Retirement Community Residents Write Surprise WWII Hit

A last-minute addition to the University Press of New England list has become the fastest-selling book in the Hanover, N.H., university press consortium’s 42-year history and its first book to hit Amazon’s top 10. World War II Remembered isn’t even published by one of its regular distribution clients. Instead, UPNE took on the self-published book five days before Christmas to help its neighbors at the Kendal at Hanover retirement community. They had already sold through their thousand-copy first printing when they learned that Brian Williams was interested in airing a segment on NBC. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jean-Luc Morel, sales manager for Penguin in France, is to retire from the company after 25 years. Morel’s last day will be 22nd September. In the coming weeks he will hand his work over to existing members of the Penguin Random House international sales team: Pauline Konink, sales manager for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sample New Writing from Indonesia at Words Without Borders

Words Without Borders featured nine new translations from Indonesia in advance of Indonesia's turn as Guest of Honor at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Sample New Writing from Indonesia at Words Without Borders appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mario Vargas Llosa hits back at claim he sold story to Hola!

Nobel laureate slams ‘slanderous’ New York Times Book Review article that repeated information from the Daily MailNobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been forced to deny that he sold a story to Hola! magazine in Spain, and that he announced a new relationship on Twitter, following a review in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Heavy hitting' campaign for new Boyd novel

Bloomsbury has promised a “high profile and heavy hitting” marketing campaign for the global release of William Boyd’s new novel Sweet Caress next week (27th August). The publisher said marketing plans include a “major” National Rail advertising campaign, third party partnerships, national... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Better Together: SparkPoint, She Writes Press

Almost one year after SparkPoint Studio acquired the hybrid publisher She Writes Press, the purchase is providing the type of synergy that SparkPoint CEO Crystal Patriarche had hoped for. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hitting bookstores soon: J.R.R. Tolkien's first fantasy story

'The Story of Kullervo,' a dark retelling of the 19th-century Finnish poem 'The Kalevala,' is the latest in a number of previously unpublished works by J.R.R. Tolkien. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robots that write fiction? You couldn’t make it up

Computer-generated fiction might seem a tipping point for artificial intelligence, but it could help us to understand the world we live inIn 1983, William Chamberlain and Thomas Etter released a book called The Policeman’s Beard Is Half Constructed, described as the “early fiction” of a computer... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Questions for...Immigrant Writing Prize Creator Ilan Stavans

The Restless Books publisher, and creator of the just-announced Prize for New Immigrant Writing, said he hopes the literary honor will help dispel negative stereotypes of immigrants. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Five Liverpool libraries 'ready for community groups'

Liverpool city council is preparing to hand over five libraries to local community groups to run, according to the Liverpool Echo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Boris Johnson to write Shakespeare biography

Boris Johnson is to write a biography of William Shakespeare for Hodder & Stoughton for October 2016. The publisher has confirmed the deal, which was reported in the Sunday Times to have been done for £500,000. The newspaper reported that Johnson’s advance was almost seven times his salary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does the age of an author matter when writing YA fiction?

The Book Doctor goes right back to beginnings of YA and teen fiction in the 1950s and 1960s to investigate whether author age has anything to do with reader experienceI saw several really young writers at the Young Adult Literature Convention (Yalc) who seem to know just what their readers are... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail publisher hit by fall in print advertising

DGMT share price drops 9% after ‘marked deterioration’ in advertising revenue for flagship print titlesShares in the Daily Mail’s parent company have slumped 9% after it reported a fall in print advertising revenues at its flagship national newspapers. Advertising revenues at the Daily Mail and... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printing error hits 'limited' Harper Lee stock

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finally! Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' hits bookstores around the globe

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman': Don't write Atticus Finch off as a racist just yet [Video]

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Why write YA?

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Christian Bookseller Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award-Winner Reflects on Five Decades of Writing

Author Josh McDowell on childhood molestation, what he's learned in 55 years of writing, and winning the Christian Bookseller Association's Lifetime Achievement Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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With Harper Lee's new novel 'Go Set a Watchman' on sale today, Publishers Weekly asked a collection of authors for their thoughts on her beloved debut, and Pulitzer Prize winner, 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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