Jonas Jonasson’s The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden debuted on Spain’s fiction chart at #1 during March. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought a “joyous” book by Chessie King that aims to spread body confidence for women of all ages. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 08:50:13 UTC ]
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As a girl, the author of “Wild” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” spent hours studying Scholastic book club catalogs. But “my family was too poor to pay for the books,” she says. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-02-18 15:29:22 UTC ]
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Physical book sales in Sweden are falling but the take-up of digital subscription services is on the rise, leading to a boost in revenue during 2019, new figures show. Statistics published by trade magazine Svensk Bokhandel showed sales nudged up 1.1% by value and 4.9% by volume in 2019... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 15:14:31 UTC ]
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R. Eric Thomas’ debut memoir Here for It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America challenges what it means to be “other.” Thomas delves into his experiences as a black, queer Christian—moving from his childhood in Baltimore to his struggles with private school and an Ivy League. This hilarious... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-02-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Bradford Council has reversed planned £1.05m cuts to its libraries but says some services could still be moved to other buildings in a bid to make them financially viable. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-16 18:54:07 UTC ]
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Scholastic and Penguin Random House retained their #1 spots in our rankings of children’s frontlist fiction and picture book bestsellers by corporation, respectively, though each company’s share of positions on its list diminished slightly from 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Cultural Cross Sections Alice-Catherine Carls Pachamama / Pichincha / Photo by Scipio Rocío Durán-Barba / Photo by Stephen Carls Rocío Durán-Barba is one of the most important voices of Latin American literature today. The author of more than fifty... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-02-13 15:00:14 UTC ]
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As a girl, the author of “Wild” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” spent hours studying Scholastic book club catalogs. But “my family was too poor to pay for the books,” she says. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-02-13 10:00:03 UTC ]
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Authors describe what it was like to work with the legendary Simon & Schuster editor, who died on Feb. 4. Continue reading at The New York Times
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In King’s fifth novel, a young woman determined to have it all faces the challenges of living a creative life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Galley Beggar Press has raised more than £42,000 in under 24 hours, "saving" the independent publisher and filling the financial “black hole” created from The Book People going into administration earlier in the week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 04:52:46 UTC ]
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A campaign is under way to save historic literary site the Red House, in West Yorkshire, which has links to Charlotte Brontë. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-15 16:14:43 UTC ]
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Journalism is arguably in one of the most fragile states since Gutenberg’s advent of the printing press almost 600 years Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-13 17:13:57 UTC ]
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Riot announced its new publishing arm for new League of Legends-related games, Riot Forge, just last week, and tonight at The Game Awards it revealed the first title to spawn from this business: Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. It's a narrativ... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2019-12-13 03:16:00 UTC ]
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In “A Bookshop in Berlin,” Françoise Frenkel describes a life devoted to French literature and her escape from the Nazis across occupied France. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-12-12 16:02:39 UTC ]
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“Read the transcript!” both sides tweet. But why isn’t that simple instruction delivering us all to the same conclusion? Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-12-12 15:28:43 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has signed a two-book deal with Instagram star John Clark, also known as The Meal Prep King, after his weight loss story went viral. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 18:38:45 UTC ]
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We had a new monster every night. I had this book I loved, Bring on the Bad Guys. It was a big, chunky paperback collection of comic-book stories, and as you might guess from the title, it wasn’t much concerned with heroes. It was instead an anthology of tales about the worst of the worst, […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-10 08:49:26 UTC ]
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Jonathan Safran Foer warns that people must start believing in the danger of climate change. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-04 02:50:48 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has announced a new book by Stephen King, If It Bleeds, will be published in May 2020 featuring four brand new long stories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 02:00:34 UTC ]
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