The private investment firm KKR has agreed to buy Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion. When the purchase closes, S&S will operate under current leaders Jonathan Karp and Dennis Eulau and KKR promised to "support new growth initiatives" for the country's third largest trade publisher. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has won an auction for Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey. Clare Hey, senior... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"The Goldfinch" is on pace to be the bestselling Pulitzer fiction winner since "Olive Kitteridge." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Going to the library frequently is the same as getting a pay rise of £1,359 a year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fox Chapel Publishing has bought rights to 1,400 books from New Holland Publishers U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, has been awarded the 2014 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award for law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has won the rights to an “astonishingly assured” debut literary novel,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics artists Gene Luen Yang and Ulli Lust have been awarded L.A. Times Book Prizes for Young Adult Literature and Graphic Novels respectively for 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins U.K. and William Morrow have acquired an e-first series of nonfiction shorts that will be curated by international bestselling author Karin Slaughter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Read the complete Day 1 coverage from the 2014 London Book Fair in this Scribd reader. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson has won the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for his short... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London based publishing start-up Jellybooks has won £25,000 from the Government-backed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Bewley has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers as executive editor based in the NYC office, starting April 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total book sales rose 1.0% in 2013 over 2012, to $15.05 billion, at the 1,211 publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrews McMeel Publishing signed an agreement with Vegan Heritage Press for sales, distribution and fulfillment in the U.S., Canada, and open market for eight titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Swedish author Barbro Lindgren has won the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the largest award for children’s literature with a prize of five million Swedish crowns. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A self-help guide to toilet etiquette, How to Poo on a Date, wins the Diagram Prize for the oddest book title of the year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton spoke about her upcoming book at the Association of American Publishers' annual gathering. The work is scheduled to be released this June. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Poo on a Date has won the 36th annual Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian and professor Allen C. Guelzo's winning book was "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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