Penguin will next month release a new paperback edition of John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars for physical bookshops. The retail version of the book still features the cover design by Rodrigo Corral but on a black background, instead of blue. It will be released on the 2nd April and will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green spoke before Wi10 booksellers Monday afternoon, thanking them for jump-starting his literary career 10 years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's books dominated the top of the US book charts in 2014, Nielsen BookScan's full-year statistics have revealed. Seven children's titles hit the number one spot last year and claimed pole position for 39 of the 52 weeks ending 28th December. This included an unbroken run of 15 weeks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, the top of the 2014 print bestseller list was dominated by children’s and young adult titles that sold more than one million copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books for children and young adults are top of the league, bagging seven of this year’s top 10, but non-fiction has endured another annus horribilisSee the chart in fullAt long last, kids ruled in 2014. Books aimed at them have often figured in the top 10 of the all-year sales chart for printed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books by John Green and Michael Lewis were the most-downloaded paid titles in the iBooks store this year. James Patterson topped the free download list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
We need to reflect the reality of our communities, says The Fault in Our Stars writer John Green in video backing social media-led We Need Diverse Books campaignAll readers need to know that they too can be the heroes of a story, according to the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green and Veronica Roth have ruled the U.S. bestseller list for most of 2014, and the two authors have also dominated the Canadian juvenile list for the year to date. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Esther Day is celebrated on Aug. 3, the birthday of teenager Esther Earl, with whom 'The Fault in Our Stars' author Green became acquainted before she died in 2010. Earl suggested the holiday center on 'the kinds of love that are too often overlooked in our culture: love among friends and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The worldwide domination of Markus Persson's building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imaginationA funny thing happened on the way to this column. Browsing idly through the Publishers Weekly site, I came on the list of the Nielsen bestselling books of 2014 (so far) in the US. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parents complained about Green's books 'Looking for Alaska' and 'Paper Towns,' but a school committee in Wisconsin decided not to remove 'Alaska' and 'Towns' was taken off a reading list in Florida, then restored. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the run up to the July 4 release of the film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars in Spain, John Green’s novel jumped four places on the country’s fiction list, landing in the top spot for June. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The success of John Green and Veronica Roth has lifted the children's market in the USA to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ebook sales for the Conservative MP in May topped 100,000, ahead of John Green and Jo NesboDigested read: The Four Streets by Nadine DorriesExtract: The Four StreetsNadine Dorries' first novel, a "heartbreaking family saga set in 1950s Liverpool", has sold more than 100,000 copies, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beyond John Green and Veronica Roth: James Thurber compiled his own list of books that he thought young adults might enjoy, and his picks still hold up today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Long before the best-seller lists were dominated by John Green, Veronica Roth, and Stephenie Meyer, there was S.E. Hinton. Her novel The Outsiders—written when Hinton was only 15—revolutionized the young adult publishing world, causing teenage readers to demand books that reflected the realities... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The Fault in Our Stars" author announced that Sarah Polley has been chosen by Paramount to write and direct a film based on his YA book, 'Looking for Alaska.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
All that hard work promoting The Fault in Our Stars—which started three years ago with John Green signing pages to be bound into the 150,000 copies of the novel’s first print run from Dutton—has paid off. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Green's "The Fault in Our Stars" pushed back to the top of Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended May 5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
"The Fault in Our Stars" author will discuss Fox's film adaptation of his novel, alongside the team behind the movie. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]