In the run-up to my telephone interview with Garth Risk Hallberg —him in New York, me in London—I had wondered at what point it would be appropriate to bring up just how long his début novel City on Fire is. At 944 pages itisabrickofabook,andIcan’tseeany way to avoid talking about it. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While comics and graphic novel sales remain strong, several risk factors could threaten how the direct market works, and the industry is still learning to cope with them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jojo Moyes was driving her children home from school when she heard a news story on the radio about a young rugby player who had persuaded his parents to take him to Dignitas after several years as a quadriplegic. “I couldn’t understand how any parent would agree to do that and because I was a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Frederick Forsyth’s eventful Forsyth began, as many journalists retelling of his life story, the thriller writer—famous for bestsellers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Dogs of War, The Fourth Protocol and most recently The Kill List—reveals how penury first prompted his move into fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mic’s first interview with President Obama is available on Mic.com, which received more than 16 million visitors in July. The full interview is also available on its mobile app, Facebook and YouTube. But the distribution strategy doesn’t end there, as the publisher has also been sharing... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although rooted in books and publishing, Max Porter has gone against the grain at almost every opportunity with his début book, Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Faber, £10). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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April Fool’s Day 1998, novelist William Boyd published a hoax biography of a 20th-century American artist, Nat Tate, which was sufficiently convincing to take in a number of prominent art critics. One of the elements that made the hoax so persuasive was Boyd’s use of anonymous photographs, drawn... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With two memoirs and now a stunning first novel, superagent Bill Clegg has bounced back from the depths of drug addiction If you have been at the London or Frankfurt book fairs over the past few years, you will haveundoubtedly heard Bill Clegg’s name, probably uttered in hushed, reverential or... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year, as always, we walked the aisles to ask our favorite folks in the know what upcoming books they are excited about. The two novels we heard about the most were Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity' (FSG, Sept.) and Garth Risk Hallberg's 'City on Fire' (Knopf, Oct.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed is going literary. The ever-growing media company launched BuzzFeed Books in December of 2013, and this year it is launching several projects under new Literary Editor Saeed Jones. First up is the BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellowship pr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wordpress is one of the most popular Web publishing platforms. The vast catalog of plugins is part of what makes Wordpress so powerful, but it can also be the Achilles heel. According to security researchers at Sucuri there are a million-plus Wordpress sites exposed to serious risk, thanks to a... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Miller broke out eleven years ago with his bestselling memoir 'Blue Like Jazz.' Now he's back to write about what it means to get 'Scary Close' to another human being. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With questions still lingering about Sony Pictures's release plans for the Seth Rogen comedy 'The Interview,' after the studio suffered a cyber attack and a terrorist threat issued by the North Korean government, the PEN American Center has published an open letter to Sony CEO Michael Lynton,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Using tablets and backlit e-readers at night can lead to sleep deficiency and damage health, an academic study has claimed. According to findings published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, blue light, the wavelength common in smartphones, tablets and LED... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Departing Blackwells digital director Michael Cashmore went out on a high at FutureBook's panel session on the future of content retailing, urging the industry to emulate the runaway marketing success of the John Lewis Christmas advertisement. Cashmore asked how other industries could be more... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project has acquired an “idiosyncratic” collection of interviews with people including Dame Judi Dench and Stewart Lee by author Dan Richards. Publisher Scott Pack acquired World English rights in the book, titled The Beechwood Airship Interviews, from Carrie Plitt at Conville &... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives spoke with Sam Elsworthy of the New Zealand Publishers Association, Jacques Testard of Fitzcarraldo Editions, Ailish White and Hannah Lyons of Liberties Press. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Frankfurt Book Fair, publisher EJ van Lanen talks about ebooks in translation as a way to broaden the reach of a title internationally. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the first of a new series profiling US editors, Gayle Feldman meets W W Norton's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger offers a preview of his presentation on Big Data in Publishing, which he will deliver at the Frankfurt Book Fair's CONTEC conference on October 7. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's attempt to crack down on publisher click-bait might be well-intentioned, but it could incidentally hurt publishers that produce shorter stories. The post Facebook’s war on click-bait risks collateral damage appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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