PLA Preview 2014: What’s the Big Idea?

Public Library Association President Carolyn Anthony faces a dilemma. “There’s so much I’m looking forward to that it’s hard to know where to start,” she says, when asked for her perspective on the division’s upcoming biennial conference, set for March 11–15 in Indianapolis, Ind. “I look forward to meeting people whom I’ve long admired, such as Jane Pauley, Ann Patchett, and Richard Ford, some of whom I’ll even get to have lunch with and chat with a bit. And to close with David Sedaris? Everyone is sure to leave laughing.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 38% plunge in sales in its education group in the second quarter of 2020 led to an overall decline of 35.5% in sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt compared to a year ago. Costs cuts limited the impact of the sales drop on the publisher's bottom line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Penguin's Great Ideas series returns

Penguin is to relaunch its non-fiction Great Ideas series after a decade's hiatus, with a new selection of 20 pocket-sized titles, featuring bespoke cover designs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Changes are brewing at the International Digital Publishing Forum, which has been part of the Worldwide Web Consortium for the past three years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Cassava Ideas makes first acquisition

Cassava Ideas, the new non-fiction imprint at Cassava Republic Press, will publish Sold Out: How Black Feminism Lost Its Soul by Chardine Taylor-Stone as its first title.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Daisy Johnson | 'I loved the idea of things, trauma or memory, passing down through the body"

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Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: August 2020

A modern take on Job, memories of Jewish Salonica under Nazi occupation, and some Bible-infused sass from a self-described Southern lady are among the religion and spirituality books publishing in August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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News Corp’s Stephanie Layser Is Tired of Big Tech Bullying

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Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2020 Book Preview

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Avon takes two from Big Issue contest winner Sharland

Avon has signed two books from debut author Louise Sharland following a competition with the Big Issue to find a new crime writing voice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Potts' Half Baked Idea cooks up TV deal

Baby Cow Productions has optioned Olivia Potts’ memoir A Half Baked Idea (Fig Tree, 2019), for TV.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Keys to Amazon’s success: Price wars and big data

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Puffin dreams big with week-long online festival

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Crossway Wins Big at Christian Book Awards

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Jennifer Weiner’s ‘Big Summer’ is a breezy romp through online influencer culture

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HC's Avon Books is to publish debut The Clockmaker's Wife by Daisy Wood, which features Big Ben in a starring role.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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