Emmy Award–winning actor and writer, acclaimed director, bestselling author, university professor, and today host of the APA’s 17th annual Author Tea, Alan Alda took a few minutes to talk to PW about his latest book, "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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“There’s a renaissance for spoken-word content and our media diet is expanding, but as the landscape becomes more saturated, audiobooks face greater and greater discoverability challenges,” said Tom Webster, v-p, strategy and marketing, at Edison Research. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Twenty-five years ago, Alan Giagnocavo founded Fox Chapel Publishing at his kitchen table, focusing on books about the arts of woodcarving and creating with a scroll saw. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Yellow Jacket, a middle-grade imprint slated to launch in summer 2018, will be helmed by current Little Bee and Sizzle Press publisher Sonali Fry and publish novels across genres. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A combination of bookstore attrition and its own startup efforts will make Amazon Books the fifth largest general bookstore chain in the U.S. based on the number of outlets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Debut novelist Emily Culliton originally planned to write a book about a disaffected young adult whose mother wasn’t in her life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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At age nine, after being taught how to play Monopoly, Robert Kiyosaki knew he was going to be wealthy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Organizers of the New York Rights Fair held a party last night to introduce the event to the American publishing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The furthest thing from Ben Blum’s mind in August 2006 was that his 19-year-old cousin Alex Blum, whom Ben was very close to and admired for his loyalty, his intelligence, and respectful nature, would become an armed bank robber in Tacoma, Wash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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In 1996, David Farnsworth came to the U.S. from the U.K. to head the sales department of the family-owned Combined Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Theatre Communications Group, in New York, is dedicated to strengthening and nurturing professional nonprofit theater in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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When Brooke Gladstone, the cohost (with Bob Garfield) of the popular podcast "On the Media," began working on her new book, "The Trouble with Reality" (Workman), her brief was to “provide a consolation” to readers troubled by the recent presidential election. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Pamela Paul, editor of the New York Times Book Review and author of five books, is quick to admit she’s a list maker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Debuts and the latest releases from a number of heavy hitters—including John Grisham, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Jennifer Egan—were among the books being touted as the "big ones" of this year's BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It’s hard to believe that fashion designer Zac Posen, a judge on "Project Runway" and Brooks Brothers creative director, has the time to whip up panko-crusted soft-shell crab and orange blossom bundt cake in his New York apartment, but he does. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It’s only been five years since the start of Seventh Street Books—the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction imprint of Prometheus Books—but there’s reason to celebrate, and it’s happening in the Prometheus Books booth (2706). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Pete Souza, chief official White House photographer during the Obama presidency, culled more than 300 images from the nearly two million that he took of President Obama alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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“Nigerian society has changed quite a bit [over the past 30 years], and more and more people are having conversations about being a woman in Nigeria,” says Ayobami Adebayo, who explores the subject in her debut novel, "Stay with Me" (Knopf, Aug.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Waldorf Publishing refuses to accept such terms as “boutique” or “small press” as descriptive nomenclature for the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Jesmyn Ward is a BookExpo veteran, who has attended the show multiple times, in connection with her bestselling titles "Salvage the Bones" (Bloomsbury), which won the 2011 National Book Award, and her memoir,"Men We Reaped" (Bloomsbury, 2013). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Comedian Whitney Cummings hosted novelists Stephen King and his son Owen, Claire Messud, Jesmyn Ward, astronaut Scott Kelly, and former White House photographer Pete Souza at the BookExpo Adult Author's Breakfast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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