While Books & Books was selected as PW’s Bookstore of the Year, our judges felt that another store, St. Louis’s 46-year-old Left Bank Books, deserves recognition for exemplifying what an independent bookstore can and should do to serve its community during a crisis. 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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Next year China is the guest of honor at Book Expo America’s Global Market Forum and is planning a host of events for the occasion. Vice Minister Wu Shulin details his country’s goals and expectations in this interview with Publishers Weekly. 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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“Now in my 80s, in my second or third childhood, I’ve come back to the noir influence,” says Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist, author, and award-winning screenwriter and playwright, about Kill My Mother, an original graphic novel (Norton/Liveright, Aug.). 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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The U.K. wholesaler Gardners is fielding its strongest team yet at BEA as it promotes its new U.S. shipping service. 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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Read the complete PW BEA Show Daily for May 29, 2014. News from BookExpo America 2014, author interviews, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Da Capo Press turns 50 this year and will be celebrating the milestone in its booth (1406, Perseus Books Group) with a champagne toast, 4–5 p.m., this afternoon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Most folks believe the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States, but Elizabeth Mitchell, in pursuit of researching another topic, came across some diaries of sculptor Frédéric August Bartholdi and learned the true story behind the statue’s creation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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When ebooks first began to make meaningful inroads in publishing in 2009–2010, a number of executives predicted they would become another format within the industry. In 2013 ebooks had become part of the “normal” book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Author and artist Michael Cho will be promoting his first full-length graphic novel, Shoplifter (Pantheon, Sept.), at BEA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Black Dog & Leventhal, whose mission is to publish original nonfiction that brings complex subjects to a mass audience via experts in their fields, has two books on its fall list that the editors are particularly enthusiastic about. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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For publishers of religion books aimed at young readers, it's easier than ever to find readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The last time Garth Stein was at Book Expo it was 2008, and he admits he was happy to get “spill” from Tom Wolfe’s (I Am Charlotte Simmons) autographing line. 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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It’s been seven years since Gregory Maguire has been to BEA, he thinks, but he’s looking forward to it, comparing the show to the most festive New Year’s Eve celebration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The number of comics and graphic novel publishers with stand-alone booths and programming at BEA this year is once again declining, following last year’s trend. 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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