More than 250 members of the literary community signed a letter this week urging publishers not to sign book deals with anyone in the Trump administration. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Athill will publish Alive, Alive Oh! next year, it is revealed, while O’Brien has a new novel about love on the wayDiana Athill published her previous memoir, a Costa award-winning, and bestselling, reflection on ageing and death, at the age of 90. Intending it to be her final book, she called... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Fear of Flying author’s latest book causes a stir alongside major deals for self-published authors and the first book from Blue Peter star Janet EllisMore than 40 years after Erica Jong coined the term “zipless fuck” in Fear of Flying, her feminist novel of a young woman’s quest for sex with no... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Traditional vs. self-publishing has become a Civil War, says Philip Gwyn Jones, who will the topic at today's London Book Fair. The post Publishing Has Become a Civil War, says Prominent UK Editor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The two ‘spiritual brothers’ are to publish a series of dialogues on finding ‘real inner joyfulness’Shakespeare had it that “joy’s soul lies in the doing”, Mark Twain that “to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with”. Now two unlikely literary collaborators, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives are launching a new , international publishing conference called The Markets: Global Publishing Summit The post Introducing The Markets: Global Publishing Summit appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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James Horobin, previously group sales, marketing and publicity director at Simon & Schuster, is to join the recently launched Bonnier Publishing Fiction division as executive director with responsibility for sales and marketing. Horobin, who left S&S last month, will take up his new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Publishers said the Olympia is a nice venue, but that didn't stop many from getting lost during the first few days of the London Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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US crime writer James Patterson increases his donation to independent UK bookshops by £250,000. Continue reading at BBC News
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Celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, the members of One Direction and Kate Moss have contributed to a charity children's book about a half-girl, half-dinosaur, launched today (14th April) at the London Book Fair by Fat Fox Books. Holly Milbank, m.d. of Fat Fox Books, was inspired to create... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The American Library Association's 2014 list of most banned books may be indicative of contemporary concerns. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Powerful publishing personalities partied at HarperCollins' annual London Book Fair opening night party , exhibiting the influence the publisher still holds. The post HarperCollins Hosts Home House London Book Fair Opener appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Novelist Bernardine Evaristo fears ‘return to the literary invisibility of the past’ as research finds attempts to encourage diversity have stalledBlack and Asian authors in the UK say they are being shoehorned by a publishing industry which is almost blindingly white into writing fiction that... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The U.S. manga market is growing again and publishers are turning to related products--from prose tie-ins and games to accessories and apparel--to reel in even more consumers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Hugo Award clowns aside, there's another literary scandal that we should actually be worried about. The post Hey, Book World: Sexism is Way Bigger Than the Hugos appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
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As part of its global expansion, HarperCollins has signed Karin Slaughter to a four book deal in which the publisher has acquired world English rights as well as foreign language rights in about a dozen languages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The two spiritual leaders will collaborate on the book to share their perspectives on joy and achieving a meaningful life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Springer has developed a new platform, Bookmetrix, to offer title and chapter level metrics across all of their books. Bookmetrix has been developed in partnership with Altmetric. The data captured on Bookmetrix is displayed on the book pages of Springer's content platform SpringerLink and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Two Roads has acquired two novels by actress and ex-"Blue Peter" presenter Janet Ellis in a deal done just before the London Book Fair. Meanwhile Chatto & Windus, Hodder & Stoughton, Serpent's Tail and Penguin Press are among the other publishers announcing pre-LBF deals. Lisa Highton,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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GroupM and Conde Nast caught a lot of people off-guard when the publisher agreed to only charge the media agency's clients for ads that were guaranteed to are entirely viewable by comsumers, a tougher stance than the industry was pushing. "I got emails from all of my peers in the industry... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Already in over 1,000 libraries in the U.S. and Canada, users abroad will soon be able to use 3M to borrow library ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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