PW columnist Brian Kenney offers his picks from a strong Public Library Association Conference program. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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May was a quiet month for both the stock market and the Publishers Weekly Stock Index. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Just weeks before the Harvey Weinstein scandal hit and the #MeToo movement went viral, actress, writer, and film director Amber Tamblyn wrote an ardent 'New York Times' editorial about how she was done with not being believed about her own harassment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended May 27, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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What was it like for Sean Spicer to be President Donald Trump’s press secretary? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With a catalogue that includes'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' and 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,' Quirk Books fits solidly in the nerd/pop culture niche. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Political books have been a particularly hot category in 2018, starting with the publication of Michael Wolff’s 'Fire and Fury' at the beginning of January and continuing with James Comey’s 'A Higher Loyalty.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Stephen King has the #1 book in the country with ‘The Outsider.’ Plus John McCain and James R. Clapper release political memoirs, and Bill Gates names his summer reads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Emcee Jacqueline Woodson set the tone right away for Friday morning’s children’s book and authors breakfast at BookExpo, explaining, “Through our narratives, we’re trying to change this crazy world.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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“Feeling cool, calm, and collected about this,” tweets Abbi Jacobson, about her upcoming book. However, the title, 'I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff' (Grand Central, Oct.) hints at the opposite. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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We spoke with a number of booksellers about their impressions of the show, and the titles they were most looking forward to grabbing at publishers’ booths. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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“My goal is no longer a perfect body or hair. My goal is to live to be an old woman,” says Iranian-American novelist Porochista Khakpour. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Texas native Ngozi Ukazu first wrote about hockey in a screenplay-writing seminar during her senior year at Yale. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Deborah Harkness, history professor at the University of Southern California, was riveted by the alternate world of the Twilight series, a free-spirited departure from the 16th-century Elizabethan era that was her specialty. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The audiobook boom is most prominent in North America, and it is spreading across the world, as discussed in a panel on Wednesday at the New York Rights Fair entitled “The Audiobook Heard ‘Round the World.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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This week: the thriller from Bill Clinton and James Patterson, plus new books from Lauren Groff, Rachel Cusk, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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When Potato—the star of 'Potato Pants!' (Holt/Ottaviano, Oct.)—hears about a one-day sale on potato pants (pants made out of potatoes, of course!), he is so excited, he starts doing the robot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Colleen Hoover makes the time to oversee a subscription box program and specialty bookstore that together have raised more than a million dollars for charity. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Warning: Other authors may not want to read this story because it will make them want to tear their hair out. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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With 'The Boneless Mercies' (FSG, Oct.), a reimagining of the Beowulf legend in which four mercenary girls set out to defeat a marauding monster, Tucholke is making her first foray into fantasy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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After a confusing opening day at the trade show, publishers and booksellers settled into discussing industry issues and getting ready for the fall season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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