Downsized, Not Dead

In addition to Free Press coming under the new S&S Publishing Group, the restructuring moved Touchstone from the responsibility of Levin to the Scribner group under Susan Moldow, while the Atria Publishing group added Howard Books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Ronan Farrow does goofy voices in his dead-serious MeToo audiobook

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[ Fast Company | 2019-10-16 14:20:58 UTC ]
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The Deadly 1918 Flu Epidemic Gets a Fresh Treatment

Don Brown’s graphic nonfiction book “Fever Year” skillfully brings young readers directly into the (gruesome) action. Continue reading at The New York Times

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-30 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Toni Morrison, Award-Winning Author of Beloved and More, Dead at 88

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-22 02:40:27 UTC ]
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