During an official visit to Germany on Monday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls accepted the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week’s headlines: Tributes pour in for former Librarian of Congress James Billington; a new report suggests library ebook lending generates reader awareness and sales; and it took just two weeks for Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' to become the year's bestselling book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of Frankfurt Book Fair’s most talked-about books, a "revelatory" eight-year investigation into women’s sex lives, has gone to Bloomsbury following a six-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has pre-empted The Right to Sex, a book about male sexual entitlement and #MeToo by Oxford professor Amia Srinivasan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobooks took centre stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair with speakers from across the industry talking up the market, one describing it as "the only growth sector" in the consumer books business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning novelist Tamta Melashvili reflects on feminism in her home land, and how fiction can build bridges. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s UK has agreed pre-empts for Paul McCartney’s upcoming Hey Grandude! with Michel Lafon in France and HarperCollins Italia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK saw profit before tax boom by more than half last year, in what UK c.e.o. Ian Chapman described as a "very, very strong year" for the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A big gain in the number of self-published print ISBNs issued in 2017 offset a drop in the number of ISBNs issued for ebooks by self-published authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turnover at Carlton Books declined last year by 26%, caused by the end of the colouring book boom and management transitions, according to accounts filed on Companies House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a gesture of support for independent black publishing in France, National Book Award–winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and his U.S. publisher, One World, have released the French edition of his latest bestseller through Editions Présence Africaine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate made a loss last year despite a rise in turnover because of the significant purchase costs of acquiring Severn House Publishers and the writing off of "some sizeable, unearned advances". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair and Technische Universität Darmstadt have teamed up on accessibility studies, and France's 'Literary Season for All' is bigger than ever, in its sixth year. The post The Frankfurt Book Fair and France’s Literary Season Address Accessibility Issues appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Frankfurt Book Fair is having a structural revamp over the next two years with a new home for the rights and licenses business and a new space for consumers with new enticements for the general public. In 2019 the literary agents and scouts centre moving to the “Festhalle”, near the City... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have reported buoyant trading on the international stage ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, though many are unsettled by the political backdrop, with the UK government sparring with the European Union to avoid a “no-deal” Brexit come March 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 20-strong Invitation Program at Frankfurter Buchmesse this year will include Macedonia's Shkupi, a publishing house serving an Albanian readership amid many barriers to financial success. The post A Voice From Frankfurt’s Invitation Program: Macedonia Publisher Azam Dauti appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In France, 'Gender-Neutral First Names,' the new novel from Amélie Nothomb, debuted at the top of fiction bestseller list in August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trade sales have grown steadily over the last five years—even as other major segments continue to have their struggles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In France, 'Gone in the Night' by Guillaume Musso, about a murderous group of school friends whose secrets are about to be revealed, was the top fiction title in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Home Office’s refusals to grant a visa to Nayrouz Qarmout means the Palestinian author will not be able to speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, according to her UK publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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