Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow overtook titles by David Walliams and Colleen Hoover to become the UK’s number one bestseller. The author, booksellers and fans reflect on how it became a literary phenomenonTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’s distinctive cover, with its image of Hokusai’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-11 10:00:35 UTC ]
The steady drumbeat of revelations that preceded the book’s release helped push early orders and initial sales, making “Spare,” on its first day, one of the best-selling hardcover books in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-11 22:07:48 UTC ]
Shortages of truck drivers and trailers, congestion at ports, and escalating transportation costs have put more pressure on the supply chain than any time in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Nielsen put out a list of the Super Bowl’s TV audience going back to 1967. You were not alone in not watching Super Bowl LV last Sunday. The uneven matchup, in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounced the Kansas City Chiefs, was among the least-watched Super Bowls in recent memory, even as more... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-02-09 13:39:34 UTC ]
The shortest month of any year in what has been the longest year in recent memory still has plenty for you to read. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
2020 WORKED HARD to be one of the worst years in recent memory, but for readers of Native American literature, this era is proving to be among the most exciting in the history of Indigenous writing, especially for poetry. To wit: Joy Harjo has just begun her second term as poet laureate of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-11-09 18:00:17 UTC ]
Despite expanding their services during the most challenging time for retailers in recent memory, booksellers enter the holiday season worried about forces beyond their control. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The audiobook version of “Catch and Kill” features first-rate reporting and some wince-worthy character work. (You do NOT want to hear him do Trump’s voice.) What: The least necessary vocal inflection in recent memory.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-10-16 14:20:58 UTC ]
Despite Hurricane Florence, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Discovery Show in Florida last week was among the liveliest in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The MoCCA Arts Festival, an annual gathering of Indie and self-published comics and graphic novels organized by the Society of Illustrators, attracted one of its biggest crowds in recent memory. 'Publishers Weekly' was there to bring back images of the artists and events during the weekend show,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
For many at Winter Institute, Roxane Gay’s opening keynote, which called on booksellers to step up their role in providing sanctuary, set the tone for one of the most political and energizing bookseller gatherings in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Genre is a funny thing in the book trade: almost essential as a marketing tool, yet used too strictly, or taken as a metonym for too wide a range of titles, it inevitably attracts ire. The nom de guerre currently in vogue is “grip lit”. Whether one objects to the term and its use or not, it has,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Satanic Verses author refuses to back down after being accused of using ‘McCarthy era’ language in attack on six writers who withdrew from PEN gala over award to satirical magazineSalman Rushdie and Francine Prose have clashed publicly on Facebook over Charlie Hebdo, with the author of The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Everyone poops.It's not just the name of a children's book by Taro Gomi, it's a simple fact of life. But it's not something you'd pick up if you watched toilet-related advertising. Take toilet paper, for example. If you were an alien anthropologist who sat through three decades of toilet paper... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
CNN has snatched up Bloomberg's digital video czar. Starting on Dec. 2, Chris Berend lands at CNN as the company's new vp of digital video development. Berend was most recently head of video for the Bloomberg Media Group, where he helped guide the company as it looked to significantly ramp up... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]