Diana Kennedy, cookbook author who promoted Mexican cuisine, dies at 99

In defense of authenticity, she influenced generations of chefs and deplored Americans’ fast-food experience of wan tacos and overseasoned enchiladas. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-07-24 17:44:03 UTC ]
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Publishers look for author 'staying power'

Publishers are still prepared to pay good money up front for the right books, agents have told... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rankin, Kennedy in Creative Scotland attack

Ian Rankin, A L Kennedy, Andrew O'Hagan, Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Don Paterson and Robin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian author shares Pinter prize

Samar Yazbek, whose latest book is an account of the Assad regime written inside Syria, will share the Pen Pinter prize with poet Carol Anne Duffy. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors support Oxfam land grab campaign

Writers Aminatta Forna, Kamila Shamsie, Paul Theroux and Henning Mankell have given support to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bulgarian author wins BBC short story award

Bulgarian author Miroslav Penkov has won the £15,000 BBC International Short Story Award,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers offer Super Thursday promotions

Some bookshops are invoking the name of Super Thursday for promotions and marketing. Chapter... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin takes Breathing series by self-published author

Penguin Children's has snapped up rights to The Breathing series by self-published author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NY Times ex-chief Sulzberger dies

Award-winning newspaper publisher Arthur Sulzberger Sr, who led the New York Times for three decades, dies at 86 after a long illness. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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20p ebook promotion continues

Amazon and Sony are continuing to offer ebooks at 20p, with further titles added to their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese authorities ask booksellers to ban Japanese works

The government is also pressuring Chinese publishers to stop translating and publishing Japanese content as tension increases between the two countries. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hancock and Valentine among HarperCollins promotions

HarperCollins has promoted Sam Hancock to digital product development manager. In his new role... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can a White Author Write Black Characters?

When a man routinely hailed as one of America’s “greatest living writers” publishes a new novel, one hardly expects it to draw reviews posing questions along the lines of “Can he do it? Can he actually pull it off?” Because when you’re Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner, the act of writing a... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shindig Offers Authors Interactive Video Conferencing

Joining a growing list of services that offer real-time video chat capabilities, Shindig is a recently launched platform that authors and publishers can use to replicate the book tour experience online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber ebook joins 20p promotion

Sony and Amazon’s 20p ebook offer shows no sign of coming to an end, with a Faber novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC promotes Sasot to new pricing director role

HarperCollins has created a new business role to improve its pricing strategies. Eloy Sasot,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indigo acquires two from US debut author

Orion imprint Indigo has acquired two YA books by American debut author, Tess Sharpe. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Herbert is latest 20p author

Bestselling author James Herbert is the latest to have an ebook offered for 20p on Amazon and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patterson is world's highest-earning author, says Forbes

Thriller writer James Patterson has been crowed as the world’s top-earning author in 2011-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author acknowledges fake Dylan quotes, resigns

A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan. Jonah Lehrer released a statement Monday through his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, saying that some Mr. Dylan quotes appearing in his book "Imagine: How... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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