Indie Focus: Adventuring with 'The Lost City of Z,' 'A Woman, A Part' and Locarno in Los Angeles

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen, and welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. The L.A. Times’ Festival of Books is April 22 and 23, and it is not only a great way to interface with publishers and booksellers but also features a wide variety of guests. The Times’... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upper West Side shop latest indy bookstore to shutter

After 35 years at West 80th Street and Broadway, Westsider Rare & Used Books is closing next month because of slowing sales. []  "> To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

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'Choose Your Own Adventure' publisher sues Netflix over 'Bandersnatch'

Netflix's choose-your-own-adventure style film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is the subject of a new lawsuit, brought against the streaming giant by Chooseco LLC. The company is known for publishing the "Choose Your Own Adventure" book series popular in... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix sued over Bandersnatch's similarities to Choose Your Own Adventure

Publishers of book series claim Netflix is using an association with the brand to increase awareness of the Black Mirror episodeNetflix is being sued over its recent interactive episode of Black Mirror.The streaming platform released the feature-length Bandersnatch in December which allowed... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fire-hit indie press 'astonished' after support from online fundraiser

Independent publisher Joe Pearson of Design for Today who lost £100,000 worth of stock in the Croydon warehouse fire has been “astonished” by an online funding campaign raising almost £25,000 from well-wishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jill Abramson says Howard Kurtz trying to 'Foxify my book' by focusing on passage critical of New York Times

Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, says that a Fox News report claiming that she views her former employer as biased against President Trump took words from her forthcoming book out of context. The Fox News article, written by Howard Kurtz and headlined "Former NY... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie bookshop numbers rise for second consecutive year

The Booksellers Association has reported a second year of growth in its independent bookshop membership, with 15 new shops joining the trade body in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review of 2018 Part I: The Bestsellers

At the end of 2017, Waterstones boss James Daunt bemoaned that too few of that year's books were blow-the-doors off bestsellers that “packed a wallop”. That all changed in 2018, with many titles showing impressive punching power. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Folk festival founder commissions The Lost Words musical composition

The founder of a folk festival has commissioned eight musicians to create a body of music based on The Lost Words, the illustrated book that celebrates lost nature words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (Hamish Hamilton). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fox News tops cable ratings in 2018 while entertainment channels lost viewers to streaming

President Trump kept cable news on a ratings roll in 2018. But online streaming services continued to cut into audience levels for general entertainment cable networks such as USA, FX and Lifetime, according to year-end data from Nielsen. While consumers have grown accustomed to time-shifting... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The best part of Christmas? Reading

As part of the anthology 'On Christmas,' writer Sue Townsend remembers how the Christmases of her childhood included plenty of books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Teicher Reports on Another Good Year for Indies

In a year-end holiday letter ABA CEO Oren Teicher thanked publishers for reducing the cost of goods, enabling bookstores to be more profitable. He also said sales were up 5% for the year over 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Woman's Hour's Jenni Murray writes 'deeply personal memoir' on weight for Transworld

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Croatia’s Pula Book Fair 2018: Focusing on Freedom

Just short of its 25th anniversary, Pula’s book fair in Croatia will draw some 50,000 people and 200 publishers to its program of debate and open discussion. By Olivia Snaije | @OliviaSnaije ‘We Wanted a Place for Freedom’ n a brilliantly sunny morning on the Istrian peninsula in Croatia, the... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polis Books Launches Diversity-Focused Crime Imprint

In an effort to attract a more diverse roster of writers, Polis Books founder Jason Pinter is launching Agora Books, a diversity-focused imprint specializing in crime and mystery fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Convenience Store Woman crowned Foyles' Fiction Book of the Year

Books from Granta, Hodder & Stoughton and Pan Macmillan have been unveiled as Foyles’ Books of the Year, with Convenience Store Woman by Japanese author Sayaka Murata taking the fiction crown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S UK's Books and the City sponsors RNA Comedy Award

One of the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards will next year be sponsored by Simon & Schuster UK's women’s fiction community, Books and the City. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brand RX part two: The state of brand safety one year later

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[ Digiday | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King, Lin-Manuel Miranda and other celebs salute ‘legendary adventurer in screenwriting’ William Goldman

William Goldman famously penned the words “Nobody knows anything” in his Hollywood memoir “Adventures in the Screen Trade.” But in the wake of his passing, it is clear that the film industry does know one thing: how much Goldman will be missed. The Oscar-winning screenwriter of “All the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Introducing the new breed of indie booksellers

Natasha Onwuemezi meets four lively indies that have opened recently, all of whom put their communities at the heart of what they do. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Foley Simmons scoops the inaugural Thinking Woman's Writing Award

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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