Carly Simon’s memoir—which among other disclosures finally confirms one of the men who’s “so vain”—debuts on our hardcover fiction list. Plus Black Friday boosts numbers for several top-selling titles, James Patterson’s Alex Cross scores a bestseller hat trick, and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The World Book Day Award 2016 (WoBoD), funded by James Patterson, is offering school libraries the chance to win up to £10,000 of new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A trio of cookbooks from brand-name authors make their list debuts. Plus a new Tumblr-to-book invites readers to ogle forest abodes, James Patterson is #1—again, and much more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
After offering $1 million in grants to indies last year, the bestselling author is continuing to show his support for bookseller "heroes" through holiday bonuses to those working on the frontline, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Swedish literary agency Salomonsson has signed Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin, the author of the chart-topping self-published picture book The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep. The book, which Ehrlin created to help parents lull their children to sleep, is currently the second biggest-selling title... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has jumped to the top of the UK Top 50 chart this week with 14th Deadly Sin (Arrow)—his 21st individual title to reach the summit since Nielsen BookScan’s records began. However, Swedish author Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin has scored a surprise hit with his picture book The Rabbit... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Guests at this morning’s annual Children’s Book and Author Breakfast will be entertained by a quartet of children’s book creators. The lineup is impressive: Nathan Lane, Oliver Jeffers, Rainbow Rowell, and James Patterson. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
While all of the four speakers at Friday's Children's Book and Author Breakfast emphasized the importance of storytelling to their lives, James Patterson went even further, insisting that books save lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In another effort to encourage children to read, James Patterson has formed the jimmy patterson imprint at Little, Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro’s '14th Deadly Sin,' released May 4, made its first appearance on Apple’s iBooks bestseller list at #2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has extended his support of indies to Australia and New Zealand, offering bookshops $5,000 each from a pool of $100,000 to spend on initiatives to get children reading. The best-selling American author has already given indies in the US and the UK grants and he has also donated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patterson originally announced that he would be donating $1.25 million to school libraries but now he's increasing the amount to $1.5 million. 'I’m blown away by the number of parents and teachers who have shared the urgent needs of their community’s school library,” the author said in a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
As part of a new initiative designed to raise awareness about the state of school libraries in the U.S., James Patterson announced that he will make a $1.25 million donation to school libraries across the country this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hexthorpe Primary School in Doncaster is set to receive £10,000 of books for its library after winning the inaugural World Book Day Award (WoBoD). The award, which was launched by World Book Day in January, is funded by James Patterson, who donated £50,000 of his own money to fund the prize for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A busy publication schedule drove change across all the major Bookseller charts last week, with titles from James Patterson, David Walliams, Jeffrey Archer and Helen MacDonald all chalking up number ones in their first week of sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson, already among the world's best-selling authors, plans to shake up the publishing industry with the launch of his new novel, Private Vegas, which will self-destruct within 24 hours. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson has launched a campaign in the US to persuade President Barack Obama to draw attention to the importance of reading. The campaign, which has the hashtag #SaveOurBooks on Twitter, asks people to sign a petition, write to their politicians, spread to word on social media and find... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Patterson, author of 'Hope to Die' (Little Brown, 9780316210966) and 'House of Robots' (LBYR, 9780316405911), will appear on NBC’s 'Today' on Monday, November 24. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
In House of Robots, the first book of James Patterson’s new middle-grade series, Sammy, a fifth grader, is humiliated when his genius inventor mother insists that he bring her latest creation, a robot named E, to school. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen King and Donna Tartt among those petitioning Amazon to 'stop harming the livelihood of the authors'Readers of the New York Times will have to steel themselves this weekend, as the unseemly brawl between Hachette and Amazon erupts on to the tranquil pages of the Grey Lady. Perhaps the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]