After decades of writing raw and unflinching novels, screenplays, and scripts for television, the author is still curious and eager to learn—just don’t ask him how he feels about his process. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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US publishing's Big Five–Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster–have now been named as defendants in an amended class suit originally brought against Amazon alone for anti-competitive behaviour in relation to e-books in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-07 12:47:23 UTC ]
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Germs: not only the dirty little things you can’t see but also seeds. In his sensuous and melancholic memoir, Richard Wollheim attempts to collect the seemingly insignificant, lost little kernels of his life—the most powerful impressions of his younger self—that then germinated and made the man.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-02 09:48:41 UTC ]
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Call for inquiry into academic publishers as locked-down students unable to access study material onlineCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLibrarians at UK universities say students’ reading lists for this term are being torn up because of publishers’ “eye-watering”... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-29 12:00:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Pam Mandel, whose book, The Same River Twice: A Memoir of Dirtbag Backpackers, Bomb Shelters, and Bad Travel, is out from Skyhorse Publishing. The book charts Mandel’s travels abroad as a young woman trying to figure out... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-29 09:48:53 UTC ]
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On January 14, a prominent class-action law firm announced it was suing over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market—the second such suit in a decade. What should we make of the news? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is being sued for anti-competitive behaviour in the United States by the same law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-17 12:13:54 UTC ]
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Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially highAmazon.com and the “Big Five” publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster – have been accused of colluding to fix ebook... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-01-15 13:04:33 UTC ]
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The law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011 has filed a class action against Amazon, accusing the company of colluding with the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition from the e-book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Explore the myriad powerful stories through visual storytelling and these graphic memoirs and true stories by women, including The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-13 11:38:00 UTC ]
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Puffin has announced it is publishing A Different Sort of Normal, written and illustrated by debut talent Abigail Balfe – the true story of one girl's journey growing up with autism. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 08:28:31 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Child's Play will publish two more picture books by Romani author Richard O’Neill, as part of his Romani Tales series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-06 20:26:51 UTC ]
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Bookouture has acquired four memoirs and its first true crime story for its new non-fiction imprint, Thread. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 19:04:16 UTC ]
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A second-half rally helped to limit the decline of the Publishers Weekly Stock Index to 4% in 2020, as four of the seven companies on the PWSI managed to post an increase in their stock prices compared to the beginning of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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'Maybe there are lessons to be learned from rule-breaking,' writes Richard Charkin, with a new memoir as his case in point. The post Richard Charkin: ‘Thank Goodness for the Rule-Breakers’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-04 13:04:57 UTC ]
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The Thursday Murder Club sees off titles by Barack Obama and David Walliams in chaotic week for Britain’s book tradeRichard Osman’s cosy mystery about a group of elderly sleuths, The Thursday Murder Club, has become the first debut novel ever to become the Christmas No 1, selling a remarkable... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-12-22 15:00:18 UTC ]
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'The last 20 years have seen an ever-growing chasm between academic and trade publishing on the technology front,' writes Charkin. The post Richard Charkin: ‘Chasm’ Between Academic and Trade Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-07 14:48:23 UTC ]
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William Heinemann will publish Bewilderment, Richard Powers' first novel since his Booker-shortlisted and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Overstory (William Heinemann, 2018). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-24 19:27:03 UTC ]
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The new book “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music” reminds us that the divisive composer could supply our era with its big-screen soundtrack. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-11-03 17:20:11 UTC ]
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Sphere will publish A Plot to Kill: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal and Murder in a Quiet English Town, from criminologist David Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 17:27:16 UTC ]
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Tayari Jones, Joanna Trollope and Kathy Reichs are among the authors selected for Richard & Judy's Christmas Book Club, which this year is dominated by thrillers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-22 09:21:24 UTC ]
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