Forty years after the publication of Leaving the Land, Pulitzer Prize finalist Douglas Unger returns with his fifth novel, Dream City, an excoriating tale of hope, greed, and betrayal in Las Vegas. C.D. Reinhart is Unger’s fatally flawed protagonist, a failed actor bent on self-improvement who... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-10-08 11:05:00 UTC ]
When I’m away from home and don’t have access to my big desktop displays, it feels like I’m missing a limb. Unfortunately, there’s a limit to how big a portable monitor can really be. After a certain point, it’s not going to fit in a reasonably sized bag. ASUS’s ZenScreen Fold solves that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-01-10 20:40:09 UTC ]
JR Moehringer, biographer to stars such as Andre Agassi and a doyen of the genre, was an obvious choice for the Duke of SussexWhen Prince Harry chose to work with ghostwriter JR Moehringer on his institution-shaking memoir, Spare, he was not taking half measures. The American writer and Pulitzer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-01-07 18:42:05 UTC ]
Licensing Expo, held May 24–26 in Las Vegas, always features lots of interesting and sometimes odd sights and sounds, and this year's back-to-in-person event was no exception. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Interest in publishing as a core category within licensed consumer products programs remains strong, as was evident from a walk through the aisles of Licensing Expo, which ran May 24–26 in Las Vegas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Believer magazine will publish its final issue under the auspices of the Black Mountain Institute, which is hosted by the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, next spring. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
A number of publishers and licensors exhibiting at or attending this year’s Licensing Expo in Las Vegas are looking to license their proprietary, book-based brands to manufacturers of toys, arts and crafts, apparel, and other products. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the final week of February, in a hotel in Las Vegas, Farhan Zaidi lobbied free-agent outfielder Bryce Harper to spend the next decade with the San Francisco Giants. When Harper declined San Francisco’s $310-million offer for a more lucrative contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, Zaidi... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the start of March Madness, Las Vegas transforms into the epicenter of college basketball, with tens of thousands of bettors filling sports books across the city. The Los Angeles Times has dispatched Page 2 columnist Arash Markazi, videographer Mark Potts and photographer Kent Nishimura to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The timing was perfect and the symbolism entirely appropriate: a Brinks truck pulling into the parking lot of the Dodgers’ spring training facility soon after team executives returned from a meeting in Las Vegas with free agent Bryce Harper. The question the Dodgers have to answer isn’t whether... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Chargers opened as a 2 1/2-point underdog to the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the NFL playoffs on Jan. 6, according to a preeminent oddsmaker’s line set Sunday night in Las Vegas. Westgate Superbook Race and Sports Book Director Jay Kornegay set the over/under for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
While most publishers at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas this week are there as attendees, a growing number of houses are participating as exhibitors as well. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sin City built a playoffs-worthy NHL franchise in a year. Can it also build a literary oasis in the middle of the Mojave? If the Believer Festival is any indication, that answer is yes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lani Sarem’s Handbook for Mortals was taken off the No 1 spot after fellow YA authors, sceptical of ‘a book that no one has heard of’, uncovered a pattern of strategic preordersA young adult novel has been removed from the No 1 position on the New York Times bestseller lists, after detective... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books are playing a starring role at this year’s Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, which began yesterday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In answering whether the NFL would allow betting in Las Vegas should the Oakland Raiders relocate to Las Vegas, the director of the largest sports book operation on The Strip may have created the town’s new catchphrase.“You come to Vegas, you take Vegas the way Vegas is,” said MGM Resorts’ Jay... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Very important person? Why yes, I am. Now. Name: Suiteness.com What it does: It's a website that opens the doors to online booking for 17,000 luxury suites you never knew existed in Las Vegas, Miami and New York. Los Angeles is up next. More than 50% of the inventory is exclusive to Suiteness. .. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fall book festivals continue to abound around the country with ones in Las Vegas, Houston, and the Twin Cities slated to take place this weekend. The Boston Book Festival kicks off on October 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Las Vegas–based publisher Central Recovery Press was founded in 2006 by parent company Central Recovery, with the mission to counteract the stigma associated with addiction, treatment, and recovery, explained executive editor Nancy Schenck. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Film and television properties continue to generate buzz on the show floor at Licensing Expo, held last month in Las Vegas. But a popular entertainment property, on its own, is often no longer enough to drive licensed publishing success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]