A Twitter campaign to encourage more authors to sign up to Public Lending Right has been successful, according to Tracy Chevalier. Seventy authors registered for PLR in the first week of the campaign, led by Chevalier - an increase of 400% on the same period the year before. Chevalier, chair of the PLR advisory committee, organised the campaign by “recruiting” 50 people – many of them authors – to tweet on a regular basis about PLR, which remunerates authors when their books are loaned out by UK public libraries. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#authors sign
#tracy chevalier
#public lending
#regular basis
Following a successful slate of U.K. releases and U.S imports, author Cynthia Murphy will pen new YA thrillers under a three-book deal with Delacorte Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#three-book deal
#delacorte press
Dorothy Allison, the lesbian feminist activist, beacon, poet, parent, and award-winning author of novels like Bastard Out of Carolina and Cavedweller, has died at 75. Allison wrote about a queer, poor South with dynamism and ferocious love. Her books tangoed frankly with historically taboo... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-11-08 16:28:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#award-winning author
#sexual abuse
For Robin Wall Kimmerer’s lecture in Norman, Okla., on November 1, the first day of Native American Heritage Month, Scribner arranged an exclusive shipment of her forthcoming book 'The Serviceberry,' which publishes on November 19. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#forthcoming book
#early access
#braiding sweetgrass
People love looking for Waldo - it's his whole raison d'etre. But how much do they really know the striped, bespectacled character? Waldo is the star of Etsy's holiday campaign, which delves into the mind of the children's book character that debuted in 1987. Agency... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-11-01 13:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#children's book
#book character
#people love
Haunted libraries exist throughout the United States. Here are four with chilling stories—plus the story of a haunted library book! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-31 14:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#libraries
#haunted libraries
This beautiful memoir by a beloved trans activist rejects the idea that writing about trauma means ignoring joy. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-28 12:30:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
#beautiful memoir
\A Friday discussion at Frankfurter Buchmesse brought together international authors to discuss writing in a politicized era. The post ‘Frankfurt Calling’: Authors on Storytelling as Resistance appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-23 15:17:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#frankfurter buchmesse
#international authors
Technology collaborations "are a key part of publishing," said AAP president and CEO Maria Pallante, in a statement on the petition, "but they are built on lawful licenses and respect, not a land grab.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#land grab
#key part
#ai companies
In The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, history professor Evan Friss explores how bookstores have shaped reading, publishing, politics, and community, beginning in the 18th century. I talked with Friss about the value of indie bookstores, the bygone dominance of Barnes & Noble,... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2024-10-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#bookstore
#barnes
#barnes noble
#18th century
#indie bookstores
Keira Knightley is latest star to publish a children’s book, but some say trend pushes aside genuine writers and makes it harder to find great children’s fiction“A modern classic by Keira Knightley” reads the provisional cover of the actor’s debut children’s book, I Love You Just the Same. Set... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-20 13:00:48 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#latest book
#nielsen
#nielsen bookdata
#bestseller chart
#dougie poynter
#tom fletcher
#long list
The novelist and short story writer on her new book about Azrael, the angel of death, her encounters with Raymond Carver and Richard Yates, and why fiction should be uncannyJoy Williams, 80, has written five novels and four story collections and is the recipient of numerous awards. Her most... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-10-19 17:00:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#recent book
#published earlier
#numerous awards
#story collections
Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors don’t have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-10-18 21:04:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#random house
#publishing house
#bookseller
#penguin random house
#publishing company
#desist letter
#bookseller reports
#authors don
#taking steps
#protect authors
#copyright rules
#ai training
In a Frankfurt Book Fair discussion moderated by publisher Mercy Kirui, two authors are 'putting Africa at the center' of their work. The post Frankfurt: Authors Scholastica Moraa and Emmanuel Ngwainmbi Advocate for Authentic African Voices appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-18 08:42:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#frankfurt book fair
#post frankfurt
Business memoirs are at hand as he navigates a new role as the founder of a startup to “democratize storytelling.” Meanwhile he has co-written “We Are Free, You & Me,” an illustrated book for kids. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-10-17 09:00:07 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#illustrated book
#colin kaepernick
Monarch Books & Gifts in Overland Park, Kan. launched a GoFundMe campaign after hackers drained the bookstore's bank account. The funds raised will be used to keep the store afloat after a summer of slow sales compounded the problems caused by the fraud. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#problems caused
#funds raised
#bank account
#gofundme campaign
#pay bills
'Skin Contact' is the first acquisition in what will be "a close partnership" between Sceptre and Arthur's imprint, made just before the start of the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
Han Kang’s poetry and short stories are just as innovative and important as her novels. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2024-10-10 17:11:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#short stories
#han kang
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Charles Bock (I Will Do Better: A Father’s Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love) Kay Chronister (The Bog Wife) Mike Fu (Masquerade) Kate Greathead (The... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-10-08 08:56:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#memoir
#full disclosure
#wrong answers
More than three years ago, The New Yorker's unionized employees authorized and threatened a strike during a contentious first contract negotiation that culminated with scores of protestors descending on the Greenwich Village home of Conde Nast executive Anna Wintour days... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-10-04 11:54:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#conde nast
Paola Santos' picture book encourages young readers to appreciate nature's gifts and the love that comes with them. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-10-03 19:53:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with:
#picture book