Following her viral short story hit, Kristen Roupenian’s You Know You Want This has been sold to Cape in the UK, with the US auction said to be topping $1mKristen Roupenian, whose short story about a relationship turned sour, Cat Person, set the internet on fire last week, has sold her debut book to a UK publisher for a high five-figure sum, with an auction in the US now understood to be topping $1m (£748,000).Published in the New Yorker, which said the response to the story had been “record-breaking”, Roupenian’s Cat Person recounts student Margot’s relationship with the older Robert. Initially conducted through text messages, it eventually becomes physical – “It was a terrible kiss, shockingly bad; Margot had trouble believing that a grown man could possibly be so bad at kissing” – before Margot withdraws and Robert shows his true colours. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The country’s innovative publishing industry celebrates its unique cultural identity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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New programs and a continued engagement with creative sectors outside of traditional book publishing have expanded the scope of the show, though rights is still at the core. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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To offer kids a way to read via Kindle, Amazon is back with another $99 bundle. The Kindle for Kids offer combines the latest e-reader with a cover and a "2-year worry-free guarantee." It's meant to boost reading habits for children complete with too... Continue reading at Engadget
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A new study reveals that parents of pre-school children spend on average £6 per month on books for boys, 25% less than they spend on books for girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Winner of the Royal Society Book Prize, Andrea Wulf, is one of four British authors to have made the six-strong longlist for the 2016 Cundill Prize for Historical Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The creator of the wildly popular Assassin's Creed franchise is launching an in-house publishing line that will debut in November with two titles based on the action-adventure game. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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This September, Annick will mark its 40th anniversary by embarking on a partnership with Pearson Canada, which will put a selection of more than 125 Annick books in every classroom across Canada. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Ig Publishing announced that, due to what its editor-in-chief Robert Lasner described as "very disappointing" sales, the Brooklyn press is no longer making acquisitions or publishing frontlist under its three-year-old Lizzie Skurnick YA fiction imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Crystal Mahey-Morgan looks at whether publishing can learn anything from grime artists choosing to make their own way in the music industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Maggie Nelson has been named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for her work that blends frank autobiography with criticism and philosophy. A poet who leads the MFA program at CalArts, Nelson’s work wrestles with issues of gender, LGBT theory, art and violence; her most recent books are the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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American publishers experienced a 2.7% decline in revenues in the first quarter of 2016 to $2.14bn (£1.65bn) compared to the same period in 2015, according to data released by the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Le Monde believes there is a place for serious news on Snapchat Discover. The news publisher created a team of seven employees dedicated to just Snapchat content in the hope it can pull in more millennial readers. Le Monde has been testing the appetite for serious news on Snapchat since March... Continue reading at Digiday
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The UK’s independent publishing sector is growing and “thriving”, a second annual independent publishing report has found. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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His Dark Materials author has appealed for EU directive to be introduced in Britain, to block ‘unfair practices that currently prevent authors making a living’His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman has welcomed a “badly need[ed]” new proposal from the European Commission that would protect... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Being a publisher today is hard work. On Day Two of the Digiday Publishing Summit, we granted publishers anonymity to share their biggest challenges. Publishers see big opportunity to reach new audiences on social media. But distributing to platforms efficiently and without giving up reader... Continue reading at Digiday
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Out of 156 original submissions, the seven-member jury led by Christoph Schröder chose six novels for the prestigious German Book Prize shortlist. The post 2016 German Book Prize Shortlist Highlights Six New Novels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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For Monday’s edition of the Hang Up and Listen Slate Plus bonus segment, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss recently retired soccer star Abby Wambach’s new memoir, Forward. Continue reading at Slate
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After almost 10 years in its original Kenyan setting, Muthoni Garland's Storymoja Festival opens as an event in Accra, Ghana, newly relocated and pan-African in outlook. The post Originally Kenyan, Storymoja Book Festival Opens Its New Life in Ghana appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Independent publishers should utilise the free flow of ideas and creativity in order to better innovate, founder of Libreria bookshop Rohan Silva has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A number of exhibitors at this year's Beijing International Book Fair have reported the confiscation of books containing politically or culturally sensitive content. But others said they had experienced no increase in censorship activity despite increased tensions over freedom of speech in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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