LibLearnX Set to Debut In-Person Event In New Orleans

The library community is set to gather for the first-ever in-person edition of the ALA’s nascent winter event, LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, set for January 27–30, 2023, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Plexus also set to publish David Bowie colouring-in book

Plexus is publishing David Bowie: Starman: A Colouring Book, a "cultural history in pictures" revealing the late musician's 50-year fashion evolution in 30 illustrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Debut Author Barton Hits #2

Released on February 16, 'The Widow' by Fiona Barton came in at #2 on the iBooks bestsellers chart for the week ended February 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown to publish investigative journalist's debut

Little, Brown is to publish White Highlands, a debut novel by John McGhie set in "one of the least known and darkest episodes in British colonial history". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Jet Set Radio' is absolutely free on Steam

Cupid may have left you high and dry, but have no fear: Sega wants you to have some free games to make up for it. See, as part of the publisher's Make War Not Love event this year, everyone on Steam can grab gratis copies of Jet Set Radio, Golden Axe... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics to offer schools sets of 100 books at £1 per title

Publisher responds to challenge from the schools minister to provide schoolchildren with affordable access to great books From Solomon Northrup’s 19th-century memoir about his years in captivity, Twelve Years a Slave, to classic novels such as Gulliver’s Travels and Madame Bovary, schools... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canelo acquires Isabel Costello's debut

Digital publisher Canelo is to publish Paris Mon Amour, a story of "desire, betrayal and devastating loss" by The Literary Sofa founder, Isabel Costello. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dystopian debut The Space between the Stars to Pan Mac

Pan Macmillan has acquired The Space between the Stars by debut novelist Anne Corlett. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs 'gritty' crime series set in Bradford

Transworld has bought a debut thriller series by A. A. Dhand, promising "to do for Bradford what ‘The Wire’ has done for Baltimore". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Patterson, Karp Debut at #2

The fourth book in James Patterson's NYPD Red series, co-written with Marshall Karp, debuted in second place on the iBooks bestsellers list for the week ended January 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellie Award Winners Honored in 50th Anniversary Event

The Atlantic takes Magazine of the Year, New York wins four, and David Granger gets a standing ovation. The post Ellie Award Winners Honored in 50th Anniversary Event appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Authors United Event, a Call to Bust Amazon 'Monopoly'

If Amazon’s business practices continue unchecked the result could be a “nuclear winter” for book publishing, said Smashwords founder Mark Coker during a Jan. 27 event called Amazon’s Book Monopoly—A Threat to Freedom of Expression? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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1950s-set Mirabelle Bevan mysteries to Little, Brown

Little, Brown has acquired rights to the Mirabelle Bevan series backlist by Edinburgh-based author Sara Sheridan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries and schools need free author visits, so I set up YA Shot

Cuts to library funding in schools and community mean author visits are a luxury that only some can afford, that’s why author Alexia Casale founded the YA Shot festival and programme to partner libraries and schools for author visits – here’s how your library system can apply to be part of YA... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut tackling male depression to Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a "brave and life affirming" debut about love, clinical depression and men called Boys Don't Cry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United event to discuss Amazon's 'misuse of power'

Campaign group Authors United is set to hold an event to discuss Amazon’s “enormous market power” and the "misuse" of that power, in Washington DC next week. The event, to be held on Wednesday 27th January at the New American Foundation, is entitled Amazon's Book Monopoly: A Threat to Freedom... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reynolds, Kiely Win WNDB's Debut Walter Award

The inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding children's literature in the YA category has been given to 'All American Boys' by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Sets Another Record

Earnings jumped 139% in the third quarter ended November 30, 2015 over last year's third period at Educational Development Corp. Profits were $1.2 million in the most recent quarter and were driven by a 123% increase in revenue, which rose to $24.4 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld wins debut thriller The Couple Next Door after auction

Transworld has acquired a debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, in a "hotly contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New edition of Mein Kampf set to land on German bestseller lists

Annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s opus, which ‘unmasks his false allegations, whitewashing and outright lies’, will debut at 20 on non-fiction chart after publishers received 15,000 orders A new critical edition of Mein Kampf is set to make its debut on German bestseller lists this weekend,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Howe's debut wins T S Eliot Prize

Sarah Howe has won the £20,000 T S Eliot Prize for her debut collection Loop of Jade – the first time a debut has won the award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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