Casual Vacancy takes top spot

J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy (Little, Brown) has officially become the fastest-selling... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book industry needs to take responsibility for transforming itself

It would have been hard to have missed last week’s digital launch of Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing. The report - the first of its kind on diversity in trade fiction - not only landed noisily, but put the publishing ecosystem in the dock. So what's next? Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 09:58:58 UTC ]
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Pandemic Takes a Toll on Industry Stocks

The Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell nearly 20% in the first six months of 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side With These Animal Centric Manga Series

Do you want more animal manga series in your life? Check out this list of titles, which ranges from the cute to the downright weird. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-07-02 10:33:25 UTC ]
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Geppi Takes Control of GFE; Heidmann to Leave

Diamond Comic Distributors founder Steve Geppi announced that he is returning as president of Geppi Family Enterprises, the parent company of Diamond. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Evaristo and Carty-Williams become first black authors to win top British Book awards

Candice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo take book of the year and author of the year categories, as publishers face criticism for treatment of black authorsCandice Carty-Williams and Bernardine Evaristo have become the first black authors to win the top prizes at the British Book awards,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-29 17:45:42 UTC ]
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Hachette’s Northern outposts take root under the leadership of Layfield

Emma Layfield, picture book development director, North, has laid the foundations for Hachette to open five offices in the North of England later this year, aiming to tap into local talent Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-26 11:21:11 UTC ]
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The four best audiobooks of June to take you places

Hardboiled mysteries, obscure farming communities, and tales of home and family provide ample entertainment in June’s audiobook roundup. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-23 23:13:15 UTC ]
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The four best audiobooks of June to take you places

Hardboiled mysteries, obscure farming communities, and tales of home and family provide ample entertainment in June’s audiobook roundup. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-23 23:13:15 UTC ]
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The four best audiobooks of June to take you places

Hardboiled mysteries, obscure farming communities, and tales of home and family provide ample entertainment in June’s audiobook roundup. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-23 23:13:15 UTC ]
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Politico Takes Daily Newsletters Weekly for Some Readers

Subscribers to Politico’s newsletters will soon receive a weekly version rather than daily if they aren’t Politico Pro members. The publisher announced this Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-18 18:00:14 UTC ]
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McGowan and Tan take CILIP medals with titles inspired by the natural world

Anthony McGowan and Shaun Tan this week won the CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal respectively for their books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 14:49:12 UTC ]
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John Bolton's bad reviews don't stop him topping US book charts

The Room Where It Happened, due out later this month if attempts to block publication fail, has received stinging early notices but is already Amazon’s No 1John Bolton’s damning indictment of the Trump presidency is topping bestseller charts in the US a week before its release, despite withering... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-18 11:54:13 UTC ]
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Reni Eddo-Lodge becomes first black British author to top UK book charts

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race wins landmark ranking in the wake of worldwide Black Lives Matter protestsReni Eddo-Lodge has become the first black British author to take the overall No 1 spot in the UK’s official book charts.Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-16 14:00:03 UTC ]
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Eddo-Lodge tops the charts to make BookScan history

Reni Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Bloomsbury) has leapt into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, making her the first black British author to hit the weekly overall number one in the Nielsen BookScan era. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-16 07:29:33 UTC ]
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‘Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why’ takes hilarious aim at the current administration. But it’s not all fun and games.

Alexandra Petri’s new essay collection makes our current sociopolitical dumpster fire not just very funny but stingingly poignant. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-15 08:18:15 UTC ]
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Black US authors top New York Times bestseller list as protests continue

Michelle Alexander and Ijeoma Oluo among those on list, marking first time top 10 entries are primarily titles on race issuesGeorge Floyd killing – latest US updatesBlack American authors, including Michelle Alexander and Ijeoma Oluo, have surged to the top of the latest New York Times’... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-11 18:10:43 UTC ]
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Black British authors top UK book charts in wake of BLM protests

Bernardine Evaristo and Reni Eddo-Lodge take No 1 slots in wake of anti-racist demonstrations, as Waterstones staff ask chain to support causeBernardine Evaristo and Reni Eddo-Lodge have become the first black British women to top the UK’s fiction and nonfiction paperback charts, in a week where... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-10 13:46:40 UTC ]
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Harper’s Bazaar Appoints First Woman of Color as Top Editor

Samira Nasr, a former Vanity Fair fashion director, is leaving Condé Nast to take a key job at Hearst Magazines. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-06-10 01:35:04 UTC ]
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Mackesy canters to top of charts, as Evaristo and Eddo-Lodge soar

Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Ebury) has cantered back to the Official UK Top 50 number one, as books by black authors rocket up the charts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 08:15:17 UTC ]
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One More Chapter takes seven more from Wake

HarperCollins’ digital first division, One More Chapter, has landed seven new titles by Jules Wake, who also writes as Julie Caplin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 05:34:28 UTC ]
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