Guadalajara International Book Fair 2024: A Surge in Spanish-Language Audiobooks

Production has ramped up significantly over the past year, according to Dosdoce founder Javier Celaya, who will keynote the FIL’s 2024 audiobooks forum. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dark Academia Reads for Your Book Club

Take your book club beyond THE SECRET HISTORY, take a peek at the week's best new book releases, and curl up with cozy queer reads. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-10-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen BookData Releases Book Sales Data on Several Markets

January to August, Nielsen BookData and GfK Entertainment report on fiction and nonfiction sales 'in many regions.' The post Nielsen BookData Releases Book Sales Data on Several Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Tommy Robinson’s book went to No 1 on Amazon. This is what I learned from the reviews | Zoe Williams

The far-right activist’s Manifesto briefly topped the website’s chart. It is gone now, but the comments make for worrying readingIt’s always tempting to self-soothe when the far right is on the march. Tommy Robinson’s new book, Manifesto: Free Speech, Real Democracy, Peaceful Disobedience,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Book Review: ‘Polostan,’ by Neal Stephenson

“Polostan” sets up a historical fiction series about espionage and revolution in the early 20th century. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Spotify Expands Audiobooks to France and the Benelux Countries

Spotify has expanded its audiobook service to four new non-English speaking markets: France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The localized catalog includes 15,000 titles in French and 15,000 in Dutch and Flemish. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Monarch Books Launches GoFundMe Campaign to Pay Bills

Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kan. launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Klett-Cotta’s Martina Hefter Wins the German Book Prize

The Leipzig-based Martina Hefter's 'Hey, Good Morning, How Are You?' has won the €25,000 20th German Book Prize. The post Klett-Cotta’s Martina Hefter Wins the German Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Deals of the Day for October 14, 2024

A modern gothic fantasy, a hopepunk space opera, a ghostalker, and more of today's best science fiction and fantasy book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Biggest Book News of the Week

Han Kang wins the Nobel in literature, are there really only 20,000 readers of lit fic in the U.S?, and more of the headlines from the past week. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Lit Hub Weekly: October 7 – October 11, 2024

A guide to Cormac McCarthy’s literary influences, from Beowulf to Foucault. | Lit Hub Criticism From barroom chats with Raymond Carver to the aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger explores class consciousness in American letters. | Lit Hub Memoir Steve Wasserman deconstructs the environmental... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Book Review: ‘Women’s Hotel,’ by Daniel Lavery

Daniel M. Lavery’s debut novel collects vignettes from inside the Biedermeier, a second-rate, rapidly waning establishment in midcentury New York City. Continue reading at The New York Times

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15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Fall

I’ve been reading from outside of Phoenix, where there have been over 120 days of 100 degree temperatures as summer comes to a close. With Hurricane Helene devastating the Southeast and war spreading in the Middle East, the uncertainty about our collective futures—whether it is from climate... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-11 11:05:00 UTC ]
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How Book Bans Have Changed the Lives and Education of Librarians

"Crawford County (AR) libraries have begun to return segregated LGBTQ+ books to their original sections after an order was issued by a federal judge." Continue reading at Book Riot

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Indie Spotlight: October 2024

In this edition of Indie Spotlight, our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature scary stories. Want to see your book featured? Check out the Indie Spotlight calendar at booklife.com/indiespotlight. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Star Watch 2024: Honorees

Meet the 35 honorees of the 10th anniversary edition of Star Watch, our annual program dedicated to recognizing and honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Taylor Norman Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2024

The executive editor at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books was honored for what she describes as a life-long ambition: working as a children’s book editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Star Watch 2024: Publishing’s Brightest

Welcome to the 10th anniversary of Star Watch, our annual program dedicated to recognizing and honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Books that Stretch from the Soul to the Stars

New titles from mind-body-spirit publishers draw from ancient wisdom and current science to help readers with everything from healing from trauma to having better sex and getting a good night’s sleep Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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