Just days before the scheduled release of The Diary of Malcolm X, X Legacy LLC, a corporation representing the heirs of Malcolm X, secured a temporary restraining order in Manhattan federal court against the book’s publisher, Third World Press, to halt its publication. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown said the response to the explosive exposé of Donald Trump's presidency has been "extraordinary", with the publisher fulfilling orders of 330,000 print copies and with "tens of thousands" of ebooks already sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Wolff’s US publisher says it has orders for more than one million hardcover copies of Fire and Fury, with "hundreds of thousands of ebooks" already sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young Arrow has acquired a new children’s book, Dog Diaries, a spin-off from James Patterson’s bestselling middle grade Middle School series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An insider's account about Donald Trump's presidency has risen up the Amazon pre-order charts after the Guardian got hold of an early copy and revealed some of its controversial contents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American publisher Macmillan/Henry Holt, under an order from Donald Trump's personal attorneys to stop publication of Michael Wolff's book, instead moves to rush out 'Fire and Fury' on Friday as the publishing world watches developments. The post Freedom To Publish: Macmillan’s Henry Holt... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The last time the Supreme Court took a hard look at how to impose sales taxes on home shopping, it was the era of mail-order catalogs — “before Amazon was even selling books out of Jeff Bezos’ garage,” lawyers recently told the justices. In 1992, the high court upheld a constitutional rule that... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the media released some choice bombshells from Michael Wolff's forthcoming White House tell-all, 'Fire and Fury,' the book has skyrocketed to #1 on Amazon and its on-sale date has been moved up—to the tune of infuriated tweets from President Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Court documents filed following the lawsuit filed by conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos against Simon & Schuster show the publisher's concern with the book's quality in its early stages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Citing the EC's year-old proposal to allow member-states to tax all book formats equally, the Federation of European Publishers demands action. The post European Publishers Slam ‘Unwarranted Delay’ in VAT Reform for Book Formats appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Netflix acquired Mark Millar's comic book empire in August, many assumed the streaming service would just adapt his various works for the screen. That isn't quite the case: Netflix announced today that it will publish The Magic Order as a comic... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman has revealed ill health delayed his writing of the much-anticipated La Belle Sauvage, released today (Thursday 19th October). He also said The Book of Dust trilogy was “darker” than His Dark Materials because he feels “more cynical and closer to despair” than he did 22 years ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every era has its own fairy tales—fables that teach children what a princess looks like, and what monsters they should fear. According to the short stories in Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado’s exhilarating debut collection, a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction, our... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has bought rights to Petina Gappah's second novel, The Last Journey of Doctor Livingstone. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon must pay €250m in back taxes after the European Commission judged the company had enjoyed tax benefits in Luxembourg which were illegal under EU state aid rules. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Extreme weather off the coast of China has delayed the publication of My Side of the Diamond, the latest novel from Carnegie winner Sally Gardner (Hot Key Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glasgow-based printing company Bell and Bain Printers has taken Freight Books to court over unpaid work dating back to the beginning of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cassell Illustrated, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired the official, inside story of the Sex Pistols' "whirlwind year" of 1977, as told by the Sex Pistols and their collaborators. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronet has acquired The Sober Diaries, a "brave, honest and at times hilarious" account of how one mother gave up drinking. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The duke and duchess have discovered that, in Europe, damages come nowhere near the inflated totals awarded in the royal courts of justiceA happy day for William and Kate. Another baby on the way. Eight somewhat unctuous pages of the Mail celebrating their fecundity. Then splat! A French court... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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