NAIBA 2014: Taking on Amazon

The keynote address, a conversation between Franklin Foer and Andrew Keen, looked at how the mega-retailer has changed the dynamics by turing "the citizen" into "the consumer," and trying to position booksellers as "dinosaurs." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Specializing in Security Studies

Georgetown University Press celebrates its 50th anniversary this year by offering visitors to its booth (1544) two books that reflect the press’s emphasis on what it calls security studies—books on diplomacy, spies, international affairs, intelligence, history, and related topics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press takes two from O'Farrell

Headline imprint Tinder Press has acquired two more novels by Maggie O’Farrell, and will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of June 2, 2014

BAM has flat quarter, adds HBG site and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Pat O’Brien: Back After All That

Even though this is the first time Pat O’Brien has attended BEA, he’s not intimidated at the prospect of being surrounded by booksellers he’s never met before to talk about the highs and lows of his 35-year career as a sportscaster for radio and television and a celebrity journalist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Malcolm Brooks: Renaissance Cowboy

How does a Montana horseman and carpenter by trade write a first novel that is getting the kind of advance press garnered by Cold Mountain? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Amanda Palmer: No Shame in Asking

It was a circuitous and unexpected road that led Amanda Palmer to become an author. Best known as one-half of the punk duo the Dresden Dolls, Palmer had already expanded her creative world to include songwriter, playwright, and blogger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: A Photographic Musical Tribute

Not every book opens with a page featuring a scrawled handwritten blurb from Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Scott Blackwood: Inspired by a Multiple Murder

Scott Blackwood’s evocative novel See How Small (Little, Brown, Dec.), in which three teenage girls are murdered in a small Texas town, achieves such a multilayered narrative effect that even its author has a tough time pigeonholing the book’s genre. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Ann Hood: A Family Century

Ann Hood’s bibliography is full of families both fictional and real. Family tragedy was the source of two memoirs, Do Not Go Gentle (2000) and Comfort (2008), and have informed her novels, including The Knitting Circle (2007) and The Red Thread (2010). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: UPNE Launches ForeEdge

Taking its name from the printing term, fore edge— which refers to the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved, opposite the spine—a new imprint for national trade titles from University Press of New England is launching. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Mighty Bright, Mighty Light

Since introducing its first incandescent book light in 1995, Mighty Bright has been the company that helped save relationships, as its tiny lights made it possible for one person to read while another sleeps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: What’s Happening on the High Line

Welcome to the Javits Center and the endlessly transforming neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen/ West Chelsea/ Hudson Yards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Lay All Your Love on ABBA

Mama Mia! Here we go again! My, my! How can we resist? Booksellers might want to take a chance on Weldon Owen this week by visiting booth 1550 and dropping off their business cards. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: A Borders Heir Launches a Feminist Press

As the daughter of Louis Borders, who cofounded Borders Books with his brother Tom in Ann Arbor, Mich., Christine Borders Bronstein always knew she had books in her blood. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How the Amazon-Hachette Fight Could Shape the Future of Ideas

While the bookseller and publisher are battling over mundane business specifics, the state of publishing hangs in the balance. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: May 29, 2014

Riverdale Avenue Books has named Joseph Pittman editorial director of Dagger, Riverdale’s new mystery and thriller imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Clients’ Needs First at Zenhancer

Having its start in the financial typesetting segment has given RS TechnoMedia, called Zenhancer Technologies in the U.S., plenty of experience in projects with very short turnaround time and zero-error margin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: The Trail of Lady Liberty: Elizabeth Mitchell

Most folks believe the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States, but Elizabeth Mitchell, in pursuit of researching another topic, came across some diaries of sculptor Frédéric August Bartholdi and learned the true story behind the statue’s creation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: DK’s Worldwide Celebration

DK Publishing, with many bestsellers and award winners on its shelves, will celebrate its 40th anniversary in style at BEA this year, with a photo op, champagne toast, raffle, and giveaways. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Little Rock Thriller

The name, “Webb Hubbell,” conjures up the Clinton era in politics—starting in Little Rock, Arkansas and then on to our nation’s capital. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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