LB Scrambling to Meet 'Obama: An Intimate Portrait' Demand

The $35 hardcover features hundreds of photographs of President Obama plus a foreword by the former president, and Amazon and BN.com report that the book is out-of-stock. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion Scholars to Meet In Person Again

AAR/SBL 2021 embraces a dual format in San Antonio, Tex. from Nov. 20-23 this year, after an on-line only meeting last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Photos from Frankfurt 2021: Events, Meetings, Guests of Honor

The trade days are winding down at the 2021 Frankfurter Buchmesse after meetings, reunions, industry discussions, and Canada as Guest of Honor. The post Photos from Frankfurt 2021: Events, Meetings, Guests of Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-22 11:34:50 UTC ]
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New research finds a growing appetite for Australian books overseas, with increased demand in China

A new survey of Australia’s international book rights sales finds children’s books are most popular with overseas buyers but adult fiction is catching up. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2021-10-18 19:12:38 UTC ]
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Trump demands Pulitzer board rescind awards for Russia interference reporting

2018 award was shared by New York Times and Washington Post for exposing interference and links between Trump and MoscowDonald Trump has again demanded the Pulitzer prize board rescind the prize for national reporting awarded to the New York Times and Washington Post in 2018, for exposing... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-10-04 12:26:08 UTC ]
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Where Intimacy Meets Tactility: Artists and Publishers on the Nature of the Photobook

For nearly every type of book, the physical book is not the thing we admire. The merit is situated outside the paper and glue. A novel, collection of short stories, memoir, gathering of poems, all create a story—whatever that may mean—in a reader’s head. A cookbook creates a fine meal upon a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-23 08:49:17 UTC ]
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An abolitionist’s hope meets a president’s hypocrisy

Frederick Douglass pushed for progress for Black people, but Andrew Johnson erased it. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-03 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Colm Toibin’s ‘The Magician’ Intimately Recaptures a Literary Giant

In his latest novel, Toibin imagines the life of Thomas Mann, the Nobel Prize-winning author of “The Magic Mountain” and “Death in Venice.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-08-31 18:09:36 UTC ]
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Auma Obama To Give the German Book Trade Peace Prize Lecture

The sociologist and activist Auma Obama gives the October address as Tsitsi Dangarembga wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize. The post Auma Obama To Give the German Book Trade Peace Prize Lecture appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-08-30 13:05:41 UTC ]
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Orbit bags Emily Tesh's 'epic and intimate' debut novel

Little, Brown science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit has snapped up fantasy author Emily Tesh's "phenomenal" debut novel, Some Desperate Glory. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-17 15:24:34 UTC ]
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Publishers Blast Internet Archive’s ‘Extraordinary’ Demand for Sales Data

Lawyers say the Internet Archive's sweeping demand for 10 years worth of monthly sales data is "burdensome in the extreme" and legally "irrelevant." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac bags Berne's 'Bridgerton meets Groundhog Day' romcom

Pan Macmillan has picked up a Regency-set romantic comedy by Lisa Berne, billed as “Bridgerton meets 'Groundhog Day'”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 17:09:19 UTC ]
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Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama are teaming up on a book.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen and former President Barack Obama have written a book based on their podcast conversations, to be published globally by Penguin Random House in partnership with Higher Ground. The book chronicles, as Obama said in the book’s introduction, the men’s “shared... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-07-22 15:49:00 UTC ]
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Prince Harry Working On 'Intimate And Heartfelt Memoir'

Random House expects to release the book, currently untitled, late in 2022. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2021-07-19 18:07:22 UTC ]
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Blackout optioned by Obama production company and Netflix in nine-way auction

YA book Blackout (Electric Monkey) has been picked up in a nine-way auction by Netflix with Michelle and Barack Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Temple Hill Entertainment. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-14 21:05:47 UTC ]
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Barack Obama’s summer reading pick ‘Intimacies’ is an unsettling novel about moral dilemmas

Katie Kitamura’s new novel follows an interpreter in The Hague who’s involved with a married man. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-07-13 05:17:24 UTC ]
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Meeting Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021): A Remembrance, by Sylvia Petter

Essay Sylvia Petter recalls Austrian writer Friederike Mayröcker, who passed away June 4, not long after the book-themed TV series ÜBER featured her in its first episode. Friederike Mayröcker passed away on June 4, 2021, in Vienna, aged ninety-six. She... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2021-07-12 18:58:06 UTC ]
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Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List

Former President Barack Obama released his summer 2021 reading list and it's packed with outstanding books to pick up. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-07-12 11:42:22 UTC ]
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Meet the BookTokers giving backlist titles a shot in the arm through the pandemic

The video-sharing social media platform TikTok is not just a place where teens share the latest dance crazes—it’s also proving a driver of book sales, and beyond teen reads too. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-03 06:18:22 UTC ]
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ALA 2021: Barack Obama Tells Librarians Their Work Is 'More Important Than Ever'

In a powerful close to the 2021 ALA Annual Conference, the 44th president of the United States praised libraries as "citadels of knowledge and empathy" and said the work of librarians is more vital than ever as we seek to rebuild "the unifying story of America." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2021: Barack Obama, Expansive Professional Program Highlight 2021 ALA Annual Conference

The ALA Annual Conference will again be virtual-only in 2021—and for many ALA members, that’s actually great news, as it broadens access to one of the most ambitious and impressive programs of the Covid-19 era. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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