Sleight of Hand: On Meena Kandasamy’s “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers”

THE UK PAPERBACK cover of Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You shouts out with a chorus of one-word reviews: “Scorching” (The Observer), “Searing” (The Financial Times), “Explosive” (the Guardian) and “Shattering” (The Daily Telegraph). My experience of reading it was that I often realized I had been tensing my legs, clenching my teeth, needing to […] The post Sleight of Hand: On Meena Kandasamy’s “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers” appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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Tiger Who Came to Tea hits million-copy milestone

Print sales of Judith Kerr's The Tiger Who Came to Tea have surpassed one million sold mark ahead of its 50th anniversary next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WHS expects to hit full-year targets

W H Smith said it expects its financial results for the year to be in line with expectations, with a continued “strong” performance in its Travel arm with new openings in Italy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weathering Harvey, Houston Booksellers Offer a Helping Hand

One Houston area bookstore reported trouble from flooding, while most others will re-open today after days being closed in the wake of devastating Hurricane Harvey. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cute and creepy adventure game 'Fe' hits Switch in 2018

A year ago, Electronic Arts kicked off its indie publishing program EA Originals by announcing an intriguing gem: Fe, created by studio Zoink from Gothenberg, Sweden. The wordless adventure game follows a woodland creature as it roams a geometric, st... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weekly E-Ranking: top spot handed back to Atwood

A lucky 13th week for The Handmaid’s Tale—it has rebounded back into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot, after Helen Fields’ Perfect Prey briefly toppled it a week ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Late Show' Remains a Hit

Michael Connelly's 'The Late Show' stayed on top of the iBooks bestseller list this week, followed by Lisa Wingate's 'Before We Were Yours.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bletchley Park Brain Teasers bids for Christmas hit

Headline is among publishers hoping to emulate the success of Christmas bestseller the GCHQ Puzzle Book (Michael Joseph) after commissioning writer, historian and Bletchley Park expert Sinclair McKay to write Bletchley Park Brain Teasers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Handmaids hit London ahead of series finale

Handmaids are descending on London today to mark the finale of Channel 4's popular television series adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (Vintage). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze to publish Instagram hit Things I Have Drawn

Trapeze is publishing Things I Have Drawn: At the Zoo by Instagram father-and-son trio, Tom, Dom and Al Curtis, in which kids' drawings are "hilariously brought to life". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North American Comics Market Hits $1.085 Billion in 2016

Led by $590 million in sales of book-format graphic novels, the combined graphic novel and comics sales in North America grew 5% to $1.085 billion in 2016, according to a joint estimate by industry news sites Comichron and ICv2.com. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Book closes as library centralisation and cuts hit

A government move to offer library supply contracts to foreign firms has spelled the end for the 27-year-old Open Book Company, with six roles affected and the wider trade outraged. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Grisham Hits the Beach—and #1

John Grisham heads to the beach for the first time in his novelistic career as his latest, 'Camino Island,' set around a popular bookstore in a sleepy Florida resort town, hits #1 in Apple's iBooks store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marketing: Anatomy of a St. Martin’s Hit Built on the Goodreads Platform

In a BookExpo presentation, Goodreads explicated a publisher's elevation of a title to 'Times' bestseller status using the platform's amplification. The post Marketing: Anatomy of a St. Martin’s Hit Built on the Goodreads Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tough Higher Ed market hits Cengage revenues

Cengage’s adjusted revenues stood at $1.5bn for the fiscal year 2017, down 10% from the prior year, the company has told investors, ahead of posting its annual report later this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No, ebooks aren't dying. But their domination has hit a speed bump

It wasn't so long ago that book publishers and bookstore owners were quailing about the coming of ebooks, like movie theatre owners at the dawn of the television age. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics in good hands

The new owners of Christchurch icon Comics Compulsion are finding their feet, successfully holding their first Free Comic Book Day on Saturday. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'The Fix' Hits the Top

The third novel in David Baldacci's new Amos Decker series, 'The Fix,' took the #1 position on the iBooks bestseller list for the week ended April 23. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This experimental ebook gets edited every time it changes hands

A Universe Explodes is an unusual ebook in a variety of ways. Best viewed on a mobile device, it's about 20 pages long and has 128 words per page. Only 100 people "own" the original version, though the book itself is free and can be read by anyone a... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N to publish Karl Whitney's Hit Factories

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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