'Homegoing' follow-up from Yaa Gyasi set for August 2020

Viking will release Homegoing author Yaa Gyasi’s “dazzling” new novel Transcendent Kingdom in August 2020, following a family living through the “most urgent of times” in contemporary America. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 13:33:13 UTC ]
News tagged with: #contemporary america

Other Publishing stories related to: ''Homegoing' follow-up from Yaa Gyasi set for August 2020'

Burchill’s 80s bonkbuster set for reprint

Atlantic imprint Corvus is set to republish a 1980s “bonkbuster” by controversial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite update optimizes your Manga mania, offers quicker settings

Amazon is on the cusp of launching the complete Kindle line in Japan, so it's only right that the online retailer fine-tune its firmware for local reading habits. A new version 5.3.0 update for the Kindle Paperwhite puts much of that focus on Manga, introducing options to fit the stylized comics... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #recommended content #full title #source link

Pratchett sets up own multi-media company

Bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has set up his own multimedia production company,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

So low, so fast: E-book prices drop following settlement

Just four days after a federal judge approved a settlement in the ebooks price fixing case, HarperCollins has already started discounts. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

E-book discounts appearing at Amazon following publisher settlement

Wow. Judge Denise Cote certainly knows how to put a spring in the step of mega corporations. Mere days have passed since she ordered HarperCollins to let retailers to set their own ebook prices, and yet already Kindle bestsellers from that publisher are selling for around $9.99 -- in some cases... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #give retailers #ebook prices #mere days #list price #simon schuster #justice department

E-reader numbers 'set to rise 70%' this year

Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #e-reading devices

Koch follow-up to Atlantic

Atlantic Books has bought the rights to a new novel from Dutch writer Herman Koch, whose book The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #atlantic books

Bluemoose 'Christian Grey' title abandoned following legal warning

Bluemoose Books publisher Kevin Duffy has decided to abandon plans to publish The Secret Life of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #christian grey #legal warning #abandon plans #secret life

Penguin to set up 'consumer insight hub'

Penguin UK's focus on brand strategy and going direct to the consumer will continue into the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #penguin uk #brand strategy

Corsair Bursary set up at UEA

Constable & Robinson and the University of East Anglia have set up the Corsair Bursary, an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #constable robinson #east anglia

News Corp 'set to split in two'

Shares in News Corporation rise 2.4% in Australia following reports that it may split its entertainment businesses from its publishing interests. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #entertainment businesses

Judge sets trial date for Apple ebook lawsuit

A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book publishers #electronic books

DoJ ruling set for next June

Penguin, Macmillan and Apple must wait just under a year for the ruling on the ebook price... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

E-book price fixing trial set for 2013: Apple, Macmillan and Penguin prepare for courtroom brawl

The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #accused apple #penguin group #agency pricing #justice department

Publisher Twitter Followings Explode

After posting significant gains in 2011, the 16 publishers highlighted in PW’s annual Twitter snapshot all continued growing in 2012, showing that the book activity on the social media platform is still increasing substantially. All told, the total number of Twitter followers across all 16... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #twitter followers #total number

HC sets up global publishing programme

HarperCollins has set up a global publishing programme, HarperCollins 360, which aims to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Two Random in-house projects set for Square Peg

Random House's Square Peg is lining up two in-house projects for the second half of 2012,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #square peg #random house

Pudsey set for worldwide fame

He's rumoured to be worth £10 million ($20 million), insured for £1 million, with a book deal in the works and an offer to be the face of an advertising campaign. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #worldwide fame #book deal #advertising campaign