Or, as the folks at Overlook Press are doing, focusing on one particular canine breed: the pit bull. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Children’s authors and books will, as always, be well represented at this year’s Indies Choice Book Awards and E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards ceremony, which takes place during today’s Celebration of Bookselling luncheon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A debut, a sequel, the first of a new fantasy trilogy and more were among the books discussed at BookExpo America 2014's YA Editors' Buzz Panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The terminology is fresh because the concept is fresh: “curated, additional content” on an ebook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Coming to BEA with her first novel, Flying Shoes (Bloomsbury, June), Square Books co-owner Lisa Howorth is excited to return to the show and see it through an author perspective. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Douglas Preston and John Scalzi have a lot in common: their work, of course—they both write speculative and near-future fiction about, as Douglas Preston says, “things we are quite sure will happen.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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To choose among the dozens of bookstores in the city, we asked several authors and booksellers to be our guide. Here it is again for those who might have missed the feature and want to check out some of these fabulous stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Looking to create some post–literary conference drama in the name of legendary writers like Poe, who whacked his head with a bottle of whiskey in front of a mirror? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With the publication of Ben Mezrich’s Seven Wonders (Sept.), a fast-paced thriller with an Indiana Jones–type character at its center, Running Press is moving outside its comfort zone of lavish lifestyle, pop culture, and books on house and home. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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You wouldn’t think someone from old money, who boarded at Groton and went to Harvard, would drop out from that life and work as a busboy, schoolteacher, carpenter, caterer, journalist, and now a computer programmer for New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Mama Mia! Here we go again! My, my! How can we resist? Booksellers might want to take a chance on Weldon Owen this week by visiting booth 1550 and dropping off their business cards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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An obscure but fascinating aspect of the Civil War, when hundreds of women disguised as men enlisted in the army as Union soldiers to fight, is at the heart of Neverhome (Little, Brown; Sept.) by Laird Hunt, the author of five novels and a collection of short stories and a two-time finalist for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Wonder, R.J. Palacio’s 2012 debut novel about Auggie, a fifth-grade boy born with a facial deformity who’s attending mainstream school for the first time, made a critical and commercial splash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It has been more than a decade since Australian author Garth Nix published Abhorsen, the third volume (after Sabriel and Lirael) in his Old Kingdom fantasy series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Cleis Press, founded nearly 30 years ago in Berkeley, Calif., by Felice Newman and Frédérique Delacoste, and its Viva Editions imprint are offering a wealth of author events, signings, and promotional activities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Robyn Carr, a New York Times bestselling romance novelist, has returned to women’s fiction with Four Friends (Mira, Mar.), the story of 40-something women living in the affluent suburban San Francisco neighborhood of Mill Valley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Readers who were inspired by Azar Nafisi’s paean to literature in Reading Lolita in Tehran—there were enough to keep the book on the New York Times bestseller list for 117 weeks—can rejoice at the appearance of The Republic of Imagination (Viking, Oct.), an homage to American literature and a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It all began, Emily St. John Mandel says, when she “thought it would be interesting to write about the life of an actor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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When New Zealander Paul Huljich, author of Stress Pandemic: Nine Natural Steps to Break the Cycle of Stress and Thrive (Midpoint Trade, June), struck it rich in 1993 after selling his successful organic food company, Best Corporation, to Dannon for $100 million, he had every reason to be a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s favorite sex therapist, will be celebrating double on June 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With the addition of both a gift line and a children’s book imprint to its already diverse publishing program, the Quarto Group will have a strong presence at BEA as one of the leading illustrated book publishers and distribution groups in the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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