English language bookshop crowdfunder has week to raise £7,000

A crowdfunding campaign to create a “feminist safe haven” bookshop in Paris has only a week left to raise the remaining £7,000 needed to secure premises, after securing two-thirds of its financial target. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-02 16:26:28 UTC ]
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Seven indie bookshops get £1,750 to mark Macmillan anniversary

Pan Macmillan has launched a competition for seven independent booksellers across the UK and Ireland to celebrate the 175th anniversary of parent company Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 26, 2018

This week: a modern true crime classic, plus an incisive collection of essays about the issues facing black feminists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of February 26, 2018

Carl Safina closes a double at Macmillan, Putnam nabs a new novel by Aussie scribe Robert Hillman, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 26, 2018

Ahead of the ‘Red Sparrow’ movie release, ‘The Kremlin’s Candidate,’ which closes out Jason Matthews’s trilogy, debuts at #16 in hardcover fiction. Plus another book-turned-movie, Becky Albertalli’s ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,’ climbs the children’s and YA fiction chart, and Harvard... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookshops vie for The British Book Awards title

A bumper crop of Britain and Ireland’s best independent bookshops are bucking the market trend, achieving double-digit sales rises in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights Report: Week of February 19, 2018

New deals this week for Holly Goldberg Sloan, Meg Wolitzer, Nahoko Uehashi, Akwaeke Emezi, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gail force: Honeyman's debut claims number one for second week

Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (HarperCollins) has breezed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week, selling 27,844 copies for £166,643. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: Jojo Completely Fine at number one

Jojo Moyes is "still" top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking, as Still Me, the third title in her million-copy-selling Me Before You trilogy, spent a second week as the UK’s bestselling ebook. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 19, 2018

Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Great Alone’ is the #1 book in the country. Plus the Oprah-annointed ‘An American Marriage’ by Tayari Jones takes two positions in hardcover fiction, and Christian lifestyle blogger Rachel Hollis gives readers life lessons in ‘Girl, Wash Your Face.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Week in Libraries: February 16, 2018

Among this week's headlines: Trump again targets library funding; a strong program but weak attendance at the ALA Midwinter Meeting; and a Wired article raises a central question about Facebook: is it a publisher? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of February 19, 2018

Penguin Young Readers buys a middle grade novel cowritten by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer, Hachette picks up a debut fantasy novel, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samuel French bookshop re-opens following 'wonderful coincidence'

Theatre bookshop Samuel French has found a new home in the Royal Court theatre a year after rent hikes forced it to close. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book to Film Deals, Week of February 12, 2018

This week's book to film deals include the first children's book by Sophie Kinsella, and big plans for the Ology series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of February 12, 2018

This week's hot books include a new thriller series from Sweden that has sold in a flurry of sales, and a Polish thriller that sold for world English rights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV This Week, Feb. 11-17: 'Homeland,' 'Zombies' and more

SUNDAY Coverage of the “2018 Winter Olympics” in PyeongChang, South Korea continues throughout this week and the next. Various times, NBC, CNBC, NBC Sports Network and USA I, Tania: The six-part docu-series “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst” retells the 1970s-era tale of the heiress turned... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Week's Bestsellers: February 12, 2018

Jojo Moyes has the #8 book in the country with her latest Lou Clark novel, ‘Still Me.’ Plus the ‘New York Times’ and PBS team up for a bestseller-boosting book club, and a YA debut offers a happily-ever-after to its author, if not its readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of February 12, 2018

Ally Carter sells her debut middle grade series, S&S buys a YA novel by NBA-winner Neal Schusterman and his son, MIT Press nabs an essay collection by Roxane Gay, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 12, 2018

This week: a literary adventure about a movie crew in the jungles of Honduras, plus the painting that shocked the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Week in Libraries: February 9, 2018

Among this week’s headlines: The budget deal could be good news for libraries; EFF founder John Perry Barlow has died; and the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting gets underway. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did the AFR scoop the Tele on Barnaby Joyce's affair? | The Weekly Beast

Sharri Markson points finger on deputy PM – but did the business daily get there first? Plus: Fairfax battens down the paywall Sharri Markson was in her element this week, appearing on TV to talk about her Daily Telegraph scoop on Barnaby Joyce’s infidelity and the baby he is expecting with a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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