US book trade publication Publishers Weekly is to run a special section next week as a tribute to freedom of expression following the terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in France, in which 12 people died. The magazine’s owner, George Slowik Jr, said it was jumping “fully into the fray of defending freedom of expression” after the Charlie Hebdo attack and "the disquieting events around ‘The Interview’”. The film, a comedy about North Korea, was pulled from cinemas prior to its release after concerns about safety from cinemas. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Mia Alvar's amazing debut story collection, finding a pirate ship, and Aziz Ansari on modern romance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former Elsevier CEO is the author of a new book, Scholarly Communications: A History from Content as King to Content as Kingmaker Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CityServe movement started in famously liberal Portland, Ore., when an evangelical leader joined forces with the city's gay mayor, the LGBTQ community, and organizations of many stripes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What could the sexual choices of teenagers have to do with America's national destiny? According to some evangelicals, quite a lot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a candidate for the Great American Internet Novel, a dead body in a chimney, and reimagining Custer's death. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Journalism is the new marketing degree" is the slightly sarcastic motto among New York Times staffers, many of them former journalists, who create articles and videos for brands. It appears the same could be said at The Atlantic, which just hired former Time magazine Managing Editor James... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: Judy Blume's first novel for adults in 17 years, Stephen King's latest, and the absolutely incredible story of Stalin's daughter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The awards will identify and celebrate talented young members of the U.S. publishing community, and bring recognition to them on a global stage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The big show is here. And here’s how you can use PW to get the most out of your BookExpo experience. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW is hosting this year’s BEA Librarians Lounge, and it has a lot in store for our librarian peeps. Librarians who are looking for a place to actually lounge (and/or grab a snack or fuel up on coffee) will be able to do so in the exclusive area in booth R420. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a brain surgeon's memoir, Robert McCammon's latest, and a page-turning mystery set in the Arctic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a book within a book, the end of the U.S. space program, and solitude in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Jeff Goins believes we don't so much find the work we were born to do; we just begin moving so it can find us. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scrambled brains, guinea pig, and the humble pizza pie: veteran food critic Robert Sietsema discusses the story behind his new book, 'New York in a Dozen Dishes.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Campaign for Reader Privacy has pressed for the passage of the bi-partisan USA Freedom Act of 2015, a bill it says will "restore some privacy safeguards to the government’s surveillance activities." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, Sally Mann's amazing memoir, original sin, and the latest from Anne Enright. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tributes have been paid from across the trade to crime writer Ruth Rendell, described as an “insightful and elegant observer of society”. Rendell died on Saturday (2nd May) at the age of 85. She had been admitted to hospital in January after suffering a critical stroke. The writer, who was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW has struck a deal with NA Publishing that will result in the entire archive of 'Publishers Weekly' print magazine, some 750,000 pages, to be digitized. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: David McCullough on the Wright Brothers, Kate Atkinson's follow-up to "Life After Life," and the definitive biography of Saul Bellow. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible, the Amazon-owned audio product company, is releasing a new audio drama production on 8th May, based on Sebastian Fitzek’s German-language thriller Amok. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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