The creator of the bestselling graphic novels and TV series on turning 30, making playlists for her books and why it’s important to her to be visibly politicalAlice Oseman, 29, was born in Chatham, Kent and grew up near Rochester. While studying English at Durham University, she published her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-09-22 08:30:04 UTC ]
We Solve Murders introduces a new detective duo – but the author has not abandoned his Thursday Murder Club charactersA new crime series by Richard Osman called We Solve Murders has been announced, after the huge success of his Thursday Murder Club novels.The beloved elderly sleuths from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-20 17:44:06 UTC ]
The streaming platform has shared its most in-depth look at what their many subscribers have been watchingIn news that will excite anyone who spent a substantial chunk of their youth poring over the purple “Life” section of USA Today for Nielsen ratings and box office reports, Netflix has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-13 17:53:11 UTC ]
Publishing staff, in rows over authors from Mike Pence to Woody Allen, are voicing their reluctance to work on books they deem hateful. But is this really ‘younger refuseniks’, or a much older debate?In the 1960s, Simon & Schuster’s co-founder Max Schuster was facing a dilemma. Albert Speer,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-06-03 12:12:23 UTC ]
After the huge success of This Hostel Life, which grew out of a chance meeting about asylum seeker accommodation, Skein Press has its sights set high Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 03:35:09 UTC ]
After the huge success of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, similar projects for boys are beginning to showcase men like Grayson Perry, Stormzy and Usain BoltAfter harnessing the imaginations of millions of girls with a wave of nonfiction books aimed at empowering women, such as bestseller... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fierce bidding wars between publishers saw several big deals happen for politically charged novels at this year’s fair, as new books from Jeanette Winterson and Caitlin Moran were also revealed• What will you be reading next year? A roundup of London book fairFrom a distance, the only thing that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
By all accounts, the Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale” was a huge success in 2017. Counterintuitively, the Margaret Atwood novel it was based on has been a constant on bestseller lists. Hadn’t people gotten the story from watching the show? Apparently not. In fact, this was the case for a number... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) will publish two more Pokémon titles next year following the “huge” success of the first three books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed landed the biggest "get" for a Facebook Live interview in the young channel's history by nabbing a sit-down with President Barack Obama. Yet less than two minutes into the broadcast, the online publisher's video feed stalled and some 35,000 Facebook viewers were left with nothing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year’s inaugural national Independent Bookstore Day, which coincided with Free Comic Book Day on May 2, was a huge success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finland was a hugely successful Guest of Honor country at the Frankfurt Book Fair, prompting more than 7,500 news articles and numerous rights deals. The post Finland, Very Cool: “A Huge Success” in Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite torrential rains, the first Chicago Independent Bookstore Day on July 12 was a huge success that exceeded all expectations, participating indie booksellers told PW. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple's entry into the ebook business hasn't been a huge success, but it has still registered with European antitrust regulators. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]