In ‘Mecca,’ Susan Straight unearths the real Southern California

Susan Straight's "Mecca" shows a Southern California that's far from the glitz of Hollywood. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Cosmo Alumni Take Over Real Simple|People on the Move — 12.7.16

Ad Age's editor leaves to write fiction, Playboy gets a new publisher, and more... The post Cosmo Alumni Take Over Real Simple|People on the Move — 12.7.16 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries' Ambition report offers £4m fund but 'ignores the real issues'

The long-awaited Ambition report for Public Libraries has been published, urging local authorities to use libraries to deliver other public services such as health, with the help of a £4m dedicated fund. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chapel Hill Restaurant's Book Prize Nourishes Southern Writers, Booksellers

The Crook's Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill has sponsored a literary award since 2013, and recently increased the prize to $5,000 for the best debut novel about the South. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2016: Attendance Rises For Second Straight Year

The Frankfurt Book Fair reported that total attendance at the fair rose modestly for the second year in a row. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking acquires The Real Pet Detective

Viking has acquired The Real Pet Detective from retired policeman turned missing pet investigator Tom Watkins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Popular YouTuber Gets Painfully Personal in a New Book About Her Real Life

Hannah Hart's fans probably know her pretty well. After all, the YouTube star has uploaded 529 videos in the past five years. However, there have been some things she hasn't been ready to discuss with them—until now. With the release of her second book, Buffering, Hart is showing fans even... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Challenge Board Confessions: Publishers get real about platform challenges

Being a publisher today is hard work. On Day Two of the Digiday Publishing Summit, we granted publishers anonymity to share their biggest challenges. Publishers see big opportunity to reach new audiences on social media. But distributing to platforms efficiently and without giving up reader... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Southern Booksellers Hit Savannah

SIBA's decision to move its fall show to the spring beginning in 2018 was questioned by some attendees as the regional meeting began on September 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staying Real and Low to the Ground: PW Talks to Ann Voskamp

Voskamp is following up on her bestseller ‘One Thousands Gifts’ with ‘The Broken Way,’ an exploration of suffering as a pathway to humility, deeper human connections, and radical generosity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Playing it straight: Cover conventions in 'grip lit'

Genre is a funny thing in the book trade: almost essential as a marketing tool, yet used too strictly, or taken as a metonym for too wide a range of titles, it inevitably attracts ire. The nom de guerre currently in vogue is “grip lit”. Whether one objects to the term and its use or not, it has,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling keeps rolling: Cursed Child claims third straight number one

J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little, Brown) once again easily triumphed at the top of the charts, shifting 86,525 units last week through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Final transfer figure for 2015-16 in California is 15,882.

There were 15,882 sports transfers of high school students for the 2015-16 school year, according to statistics compiled by the California Interscholastic Federation. Each of the 10 sections sends its transfer figures to the CIF. The Southern Section had the most transfers at 6,876. The next... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Real-life abduction story that inspired Lolita to W&N

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, the publishers behind the first UK edition of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1959), is publishing a new book by Publishers Marketplace news editor Sarah Weinman about the abduction and tragic life of Sally Horner, thought to be the real-life inspiration for Lolita. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Too much death': California congressional delegation mourns shootings

Updates on California politics: California delegation reacts to Dallas tragedy, ex-Facebook president Sean Parker backs recreational pot July 8, 2016, 11:42 a.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. Here's what we're watching: The California... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan and Stefánie

I recently tried to summarize Susan Faludi’s impressive new memoir, In the Darkroom, for a friend, just as I’m about to summarize it for you. “It sounds like a novel,” she replied. “A bad novel.” It does. Sometimes, reality delivers up not just a remarkable story, but a remarkable story... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Pick: Penryn and the End of Days Trilogy by Susan Ee

Assistant editor Drucilla Shultz recommends the Penryn and the End of Days Trilogy by Susan Ee, a refreshingly dark YA love story set during an angel apocalypse. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: We Need Diverse Books Keeping It Real

Love and Loss in Children’s Literature” is a panel featuring authors who will rock it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California regulators approve Charter's takeover of Time Warner Cable

Charter Communications has cleared a final regulatory hurdle in its nearly year-long quest to clinch its $71-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. California Public Utilities Commission members on Thursday voted unanimously to approve the transfer of phone licenses,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Robert Hicks: Southern Comfort

The reverberations from Robert Hicks’s bestselling first novel, "The Widow of the South," are still being felt in his beloved Franklin, Tenn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2016: Susan Elizabeth Phillips: Help Her Reach for the Stars

Susan Elizabeth Phillips didn’t think she’d write so many books in her Chicago Stars series of contemporary romance novels set in the world of a suburban Chicago professional football team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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