Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Stephen Buoro’s debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, which will be published by Bloomsbury in April 2023. Here’s how the publisher describes the novel: Andrew Aziza is a fifteen-year-old boy living in Kontagora in Northern Nigeria. He lives with his secretive mother, Gloria, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-19 13:30:34 UTC ]
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Stephen Lustig, business development director of marketing, sales and distribution company Eurospan Group, will be retiring at the end of December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A list of "Academic Books that Shaped Modern Britain", events organised by Blackwell's, Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and many others, and the unveiling of the Academic Bookshop of the Year award will mark Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime writer Peter James has revealed he will publish two new books next year - a "who-dunnit" Roy Grace novel and a new stand-alone novel, asking what would happen if someone had absolute proof God exists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy LeCount will join HarperCollins on December 29 as v-p and director of sales for general books, according to a letter from president of sales Josh Marwell to staff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writers Marina Benjamin and Joanna Walsh, author/illustrator Oliver Kugler and poet Jack Underwood are on the shortlist for a new prize for creative non-fiction writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A total of 67 libraries have closed in Great Britain this year, while library funding has been slashed by £25m, figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy have revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG), has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to Charlie the Choo-Choo, the picture book written by Stephen King under the pen name of Beryl Evans. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print edition of Dolly, Australia’s long-running magazine for teenage girls, is closing after more than four decades. Here’s a look back at the changing face of the title that launched the careers of some of the nation’s most famous models• Goodbye, Dolly: December issue will be magazine’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Odedina, editor-at-large at Pushkin Children's has acquired the next novel by Andy Mulligan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Jayne Ann Krentz decided to take her 19th century Amanda Quick mysteries into the 20th century, the look of the novels needed a thoroughly modern update. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops are rolling out their Christmas advertising campaigns, with Foyles releasing a video in support of its festive push for the first time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Changes are being made to Hodder, Sceptre and John Murray Press' publicity departments, following the decision of two publicity directors, Karen Geary and Kerry Hood, to reduce their working hours, while Sceptre publishing director Nikki Barrow has taken the decision to leave altogether to set... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abrams & Chronicle Books' m.d. Brenda Marsh has made her first structural changes to the company since her appointment in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook reveals a further four flaws with the data it shares with publishers and advertisers. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good jobBack in September, a report suggested that robots will have eliminated 6% of jobs in the US by 2021. Fortunately for book designers, it doesn’t look as if androids are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could software someday design book covers that could be judged—correctly—by human readers? Research in Japan says...it depends. The post Machine Learning: Can a Computer Judge a Book By Its Cover? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.S. election is nearly over. Publishers are using reader interest in politics to gain new audiences through live blogging, video and extra print editions, in addition to the standard social media efforts. Sky News is creating an immersive 360-degree video on the insides of election night.... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Education is to publish four Ancient Greek mysteries by children's book author Saviour Pirotta. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is all powerful and it knows it. Publishers have little choice but to play by its rules. At Digiday’s Publishing Summit in Nice we asked publishers what their biggest challenge with Facebook was: unclear metrics, murky routes to monetization and unpredictable priorities were among... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With over 7.8 million copies sold in the Baxter Family series alone and a new collection on the way, Christian fiction star Karen Kingsbury reflects on her writing career. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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