From Richard Osman and Millie Bobby Brown to the upcoming book by Keanu Reeves, celebrity novels are everywhere. What’s behind the boom? And how do non-famous writers feel about it?I understood that if I was going to do it, I would have to put 100% of myself into it,” says Richard Osman about... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-13 09:00:12 UTC ]
Check out these new March children's book releases, including books by Indigenous creators Joy Harjo, Michaela Goede, and Carole Lindstrom. Start off with Link + Hud: Heroes by a Hair by Jarrett Pumphrey & Jerome Pumphrey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-03-08 11:31:00 UTC ]
Spiracle will feature titles from independent presses, while last month, Spotify also began offering audiobooks to US customersA new audiobook platform which aims to create a “lovely, welcoming, independent bookstore kind of vibe” has launched, as audio giant Spotify also enters the fast-growing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-10-03 18:09:30 UTC ]
A new children’s bookshop in Hitchin is specialising in inclusive titles, including books that celebrate neurodiversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-11 14:30:39 UTC ]
What are the best book club books for 2021? We’ve got 20 of ’em, including books like Beautiful World, Where Are You? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-01 10:37:00 UTC ]
Publishing, including books, newspapers and magazines, could see a £7bn fall in revenue and 51,000 jobs axed due to Covid-19's effect on bookshop closures and print sales, a report claims. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 06:06:17 UTC ]
The surge at Amazon for such items as household staples and health and medical goods has resulted in extended shipping times for other products, including books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 10% tariff on an extra $300bn of Chinese goods, including books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-02 07:48:35 UTC ]
Just over a month after President Trump suspended planned tariffs on a range of consumer products coming from China, including books, he has vowed to impose a new tariff that would affect the same group of goods. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Older generations argue that young people’s insistence on equality in all things – including books – threatens to stifle free speech. But is that always true?I wouldn’t normally air my dirty literary linen in public, but here goes. When I finished writing my novel Putney, about a 13-year-old... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-07-10 10:03:01 UTC ]
First Second Books, Macmillan’s graphic novel imprint, is launching World Citizen Comics, a line of nonfiction graphic works focused on civic involvement and media literacy, including books for children and teens. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Founded in 2012 by veterans of the entertainment business, Adaptive Studios is an unusual business venture originally focused on repurposing moribund or abandoned movie scripts into new content for different media, including books, movies, and TV shows. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
eBay has launched a dedicated storefront for entertainment products, including books, as it bids to become “the destination for physical media in the UK”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the Thursday morning panel called Current Trends in YA, author Daniel Kraus rattled off a few crops of recent strains he’s observed, including books about “body parts, agoraphobia, and strange disease books.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourteen indies opened between April and June, according to the ABA. And new stores continue to open, including Books by the Beach in New Smyrna Beach, and a second location for Ye Olde Warwick Book Shoppe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
George RR Martin has urged “every true fan” of science fiction and fantasy to vote for this year’s Hugo Awards to “help protect the integrity of the rocket”. The 2015 Hugo Awards, honouring the best science fiction and fantasy works and achievements of the previous year across a number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two authors and a fanzine have withdrawn their work from the Hugo science fiction awards, claiming alleged right-wing activists are skewing the voting process. The annual awards honour the best science fiction and fantasy works and achievements of the previous year across a number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Sword (Orbit), the sequel to her multi award-winning Ancillary Justice (also Orbit), is among the finalists for this year’s Hugo Awards. The annual awards honour the best science fiction and fantasy works and achievements of the previous year across a number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group has acquired nearly 100 Egmont USA titles, following Egmont’s decision to close its US office. Lerner said it has published Egmont’s remaining US assets, including books by Ilsa J Bick, Patrick Jennings, Jon and Pamela Voelkel, Lex Thomas and Len... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Third party sellers accounted for more than 40% of all items sold on Amazon in 2014, the online retailer has revealed. There are currently more than two million vendors on the online retail site, who sold more than two billion items worldwide last year, including books, clothing and other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]