Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy attack Penguin Random House India for putting out book by a prime minister they say has mishandled Covid and persecuted writersLeading Indian authors Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy have spoken out against Penguin Random House India’s decision to publish and promote a book by Narendra Modi during the country’s coronavirus crisis, with Mishra accusing PRH India of “enlist[ing] in a flailing politician’s propaganda campaign”.In a letter published in the London Review of Books blog, Mishra wrote to the chief executive of PRH India, Gaurav Shrinagesh, after the publisher announced it would be reissuing Modi’s book Exam Warriors while, in Mishra’s words, “smoke from mass funeral pyres rose across India”. India suffered a world record one-day death toll from Covid-19 on Wednesday – 4,529 – with the overall figure believed to be much higher than the official death toll of 283,248. Related: Stench of death pervades rural India as Ganges swells with Covid victims Related: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe: ‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’ Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Atavist Books, a multiplatform book company formed by media mogul Barry Diller, chairman of the IAC/InterActiveCorp, film producer Scott Rudin, and former Picador publisher Frances Coady in September 2012, will shutter at the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe has acquired a novel by Lutz Seiler, titled Kruso, which was recently awarded the 2014 German Book Prize, dubbed Germany’s equivalent to the Man Booker Prize. Scribe acquired World English rights from Nora Mercurio at Suhrkamp Verlag at auction. Seiler is a poet and short-story... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon just found a way to put further pressure on Hachette in its ongoing pricing war: strike a deal with another publisher. The online retailer has forged a new agreement with Simon & Schuster that will keep the book giant's digital and physical... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle will be among the big names appearing at the second London Sports Writing Festival, taking place next week at Lord's Cricket Ground. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new Kindle Scout program has the average reader voting the books that should be published. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has reported a 9% rise in pre-tax profits for the year but said books sales continue to be “challenging”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: the must read "Limonov," the crazy life of William Cushing, and the third of four titles in Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last month Facebook analyzed a user meme looking at '10 books that have stayed with you.' Now the company's data scientists have done another analysis looking at responses from foreign-language users and have found some different results. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2015 the Cairo International Book Fair will launch its first-ever professional program, which will run from January 29 through 31. The post Cairo Book Fair to Launch Professional Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A month after its acquisition of digital publisher Byliner, Vook is publishing 'Five Fires,' by Laura Lippman, its first Byliner original ebook. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United has sent out a letter from the author Daniel Handler - a.k.a. Lemony Snicket - encouraging writers to take part in Upstream, a new programme to support independent bookstores. Upstream, “cooked up” by Handler and “assorted interested parties”, aims to connect writers with their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Mansfield, author of 'The Miracle of the Kurds' (Worthy Publishing, 9781617950797), will appear on 'Hannity' on Thursday, October 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The editor bought U.S. rights to TED curator Chris Anderson's 'Talk This Way! The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking,' the first acquisition for his new line of business books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flanagan took the Man Booker Prize for his book 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' while works such as 'All the Light We Cannot See,' by Anthony Doerr and 'Age of Ambition,' by Evan Osnos made the cut for the National Book Award shortlists. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvard University Press has signed a book called 'Inequality' by Sir Anthony B Atkinson, who mentored Thomas Piketty, author of the international bestseller 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation revealed the finalists for the 2014 National Book Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon KDP's bestselling author of all time, Barbara Freethy, has started a new imprint to oversee publication of her books in print formats. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The annual fall gathering of the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association in Denver was a huge celebration of books, with attendees in high spirits, reporting strong sales this year and expecting an excellent holiday season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher promises it will arm you with enough vocabulary and grammar to have a complete conversation in DothrakiLanguages created for TV shows can have a powerful fascination for fans: just look at Star Treks Klingon language for proof of that. Game of Thrones Dothraki language also fits into... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt officials reported that 140,291 trade visitors attended the 2014 fair, down less than 2% from last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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