Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 08:15 Granta has commissioned cover images of 93-year-old Diana Athill by celebrity photographer Rankin, better known for portraits of the likes of Kate Moss and Kylie Minogue. The photographs will grace the jacket of Athill's new hardback Instead of a Book (6th October) plus paperback reissues of Stet, Yesterday Morning and Instead of a Letter. Granta's artistic director Michael Salu said he had decided it would be interested to bring together "two rather distinguished individuals from different generations" for the images. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Saga Egmont has launched new partnerships with indie publishers Muswell Press and Violet Gaze Press with a focus on publishing a range of diverse audiobooks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The novels longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize have seen a huge surge in sales since last week's announcement, with some titles seeing their numbers rise by more than 900%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The following is a listing of new and forthcoming titles on the history, culture, and contemporary lives and issues of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The top 15 bestsellers last week were all fiction, led by Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood,' which sold more than 48,000 copies in its first week on sale. Overall, unit sales increased 4% over the week ended July 4, 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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While a lot of the usual LBF rights-trading focused on agencies’ and publishers’ own online ‘fairs’, there are a still a number of hot titles around this summer’s digital event Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The video-sharing social media platform TikTok is not just a place where teens share the latest dance crazes—it’s also proving a driver of book sales, and beyond teen reads too. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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When Trump’s former national security adviser was told his proposed title had a sexual connotation, he reportedly told publishers their minds were "in the gutter." Continue reading at The Huffington Post
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With Sharjah as London Book Fair’s guest of honour in 2022, the time is nigh – nay, now – for publishers to acquire Arabic titles for translation. But where to start? Unlike other languages such as Korean or Swedish, which have robust agenting infrastructure, very few Arab authors have agents to... Continue reading at British Council global
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The Association of Italian Publishers participates in Monday's Bologna Book Plus conference and shares 2020 book publishing and rights sales data from Italy. The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Italy Published 7,289 Kids’ Titles in 2020 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Witchcraft books fit in a niche no more. Diverse authors writing on an expansive range of topics drive sales higher each year for several publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Ian Rankin's A Song for the Dark Times (Orion) has clearly struck a chord with the book-buying public, reaching a crescendo in its first full week on sale and hitting the UK Official Top 50 number one spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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This is only the second time that these Hearst titles have been leveraged together for a joint program and sponsorship opportunity at this scale. The post Hearst is packaging its design titles together for a new educational franchise appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
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Unit sales of print books rose 24% last week over the comparable week in 2020. Sales of travel books continued to rebound after a disastrous 2020, and graphic novel sales soared again. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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FOX News Books hit a marketing bonanza in 'Women of the Bible Speak' as more books offer new perspectives on women in Scripture — whether lionized or demonized, famous or forgotten. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Unit sales of print books jumped 35% last week over the comparable week in 2020, driven by huge sales gains for adult books. At this point last spring, sales of adult books were soft because of the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Unit sales of adult titles jumped for the week ended April 10, 2021, over the comparable week in 2020, offsetting steep declines in the juvenile categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Translations now free in this year's offer include today's release of Keiichiro Hirano's bestseller in Tokyo, 'At the End of the Matinee.' The post Keiichiro Hirano Leads Amazon Crossing’s World Book Day Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Joe Wicks has revealed the cover and title for new recipe book Joe's Family Food, published by Bluebird on 10th June. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Titles from Dialogue Books and Granta have made the longlists for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and Prize for Political Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An early 2021 Easter, combined with declining sales last spring as the pandemic heated up, resulted in a huge gain in unit sales of print books for the week ended March 28, 2021, over the comparable week last year at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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