The Big Short author was given unlimited access to failed cryptocurrency exchange founder for Going Infinite: the Rise and Fall of a New TycoonMichael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, will tell the story of the cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried in his next book, saying the alleged fraudster “let me see everything”.Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, became the world’s youngest billionaire before the age of 30, having founded the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. At one point he considered paying off the entire national debt of the Bahamas so he could take his business there. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-16 14:28:23 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s is to posthumously publish Michael Bond’s The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice, a sequel to his 2016 picture book The Tale of the Castle Mice. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing micro-genres often reflect the fashions and anxieties of the age – bad news for us literary editorsOne day last week, after I spent the best part of an hour opening two days’ worth of post at my office – I work as literary editor of the Spectator – I posted a peevish tweet: “Can we... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK rights in the first book by Netflix c.e.o. and co-founder Reed Hastings have gone to Ebury for a high six-figure advance following a multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If things had gone differently for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former attorney who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to several federal felonies, he'd be headed on a book tour instead of facing sentencing. Cohen, who for years worked as Trump's "fixer," shopped a book called "Trump Revolution: From... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon Books founder Peter Pugh was rescued on the Norfolk coast by police, after going missing for 18 hours. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Comey’s new tell-all book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, has had quite a good week. The former FBI director has been on a media blitz, and the title has sold more than 600,000 copies across all formats, according to the New York Times. This is quite a success. To put it... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Sam Hamill, the founding editor of poetry publisher Copper Canyon Press, died on April 14 at his home in Anacortes, Wash., after a series of health complications. He was 74. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into â and Out of â Violent Extremism Michael Kimmel University of California. US$29.95 (not published by NZ publisher) Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International ebook retailer Rakuten Kobo has a long history of partnering with retailers to deliver ebooks, but Kobo its new partnership with Walmart is on a whole different level. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher of Michael Wolff's tell-all Trump tale Fire and Fury is scrambling to get the book into New Zealand bookstores. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has created a children’s picture book based on this year’s John Lewis Christmas advert: Moz The Monster, which is published today to coincide with the ad's launch. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Paddington picture book by the late Michael Bond is publishing with HarperCollins Children’s Books in June 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alma Books publisher Alessandro Gallenzi’s fourth novel, Mombello, the first to be written by him originally in Italian, will be published by Rizzoli in Italy in spring 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Eagle in the Snow follows in the footsteps of Shadow, Kensuke's Kingdom and Private Peaceful. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature writer John Lewis-Stempel has doubled his chances of winning the Wainwright Golden Beer Prize after having two of his titles longlisted. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the founders of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Carla Poesio, has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Times’ commissioning books editor Fiona Wilson and Titan Books’ managing editor Beth Lewis are joining crowd-funding publisher Unbound. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo has acquired three original novels in a new series by author A L Michael. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bradt Travel Guides to publish an "inspiring" new wildlife title by HRH Princess Michael of Kent in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian McAllister, debut author of Everything but the Truth (Penguin), has signed a new two-book deal with Michael Joseph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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