It’s easy to read Michael Moreci’s debut novel “Black Star Renegades” and compare it to “Star Wars.” After all, the story was inspired by that epic saga. But to characterize it as a retelling or a ripoff wouldn’t do justice to this complex, self-aware and fun romp through space. “Black Star Renegades”’... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Amazon's second brick-and-mortar bookstore will open in San Diego this summer, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The final sign of the bookstore was just that — a sign. Signage over construction in the University Towne Center Mall in San Diego reads, "Coming this summer — Amazon books." Last... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conroy, the author of 'The Prince of Tides' and 'The Great Santini,' died of pancreatic cancer at his South Carolina home. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The running theme of the 88th Academy Awards was #OscarsSoWhite, but black viewership of the ABC telecast held up compared with last year. Data from Nielsen showed that 3.22 million African Americans tuned in, just 2% under last year’s total. African American viewers made up 9.4% of the total... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s will this summer publish a second collection of short stories from Terry Pratchett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A canny fiction strategy is paying dividends for Scottish indie Black & White. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Society to stage event as Johnston Press acquires i and Trinity Mirror launches a new title amid continuing decline in newspaper readershipJust after the Independent stops publishing its newsprint version, the Media Society is staging a panel debate, Is this the end of print?The final... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After years of closings that have decimated the number of black-owned independent bookstores, things could be turning around. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Radcliffe is to star in an upcoming thriller based on Summersdale title Lost in the Jungle by Yossi Ghinsberg. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly is now welcoming nominations for the second PW Star Watch from all areas of the publishing community. The program recognizes up-and-coming talent and leadership in the industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Glenna Gordon captures the lives of remarkable women self-publishing romance novels and other stories in northern Nigeria. The post The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For a second year, Frankfurt Book Fair (FBM) and Publishers Weekly (PW) are teaming up to produce the PW Star Watch program. Nominations are open. The post Looking Up: Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Open Star Watch 2016 Nominations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Epic novel, whose length has long discouraged readers, has made it on to the Bookseller’s top 50 after the BBC’s acclaimed new adaptationBritain is racing to address the fact that only 4% of Britons have read War and Peace, with Leo Tolstoy’s doorstopping epic entering the UK’s book charts for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Bond actor Daniel Craig has reportedly signed up to star in a TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel Purity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Alma Books has signed a middle-grade story about what happened to all the pets in World War Two by Miriam Halahmy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Hillel Black, former publisher of Macmillan and editor-in-chief at William Morrow, died February 8 at the age of 86. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II will be published the day after the play begins in London, picking up the wizard’s story 19 years after the final novel in the seriesHarry Potter author JK Rowling’s script of the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is going to be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Check out PW’s new monthly Religion Fiction and Nonfiction Bestseller charts and find out more about the books that made the lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has acquired a new novel by Irish writer and actress Caroline Grace-Cassidy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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