranging forms and styles, via Zoom. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado will discuss the forthcoming The Low, Low Woods at BookExpo Online's Adult Book & Author Dinner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sink into an excellent adult book for YA readers with these must-read crossover books featuring the themes you love in YA literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-05-11 10:33:44 UTC ]
Indie children’s publisher Everything With Words has landed its first adult book, a “brilliantly funny” guide to democracy by ex-MP Bob Marshall Andrews and illustrator Martin Rowson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-08 09:32:11 UTC ]
The adult book and religion segments were the only categories in which sales rose last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]