Hachette to Honor Weinstein Books Contracts

The Hachette Book Group's joint imprint with the Weinstein Company will honor its authors' contracts, but no further plans have been made for Weinstein Books in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Adds E-Book Backlist to Oyster, Scribd

Simon & Schuster has reached an agreement with subscription ebook services Oyster and Scribd to make 10,000 of its backlist ebooks available to subscribers. This is S&S’s first time offering its titles via ebook subscription services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connors and Waterstones win at British Sports Book Awards

Former tennis player Jimmy Connors, publicists Karen Geary and Rebecca Mundy, and retailer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere buys book from YouTube star

Sphere has acquired a book on growing up from actress, singer and vlogger Carrie Hope Fletcher,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heston Blumenthal and 'rockstar chef' books help stir sales for Bloomsbury

MasterChef among titles boosting revenues by 12.6%, with marketing campaign set for illustrated Harry Potter editionsThe chief executive of Bloomsbury has hailed "chefs as rockstars" after a surge in sales of titles from Heston Blumenthal, Raymond Blanc and MasterChef helped cook up bumper... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus moves US sales to Hachette

Quercus is to move it sales and distribution services in the US to Hachette Book Group (HBG).... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of May 19, 2014

Walden Pond Gets ‘Heroic’ With Brown and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kinokuniya Expanding Foreign Book Offerings

Kinokuniya, Japan's largest bookstore chain, announced that it will be opening a newly expanded and refurbished foreign books section in its Shinjuku South store May 29. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century Books founders Judith and Steve Marosvolgyi on the same page

The gig: Judith and Steve Marosvolgyi are the founders of Century Books, a used bookstore on Green Street in Pasadena. Judith and Steve were voracious readers while growing up in their native Hungary. After defecting to the United States in 1986, each worked odd jobs. But they had a passion... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2014-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Inspirational' women choose favourite books for Baileys

Nineteen "inspirational" women, including Caitlin Moran, Dawn O’Porter, Tanni... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 19, 2014

This week, a forgotten masterpiece, a real-life James Bond, and an early Geoff Dyer novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children's Books acquires Hendra sequel

Hodder Children’s Books has acquired picture book Dave’s Breakfast, the sequel to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Go-To Book Bloggers

The blogosphere seemed vast in 2010 when young adult author Maureen Johnson gave the keynote at the first-ever Book Bloggers Conference, observing that, “with so many blogs, publishers don’t know what to make of all the noise.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Publishing 101,' a PW Original E-Book

So, you've written your book. Now what? Find out with 'Publishing 101,' a new ebook from 'Publishers Weekly' that offers a no-nonsense perspective on how publishing works, and what writers can do to make their own projects take off. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's fiction is a sign of a sexist book industry

Joanne Harris says the book industry is sexist. Why else are there categories for 'women writers' and no equivalents for writers who happen to be men?This is the year of reading women, people, remember? We're all reading female writers and helping address the literary gender imbalance which is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weinstein Has a Hit with 'Finding Me'

"Finding Me," Michelle Knight's account of the decade she spent in captivity at the hands of her kidnapper, Ariel Castro, was the top selling title on PW's nonfiction bestseller list for the week ended May 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What’s Cooking at... Arcadia Books

Cookbooks sell strongly year-round at Arcadia Books in Spring Green, Wis. – no surprise, perhaps, since a locally sourced kitchen and cafe are central to the store's identity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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INscribe Digital Debuts E-book Tracking Tool

E-book distributor INscribe Digital has launched INstore, a new digital tool that allows publishers to track the real-time availability of their ebooks at major ebook retailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAR Calls Out Amazon in Hachette Dispute

In a letter sent by the AAR to Amazon, which PW has obtained, the organization says it "deplores any attempt by any party that would seek to injure and punish innocent authors...in order to pursue its position in a business dispute." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French book publishers risk being lost in translation without global reach

France's literary market has great potential, yet big firms remain reluctant to learn the language of international rights tradingSix thousand languages are spoken worldwide, but few have a market for books. French is the fifth-largest language pool, coming after Chinese, English, Spanish and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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