Here are all our daily stories of the AWP 2017 Conference, which took place in Washington D.C. between February 8-11. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke with this year's Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners about what they were doing when the committee called with the good news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#committee called
#pw spoke
#pw speaks
Kelly Barnhill was "dead to the world" when her cell phone rang very early Monday morning. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The selections were announced on Sunday, January 22, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, with an official award ceremony to come this summer, at the ALA annual conference, set for Chicago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#colson whitehead
“This has been a very incredible day,” said Javaka Steptoe, referring to the hours following the announcement that he had won the 2017 Caldecott Medal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Booksellers move to amend California autograph law; a new bookstore for Missouri; Harvard Bookstore commemorates Obamas' farewell; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bookstore news
The federal education law ESSA, set to take effect this year, would provide critical support for school libraries if allowed to stand by the Trump administration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#trump administration
#school libraries
In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#45th president
#opening keynote
Journalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr is chairing the jury for the 2017 Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#andrew marr
We look at the biggest-selling titles across the U.S., from ‘A Man Called Ove’ in the Northeast to Oprah’s new cookbook in the Pacific region. Plus ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘Citizen’ are among the topical backlist titles getting a sales boost. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#sales boost
Sourcebooks buys a postapocalyptic thriller, a Bonnier and Clyde novel goes to Tor, a self-published author sells a new series to Grand Central Forever, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#sourcebooks buys
#book deals
The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended January 15, 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bestselling ibooks
This week: the book that changed America, and an early candidate for the best graphic biography of 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#graphic biography
#changed america
The awards, first announced last year by the Penguin Random House Foundation, are an effort to support and recognize the work oflibrarians. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
A new store opens in Massachusetts; a store in Maine changes hands; a Colorado bookstore expands by going mobile; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bookstore news
#store opens
The 2017 Digital Book World conference opened with calls for more data-driven decision-making, despite the inherently subjective nature of book publishing. The post DBW 2017 Opening Themes: The Trade, Its Resilience, and Its Data appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#book publishing
#data appeared
A Texas bookstore readies for opening in a former Borders location; a New Jersey bookstore inspired by Barack Obama’s first election turns eight; a New Hampshire college store ponders going corporate; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#barack obama
#borders location
#bookstore news
New stores prep for openings in Texas and North Carolina; a store takes root in the former home of a long-time Pennsylvania bookstore; an Illinois bookstore considers going nonprofit; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#north carolina
#stores prep
#bookstore news
Unit sales of print books declined 5% in the week ended Jan. 8, 2017, compared to the similar week in 2016, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#nielsen bookscan
#weekly scorecard
This week: Han Kang's follow-up to "The Vegetarian," plus true stories of imaginary illnesses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#true stories
#han kang
Oprah WInfrey's first cookbook, 'Food, Health, and Happiness,' is the #1 book in the country. Plus comics anthology 'Love Is Love,' a tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting, debuts on our list, and the 'Fifty Shades Darker' movie whips up fan enthusiasm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#oprah winfrey