Former Secretary of State John Kerry was on Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday and didn’t waste the opportunity to mock President Donald Trump’s frequent use of social media and his thin skin. The former senator from Massachusetts, who is promoting his new memoir, said Trump is the first president “who spends more time reading his Twitter ‘likes’ than his briefing books or the Constitution of the United States.” Kerry made the comments as he pushed back from an attack earlier in the week from Trump, who questioned on Twitter why the former secretary of state had met with Iranian officials. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Germany, the States, Sweden, Spain, Israel, Mexico, and France, here are works of nonfiction, adult trade and children's fiction, including a sweeping graphic memoir and a novel headed for a cinema near you in February. The post Rights Roundup: Ten Titles Doing Brisk Business Early in the... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CBS telecast of the 60th Grammy Awards was watched by 19.8 million viewers, a staggering 27% decline from last year’s show. The live program from Madison Square Garden in New York, with “The Late Late Show” host James Corden as emcee, drew its smallest audience since 2009, according to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Modern Classics series with the publication of 13 "deluxe" illustrated paperbacks, showcasing authors such as Muriel Spark, Angela Carter and Patricia Highsmith. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly named the top five bookstores from around the country and sales representatives. Each is vying for the 2018 PW award for Bookstore of the Year and Sales Rep of the Year to be announced in late March. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury (Little, Brown) has blazed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, ousting Tom Kerridge’s Lose Weight for Good (Absolute) and selling 41,202 copies for £620,851, according to Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Jewell Parker Rhodes has signed her first UK publishing deal with Orion Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An East London bookshop's decision to put a sign in its window highlighting it is "proud" to sell books by authors from so-called "sh*thole" countries, in reference to a remark allegedly made by US president Donald Trump, has been met with a "phenomenal" response from the trade and customers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Only one publisher, And Other Stories, has answered Kamila Shamsie’s challenge to publish only female writers this year. But wider lessons are being learned, as the novelist and other industry insiders explain2018 was meant to be the “year of publishing women”, after the novelist Kamila Shamsie... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Annie Ernaux is ruthless. I mean that as a compliment. Perhaps no other memoirist — if, in fact, memoir-writing is what Ernaux is up to, which both is and isn’t the case — is so willing to interrogate not only the details of her life but also the slippery question of identity. Beginning with her... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A look inside Meredith's latest foray into celebrity-branded magazines. The post Magazine Review: Hungry Girl Leaves Me Starving for More Content and Better Design appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne is partnering with the UK government on its ‘Year of Engineering’ campaign, which is aimed at inspiring young people to get more involved with the subject. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After President Trump reportedly referred to certain countries as "shitholes" in a meeting with lawmakers late last week, a handful of indie bookstores seized on the commander-in-chief's purple language as a way to make a defiant political statement while promoting books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The German book industry is nursing a hangover after a very disappointing 2017 in which not only the Christmas period but also the year as a whole fell short of expectations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biteback Publishing has acquired a memoir by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W F Howes has bought exclusive rights to sell the audiobook of Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff into libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW' editorial director Jim Milliot examines Macmillan's resolution to stand firm against threats from President Trump, and 'PW' publishes Macmillan CEO John Sargent's letter to staff on the matter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two new books with a negative take on Donald Trump's presidency, David Frum's 'Trumpocracy' (Harper) and David Cay Johnston's 'It's Even Worse Than You Think' (Simon & Schuster), have seen demand increase on Amazon following the fray surrounding Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' (Henry Holt). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will this be the year magazine media turns itself around, or should we expect more doom and gloom? The post 3 Predictions for Magazine Media in the Year Ahead appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish Book Trust will mark 20 years of its Children’s Book Tour this year with an event featuring Jacqueline Wilson and Pamela Butchart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Wolff’s US publisher says it has orders for more than one million hardcover copies of Fire and Fury, with "hundreds of thousands of ebooks" already sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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