Remembering Our Friend, Mark Dressler

Publishing industry expert Mark Dressler passed away on December 23, 2015. We remember his optimism, enthusiasm and hard work. The post Remembering Our Friend, Mark Dressler appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #mark dressler #hard work

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Remembering Our Friend, Mark Dressler'

Seven Dials to publish Cooper's 20-minute budget-friendly recipes

Seven Dials is publishing a new cookbook containing over 100 "budget-friendly" recipes that can be prepared in under 20 minutes, and cost readers less than £20 a week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 11:42:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #cookbook

3 Ways to Start a Two-Person Book Club with a Friend

One Rioter describes three different types of two-person book clubs that have helped her make and maintain long-lasting literary friendships. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-10-06 10:35:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book club

Fall Regional Shows Get High Attendance—and High Marks

This fall's independent bookstore regional trade shows started off last week with two big virtual fairs held by three organizations—and did so swimmingly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #independent bookstore

The Back Story Behind ‘Transcendent Kingdom’: Yaa Gyasi Is a Solid Friend

Loyalty spurred the best-selling author to visit a neuroscientist’s lab. What she saw there inspired her next narrator. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-09-17 09:00:05 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #transcendent kingdom #yaa gyasi #best-selling author

7 Takeaways From ‘Melania and Me,’ by the First Lady’s Former Friend

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was part of the Trumps’ inner circle — until she wasn’t. Her memoir is a cautionary tale. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-08-28 21:34:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #cautionary tale #memoir

Remember when famous writers used to shill for consumer products?

Ah, yes, the good old days: when novelists lent their faces and testimonials to advertisers hoping to sell tires, or a certain kind of beer, or fancy watches. It’s something you don’t see very much anymore, because we writers have become too principled to participate in advertising campaigns.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-19 17:14:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #famous writers #consumer products #novelists

Atwood marks Testaments paperback with Fane online event

Margaret Atwood is marking the paperback publication of her Booker-winning novel The Testaments (Chatto) with a live streamed event via Fane Online. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 15:53:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #margaret atwood #paperback publication

JKP rolls out first dyslexia-friendly industry guidelines

Jessica Kingsley Publishing is to release the first guidelines for producing dyslexia-friendly texts and workplaces in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 08:07:55 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

David Baddiel's Future Friend revealed by HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books has revealed details of Future Friend, the “out of this world” new book from David Baddiel, with illustrations by Steven Lenton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 16:15:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #harpercollins children #david baddiel #steven lenton #harpercollins

Mackesy and Adeola prints mark Penguin's 85th anniversary

Penguin is marking its 85th anniversary by selling a range of fine art prints from Charlie Mackesy, Dapo Adeloa and others, with all profits going to the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 15:16:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #charlie mackesy

Boldwood marks first birthday with new appointments and authors

Boldwood Books is marking its first birthday with three new authors and two extra team members, including the arrival of Emily Ruston as editorial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 19:18:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #boldwood books

Gannon releases podcast series to mark debut novel

Emma Gannon is releasing a four-part series of podcasts to mark the publication of her debut novel Olive (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 16:12:33 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #emma gannon #four-part series #debut novel

Publishers Mark Dalai Lama’s Birthday Month

To celebrate His Holiness' 85th birthday, Shambhala offers discounts on many of his books and reissues classic titles, while Interlink unveils an upcoming illustrated biography. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #birthday month

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek marks 80th birthday with release of 1st memoir

Alex Trebek is celebrating his 80th birthday this week with the release of a memoir that covers his decades-long career hosting the quiz show Jeopardy! as well as his time on CBC television in the 1960s. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2020-07-20 12:30:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #alex trebek #80th birthday #memoir

In ‘Friends and Strangers,’ a new mom insists the babysitter is her buddy. She’s not.

J. Courtney Sullivan focuses on the culture of privilege that works so effectively to maintain class distinctions while erasing any acknowledgment of them. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-30 09:19:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Mourning the Letters That Will No Longer Be Written, and Remembering the Great Ones That Were

A book critic laments the decline in proper correspondence, and recalls the great letters of Ralph Ellison, Jean Rhys, Samuel Beckett and others. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-06-17 09:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ralph ellison #jean rhys #samuel beckett #book critic

Mark Wheeller's plays find new home at Salamander Street

Salamander Street, an independent publisher based in Bristol, has acquired the backlist of plays by Mark Wheeller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 14:38:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #independent publisher

40 Under Forty: Christopher Michael Schroeder aims to make New Mexico the most small business-friendly state

Through SOMOS ABQ, Schroeder and others celebrate what makes Albuquerque a unique place. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-06-10 18:50:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #unique place #somos

'Talent and potential' of young people in sector marked by 2020 Print Futures Awards

Forty-four young people have scooped grants of up to £1,500 each in The Printing Charity’s 2020 Print Futures Awards for people aged 18 to 30 in the UK printing, paper, publishing, packaging and graphic arts sector. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 01:04:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this |