Representatives from seven publishers were greeted on Thursday by a room packed with librarians eager to hear the big books of 2015. The session was the first of two AAP Librarian Book Buzz panels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebury imprint Vermilion is to publish GRIT: Passion, Perseverance and the Science of Success, after winning a “hotly contested auction”. The book, by Angela Duckworth, was one of the big books of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Vemilion publishing director Susanna Abbott bought UK and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Prepare for the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair with our roundup of big projects that'll be making the rounds, among them books by Leslie Jamison, Richard Price, Amy Poehler, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thursday's relative quiet was followed by a much busier Friday, with aisles buzzing, lines snaking too far to find the end. Fairgoers stood patiently, waiting to meet the author and get that coveted signature on the title page of the giveaway galley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Representatives from seven publishers were greeted by a room packed with librarians eager to hear the big books of 2014. The session was the first of two installments of AAP's "Annual Librarian Book Buzz" session. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
While no single title has emerged as the hot book of this year’s London Book Fair, a number of titles were generating buzz as the trade show kicked off on Tuesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gabriel Sherman is part of a group of young media reporters—many starting out at the New York Observer under the tutelage of then-Editor Peter Kaplan, an avowed media nostalgist—who have seen their subject, the power of the media, pulled out from under them. The culturally dominant,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Six years and 900 pages on, there ended up being two million reasons why this first-time author would have been glad to have stuck with the written word. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
If there a theme emerged from the deal-making at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, it was the dominance of HarperCollins as a buyer of big books, and of William Morris Endeavor as the seller of those books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seeking answers to life's most complex questions in the pages of Homer's Iliad seems like an ancient luxury, especially when they can be so easily obtained with a five–second web search. The Internet gods have both blessed and cursed us an insatiable palate for instant gratification––and browser... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The second of two previews of agents' hotlists on the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair. WME... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fall is a terrific time to be a reader. Publishers shake off their summer doldrums and get down to business again. And writers? Well, writers settle in also and put out big books.Fall is a terrific time to be a reader. Publishers shake off their summer doldrums and get down to business again.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
There was no shortage of big books to talk about at this year’s BookExpo America. From art heists to mysterious islands, from the Cold War to the Iraq War, these are the 10 books that drew lots of attention at this year’s show. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]