When Gonzalez's first collection, 'i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together' made its way onto singer Lily Allen’s Instagram feed last month, the poet was thrust into the spotlight. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#instagram feed
The Markets Global Publishing Summit at the Frankfurt Book Fair is a platform where publishers can do business with international experts from seven markets. The post 7 Key Questions that Will Be Answered at the The Markets: Global Publishing Summit appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
On June 15, Mark Kuyper, former CEO of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, succeeded Len Vlahos as executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, the U.S.’s leading book trade association for standardized best practices, research, information, and educational events. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#mark kuyper
Selina Nwulu was today (7th October) named the next Young Poet Laureate for London by Spread the Word, the writer development agency that runs the scheme. Nwulu, who takes on the role from Aisling Fahey, beat off competition from five other poets (Belinda Zhawi, Harriet Creelman, Raymond... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#raymond antrobus
#waterstones piccadilly
Facebook's Town Hall Q&As - where Facebook users around the world get to ask Mark Zuckerberg questions - aren't typically emotional events. This changed Sunday during a special Q&A Zuckerberg held with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#facebook users
Oculus VR, the virtual reality technology company owned by Facebook Inc., is set to make several announcements Thursday in the final stretch before its first products start shipping early next year. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#oculus vr
A collection of poetry inspired by the left wing Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has achieved 5,000 downloads in its first week. Altogether 20 poets including Michael Rosen, Pascale Petit, Nicholas Murray and Ian Pindar have submitted 20 poems for the free ebook Poets for Corbyn,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#pascale petit
How Scotland is planning to ramp up worldwide attention for its relatively small publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing scotland
The Restless Books publisher, and creator of the just-announced Prize for New Immigrant Writing, said he hopes the literary honor will help dispel negative stereotypes of immigrants. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Oklahoma poet Nathan Brown is garnering attention during his book tour for a poem touching on the life of Presidential candidate Donald Trump. The post Timely Poet’s Tour Trumps Trump with Trump appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#trump appeared
#book tour
The editor-at-large of U.K. publisher Scribe talked to us about why he thinks quality nonfiction submissions are drying up in his country, and the forthcoming Spanish book he's publishing that may change English-language readers' idea of "what Spanish nonfiction can do." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#scribe uk
If you're wondering what ever happened to those Facebook Instant articles you were promised back in May, now there's word. Facebook has been testing instantly-loaded articles, hosted within Facebook instead of on publishers' sites, for the past couple of weeks, according to a report in The Wall... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#audience development
#gathering feedback
#revenue share
The creator of the Bookstore Mind Share' index for comparing stores talks about the creation of his list of the world's top 40 bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
ALA joins a chorus of Internet and tech businesses in questioning a proposal to establish the U.S. Copyright office as its own independent agency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#copyright office
#independent agency
Harlequin's MIRA imprint has launched a new website, BookClubbish, aimed at promoting titles suitable for book clubs and discussing pop culture. The post Harlequin’s MIRA Launches BookClubbish appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#mira imprint
#book clubs
BookClubbish is a new site devoted to book-and-pop-culture-related content, from titles across all publishers, to be shared with with readers, booksellers, librarians, book bloggers and book clubs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book bloggers
#book clubs
Melville House UK has acquired the “genre-bending” memoir of American poet, critic and non-fiction author, Maggie Nelson. Managing director Zeljka Marosevic bought rights for the UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada, from Katie Dublinski at Graywolf Press. This will be the first time Nelson’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#american poet
#maggie nelson
#melville house
#katie dublinski
#graywolf press
#british publisher
#love story
Facebook has been criticized for some time for its role in creating a “filter bubble” among its users, a term that comes from a book of the same name by Eli Pariser (who went on to help create viral-content site Upworthy). Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The U.K. lifestyle publisher talked to us about coloring books for adults, when the paleo diet will have its moment across the pond and what she believes is the 'holy grail' of self-help books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#coloring books
#holy grail
We talked to Jim DeFelice, the cowriter of both Chris Kyle's 'American Sniper' and the new memoir by Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, 'American Wife,' about what it was like to work on both books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#chris kyle
#american sniper