Before Michael Wolff’s bestseller was the one about the second world war. Its little-known author is not the first to benefit from a nominal muddle …You’d think it would be hard to confuse Randall Hansen’s Fire and Fury, a 2008 military history book with a second world war bomber on its cover, with Michael Wolff’s No 1 bestseller Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, whose jacket shows the US president mid-rant. Yet Hansen, a Canadian academic, wryly revealed this week that the shared title had helped his 10-year-old study to return to three of Amazon’s category bestseller lists.He’s not the first little-known author to benefit from a nominal muddle: Emily Schultz received “a big royalty cheque” as a long-tail bonus when Stephen King echoed her 2005 title Joyland in 2013; and Liam Callanan wrote a droll blog about the myriad repercussions of the release of the 2012 film version of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas, ranging from his own book The Cloud Atlas climbing to Amazon respectability to his website being “hacked by Russians and blacklisted by Google”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Book Prize jurors are reviewing the submissions for the 2019 literary award: 173 titles in total, of which 71 won't be published until this fall. The post German Book Prize Draws 173 Titles for This Year’s Competition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A rare first edition of a "Harry Potter" book featuring a misspelled title fetched about $90,000 at an auction last week, the Independent reported Friday. The copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (published in the U.S. as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"), the first book in... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair opens, we bring you a selection of rights deals to children's and YA titles from Slovenia, Finland, Germany, and the USA. The post As Bologna Children’s Book Fair Opens: Rights Roundup of Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Li Xin, vice president and general editor of the children’s book division at Thinkingdom Children’s Books, Leo Lionni’s 'Swimmy' is that book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN is marking the milestone of having supported 250 titles via its Writers in Translation programme, launched in 2006. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan have launched their Book Club list for Spring, with six titles all written by women to mark International Women’s Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bella Pearson talks to Charlotte Eyre about setting up her own children's publisher, Guppy Books, and its launch titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Cressida Cowell is backing Book Aid International calls for schools to share a story and change a life on World Book Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the best pop culture of 2018 on Friday, posting his favorite books, movies and music of the year on his official Facebook page. Sorry, television. Better luck next year. “As 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"The Color Purple" author Alice Walker last week endorsed a book by a British conspiracy theorist frequently accused of anti-Semitism, and literary observers are speaking out on social media. Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet and activist, was interviewed for the New York Times... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times also faced criticism for publishing the Color Purple author’s recommendation without qualificationThe New York Times Book Review and Alice Walker have come under criticism for comments the celebrated writer made in an interview with the publication in which she recommended a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We’d like to hear from people who have downloaded books illegally and those affected by book piracyAccording to the Intellectual Property Office’s latest study of online copyright infringement, 17% of ebooks read online are now pirated – around 4m books. While stereotypes persist that young... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books is again partnering with Aldi to publish books based on the supermarket’s new Kevin and Katie Christmas advert. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does a love of reading as a child lay the foundation for a productive life? These great minds of our time are connected by their passion for children’s books. There’s compelling data that children who grow up with parents reading to them perform better in school. But is it possible that a... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year’s shortlist also includes Jesus on Gardening, Equine Dry Needling and Why Sell Tacos in Africa?A book that celebrates Germany’s timesaving contribution to global cuisine is among the contenders for the 2018 Diagram prize for the oddest title of the year. The Joy of Waterboiling may... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the best, lesser known perks that come with owning an Amazon Kindle is the ability to share many of the ebooks in your digital library with your friends and family. Better still, your friends and family can also share the books from their collection,with you.We’ll show you how to quickly... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of the Louisville Story Program, Iroquois High School students in Louisville, Ky., hailing from Cuba, Pakistan, Iraq, Africa, and the United States collaborated on a book of personal essays. The result? A book filled with stories of love, fear, and triumph. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Frankfurt's annual CEO Talk, Macmillan CEO John Sargent took questions from journalists on 'Fire and Fury,' Rowohlt, and other topics. The post CEO Talk: Sargent on Rowohlt and ‘Fire and Fury’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the big titles American agents will be talking up at Frankfurt are a memoir by 'New York Times' photographer Bill Cunningham, a first novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, a middle-grade adaptation of Trevor Noah's 'Born a Crime,' and a new novel by Julie Orringer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction was announced on Wednesday, with books on history and social issues making up the bulk of the nominations. Notable titles on this year's list include Steve Coll's "Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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