The American Library Association has released its preliminary data on attempts to censor books or limit library resources, and the numbers are bad. From Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, there were 681 “attempts to ban or restrict library resources,” targeting 1,651 titles in total. This number already exceeds... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-09-16 16:06:45 UTC ]
The Whiting Foundation's 2023 Literary Magazine Awards will feature a new grant schedule, eligibility requirements, and total number of prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Indie Boldwood Books has signed three more authors for next year, bringing the total number of writers on the list to 44, while announcing that it has hit £2m in sales across all formats. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-01 09:10:37 UTC ]
What are the largest health care IT companies in Nashville? We ranked Nashville's health care IT companies by number of local-area IT employees. To view the top five and see which one tops the List, check out the slideshow with this story. For the rest of Nashville's top health care IT... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-03-16 11:50:29 UTC ]
For magazine publishing, 2019 has been a year full of births, deaths, mutants, zombies – and even a resurrection. The glass-half-full crowd will point to the findings of Mr. Magazine (Dr. Samir Husni) that the total number of magazine titles in the U.S. is at a record high. The half-empty folks... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2019-12-10 17:25:34 UTC ]
What are the largest tech product companies in Nashville? We ranked Nashville's tech product companies by local-area tech employees. To view the top five and see which one tops the list, check out the slideshow with this story. For the rest of Nashville's top tech product companies, take a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-10-02 11:26:24 UTC ]
What are the largest tech services companies in Nashville? We ranked Nashville's tech services companies by local-area tech employees. To view the top five and see which one tops the list, check out the slideshow with this story. For the rest of Nashville's top tech services companies, take a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-09-30 11:24:42 UTC ]
Anna Burns’s novel sold almost 10,000 copies in the first days after the prize, and Faber has printed 120,000 additional copies to meet demandDespite being described by the chair of the Man Booker prize judges as “challenging”, Anna Burns’s story of sexual intimidation during the Troubles,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The veteran Washington reporter’s unflattering portrait of Trump White House gets ninth printing to meet extraordinary demand from US and beyondDonald Trump may have dismissed Bob Woodward’s Fear as “a joke”, but readers are showing themselves to be keen to share in the comedy, with more than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The total number of BookExpo attendees rose 2% in 2018 over 2017, reaching 7,732. The figure includes all retailers, librarians, authors, and other attendees, with the exception of exhibitors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Skyhorse Publishing has implemented a major reorganization that will reduce the total number of titles it publishes annually by about 25%, and cut 16 positions from its full-time staff of 77. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Snapchat Discover is one of today's hottest sources of news, but it's possibly ... too hot? With an expected IPO just months away, Snapchat wants to start cleaning up Discover's often racy content—created by a select group of publishers including Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan and MTV—by moving away... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has trebled its number of collection points for customers via a partnership with Royal Mail. The e-commerce giant revealed the link-up today ( 25th November), which has added an extra 10,500 collection points in post offices to its PickUp Location Programme in the UK, bringing its total... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Christian retail sales increased slightly last year, even while the total number of stores in that market continued to decline, according to a state-of-the-industry report for 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The move brings the total number of countries where the Nook and Nook store are available to 32. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The total number of independent bookshops on the high street has declined for a sixth consecutive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
After posting significant gains in 2011, the 16 publishers highlighted in PW’s annual Twitter snapshot all continued growing in 2012, showing that the book activity on the social media platform is still increasing substantially. All told, the total number of Twitter followers across all 16... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 15/07/2011 - 14:34 Christian bookselling chain Living Oasis has admitted only one of its branches is making any profit as it culled another shop last week, reducing its total number of stores from 19 to four in just four months. Living Oasis... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 30/03/2011 - 11:55 The number of literature organisations receiving regular Arts Council England (ACE) funding is falling from 58 to 53, as ACE revealed its new national portfolio of arts organisations today [30th March]. The total number... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 30/03/2011 - 11:55 The number of literature organisations receiving regular Arts Council England (ACE) funding is falling from 58 to 53, as ACE revealed its new national portfolio of arts organisations today [30th March]. The total number... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]