This summer, the courts will rule on Bertelsmann subsidiary PRH’s planned purchase of Simon & Schuster. But 24 years ago, the industry was agape over Bertelsmann’s acquisition of Random House. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House US will donate up to 300,000 more children’s books to First Book, the literacy charity, on behalf of former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-04 05:39:25 UTC ]
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Pushkin Children’s Books has announced Ele Fountain's second novel, Lost, will hit shelves on 5th March 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 12:48:24 UTC ]
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Publisher Adam Matthew Digital is working with the Royal Shakespeare Company to digitise parts of the organisation’s archive and make them accessible to academics. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 09:28:08 UTC ]
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A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2019-10-08 21:42:01 UTC ]
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Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sells her story, Ian McEwan unveils a Brexit novella, Bloomsbury buys the sophomore novel by the author of 'Dr. Strange & Mr. Norrell,' and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Eisner Award–winner Raina Telgemeier has the #1 book in the country with the middle grade graphic memoir ‘Guts.’ Plus Jacqueline Woodson’s third adult novel, ‘Red at the Bone,’ lands in hardcover fiction, and Joe Abercrombie launches the Age of Madness series with ‘A Little Hatred.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rogers, Coleridge and White’s Peter Robinson is leaving the publishing industry after 30 years of being an agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-24 06:39:15 UTC ]
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Spread the Word has chosen 30 writers from underrepresented backgrounds for its second annual London Writers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 16:49:46 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly’s immersive online event and workshop series has announced its keynote speaker: David Moberg, group publisher at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning author Toni Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019. We're reposting this 1981 interview conducted shortly after her fourth novel, "Tar Baby," was published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-07 16:16:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning author Toni Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019. We're reposting this 1981 interview conducted shortly after her fourth novel, "Tar Baby," was published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-07 16:16:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning author Toni Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019. We're reposting this 1981 interview conducted shortly after her fourth novel, "Tar Baby," was published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-07 16:16:00 UTC ]
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The award-winning author Toni Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019. We're reposting this 1981 interview conducted shortly after her fourth novel, "Tar Baby," was published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-08-07 16:16:00 UTC ]
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A group of private foundations led by the J. Paul Getty Trust is set to purchase the complete photography archive of Johnson Publishing—which comprises some 983,000 photographs and 3.35 million unprocessed negatives from Ebony and Jet magazines dating back to 1948—after submitting a winning $30... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-07-25 17:18:02 UTC ]
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The British Library has acquired the 40-year archive of Granta magazine featuring letters and papers from authors including Margaret Atwood, JG Ballard, Angela Carter and Kazuo Ishiguro. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 06:16:31 UTC ]
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Money raised by the participating indie bookstores, small presses, and other literary organizations participating in this past weekend's fundraising campaign will benefit the refugee aid nonprofit RAICES. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan M. Hansen meticulously charts Castro’s path from entitled son to revolutionary. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-07-05 12:30:21 UTC ]
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The Poetry Archive, a charity set up by Sir Andrew Motion to preserve digital recordings of poets reading their own work, has set up a website of children’s poems. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 22:39:54 UTC ]
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With advertising trending down for most print publications, publishers are eyeing paywalls with renewed interest. This whitepaper explores five successful methods of engaging your reader base with a compelling value proposition to convince them to pay for access. Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2019-06-21 20:38:36 UTC ]
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Ian Rankin has donated his literary archive, including correspondence with authors like J K Rowling, Iain Banks and Ruth Rendell, to the National Library of Scotland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-23 15:07:11 UTC ]
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