James Patterson Apologizes For Saying Older White Male Writers Face Racism

“I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers," the bestselling author said. Continue reading at 'HuffPost'

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Booksellers turn writers for Icon

Booksellers have become book writers for a popular science project from Icon Books. Icon’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hairy Bikers knock E L James off charts top spot

Hairy Bikers Dave Myers and Si King have ended E L James' 22-week stint atop the Official UK... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teen writer lands six-figure deal

The teenage author of a vampire fantasy novel who is a vegetarian with a morbid fear of blood has become the latest internet sensation to land a global publishing deal. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can a White Author Write Black Characters?

When a man routinely hailed as one of America’s “greatest living writers” publishes a new novel, one hardly expects it to draw reviews posing questions along the lines of “Can he do it? Can he actually pull it off?” Because when you’re Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner, the act of writing a... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karnac offers Oliver James profit share

Psychologist Oliver James has gone to independent publisher Karnac for his next book, in a deal... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James fans queue for first bookshop signing

E L James enthusiasts began queuing outside Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store from 8am... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James breaks another sales record

E L James has broken J K Rowling's annual sales record as she begins a sixth month at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James and Tremain novels on Wellcome longlist

Peter James and Rose Tremain are among the authors competing on the longlist for this year's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishers face $69m payout for price-fixing

Hachette US, HarperCollins US and Simon & Schuster US have agreed to pay out a total of more... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James still top with Fifty Shades Freed

Fifty Shades of Grey's reign as the bestselling book in the UK has come to an end for now,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Face-swap competition for Templar trilogy

Templar is launching Sweet Venom, a young adult trilogy by Tera Lynn Childs, with a reader... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centreprise in Hackney faces closure

A 42-year-old bookshop in Hackney is under threat of closure, with the council taking the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Centerprise in Hackney faces closure

A 42-year-old bookshop in Hackney is under threat of closure, with the council taking the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Patterson is world's highest-earning author, says Forbes

Thriller writer James Patterson has been crowed as the world’s top-earning author in 2011-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century buys White memoir

Century has acquired a memoir by Carole White, co-founder of Premier Model Management, which has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hamish Hamilton signs Granta-tipped writer

Hamish Hamilton has signed up a novel from South American writer Daniel Galera, a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James 'has outsold Potter' on Amazon UK

E L James Fifty Shades trilogy has out-sold J K Rowling’s seven-book Harry Potter series on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Gore Vidal appreciation: Writer served as canary in a coal mine

To him, the world was both subject and spectacle. Yet he remained, always, an author difficult to categorize.Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday night at age 86, was a fixture on the American cultural landscape for so long that it seems hard to imagine our literature without him. From 1946, when his... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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