Oxford-based independent publisher Guppy Books is launching a competition to search for new voices in young adult fiction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sam Missingham is set to run a virtual horror festival through her recently-launched website Lounge Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He has book-eating children and sees more change ahead for international publishing. Nielsen Book's Andre Breedt briefs Frankfurt Buchmesse's 'The Markets' The post At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: Nielsen’s Andre Breedt on Edible Books and Competition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book fair, which begins on October 11 this year, is holding a "Buchmesse Kickoff Run" to raise money for literacy. The 5K is scheduled for October 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abingdon Press is discontinuing the sale of ‘Strong for a Moment Like This,’ a book of devotionals written for Hillary Clinton by Rev. Bill Shillady, after finding that several passages were lifted from the writing of other pastors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Zaffre, part of Bonnier Publishing, has acquired two more novels from debut author Caz Frear, winner of its 'Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller' competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The young-adult novel Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem pulled off the impressive feat of debuting at No. 1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-seller chart. It then pulled off the equally impressive feat of getting yanked almost immediately for what a Times rep told Vulture were... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a few hours, a debut author shone at the top of the N.Y. Times bestseller list Thursday. But after online commenters questioned how the book got there, the paper removed "Handbook for Mortals" by Lani Sarem. What happened? Author Phil Stamper thought it was strange when "Handbook for Mortals"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A popular bookshop which has served up worlds of imagination to young and old for more than 30 years is facing a crisis. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s book publicists are being called on to submit a low-budget marketing campaign they are proud of to a competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book co-written by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and BetterWorks Systems Inc. CEO Kris Duggan has been put on hold in the wake of a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against Duggan. “We and the authors have agreed to defer publication of 'Measure What Matters' at the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Didion-esque, Didion-like, Didion-ish: the shorthand for anything insightful written by a white, female author is turning Joan Didion’s perspective into a prescription and stifling literature’s diversity“Writers are always selling someone out,” wrote the young Joan Didion in the preface of her... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the cult success on YouTube of the vlog-series ‘Carmilla,’ a book deal has been struck between Toronto’s Kids Can Press and Shaftesbury films. 0″ height=”276″ /> Poster artwork for the coming film treatment of ‘Carmilla’[/caption] n a statement from the Los Angeles presentation of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Find inspiration in the shortlist for this year's Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hello readers! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, back after taking a newsletter break for Memorial Day Weekend. THE BIG ESSAY This week, critic at large Adriana E. Ramírez takes a look at “The Hate U Give.” The young adult novel is something of a phenomenon, selling like gangbusters since its... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrice Lawrence has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2017 for her “accomplished” and “page-turning” début novel, contemporary urban thriller Orangeboy (Hodder Children’s Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five young adult book editors emphasized that the magic of books can change young people’s lives, even save the world, during this year’s YA book buzz panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has acquired two standalone YA novels from Robert Muchamore, author of bestselling YA series Cherub. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three début authors are up against children’s book heavyweights Malorie Blackman and Francesca Simon on the 10-strong YA Book Prize 2017 shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown is back. Tolkien is back. Tony Abbott is back. Harry Potter is back (well, recycled in four new editions). Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ukazoo Books has found a new Towson location.The buyer and seller of new and used books that opened in Dulaney Plaza in 2007 will relocate to Loch Raven Boulevard, south of the intersection with Joppa Road.The bookseller announced the new site, 8641 Loch Raven Blvd., on its Facebook page and said... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
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