Star Watch: Keeping Up with Helen Yentus

The top honoree in the PW Star Watch program’s first year was the art director at Riverhead Books, who is still pushing the limits of design and creativity to engage readers. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Seeing stars: writers should not fear online reviews

Will social media and aggregated preferences sweep away book reviewing and literary culture? There’s nothing new about the death of literatureThe writer Caleb Crain is unhappy about “the intrusion of counting into the life of literature”. He believes that big data and predictive-taste algorithms... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Starz renews 'Black Sails,' plans Cuba-set drama called 'Havana Quartet' starring Antonio Banderas

Starz has renewed its Michael Bay drama "Black Sails" for a fourth season and announced it is developing "Havana Quartet," a drama based on the Leonardo Padura detective book series that will star Antonio Banderas. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Candace Cameron Bure’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Memoir Arrives Amid Actress’ TV Comeback

'Dancing Through Life' chronicles Candace Cameron Bure's experience on 'Dancing with the Stars' while the actress explores her Christian faith. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atria Signs 'Nerdy Nummies' YouTube Star

Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books announced that this November, it will be publishing a baking cookbook by Rosanna Pansino, YouTube sensation and star of the Internet baking show, 'Nerdy Nummies.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edward Gorey: cover star of book design

The author and illustrator is much revered for his own weird and wonderful books, yet his 200-plus jacket designs are virtually ignored. Steven Heller celebrates his contribution to a unique era of publishingDeliciously and subversively cryptic, Edward St John Gorey’s books, plays, postcards,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IndieReader’s Top 10 Five-star Reviews of Self-Published Books

A selection of the top ten books that have received five star reviews on IndieReader, a service which reviews self-published books. The post IndieReader’s Top 10 Five-star Reviews of Self-Published Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper to publish YouTube star Jamie Curry

HarperNonFiction will publish the first book by New Zealand YouTube star Jamie Curry in time for Christmas 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watch 'The Flash' cast react to the news that Jay Garrick will be joining the show

The finale of the CW's "The Flash" strongly hinted that the original speedy comic book superhero Jay Garrick was somewhere lurking in the DC Entertainment ether. The comic book character's famous silver-winged helmet was spotted in the final episode. And now it's confirmed: The original Flash... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ICM, Helen Brann Form Succession Plan

ICM Partners announced that it has entered into a succession plan with the Helen Brann Agency, a literary agency owned and founded by Helen Brann, Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Keeps Ticking: Norm Pearlstine Responds

Time Inc's Chief Content Officer takes exception to the idea that the flagship magazine is struggling. The post Time Keeps Ticking: Norm Pearlstine Responds appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury signs memoir of rugby star Cohen

Ebury has acquired the autobiography of rugby player Ben Cohen, to be published ahead of this year’s Rugby World Cup. Cohen is the second-highest try scorer in England rugby history and was part of the 2003 World Cup-winning team in Sydney. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube star PewDiePie strikes publishing deal for This Book Loves You

With 37m YouTube subscribers, Swedish gamer teams up with Penguin Random House for 250-page collection of ‘advice and inspirational quotes’With more than 37m subscribers, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg is one of the biggest stars on YouTube. Now he’s hoping to take bookshelves by storm too.The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nikki Dinki's Star is on the Rise with New Show, Cookbook Deal

St. Martin's has signed signed up Dinki for a cookbook called 'Meat on the Side,' which offers recipes that put “meat in the passenger seat.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Analog Confessions Of YouTube Star iJustine

When you overshare for a living, what's left for your memoir? The truth, says Justine "iJustine" Ezarik, who just published hers."I have a really terrible memory" is not something a memoirist usually confesses to a journalist.Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Redmayne to star in 'Fantastic Beasts'

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne has been cast as the lead actor in Harry Potter spin-off film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, written by J K Rowling. Redmayne will play Newt Scamander, the wizarding world’s pre-eminent "magizoologist", who travels the world and documents magical... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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#FiftyShades: E.L. James' latest book: How authors keep their franchises fresh (+video)

#FiftyShades: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' writer E.L. James recently announced she's releasing a new version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' that will be told from character Christian's point of view. Some authors choose to focus on different characters for new books, while others opt for all-new... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ASUS unveils ZenWatch 2: Android Wear, two sizes, going after Apple Watch

ASUS announced a bunch of new devices today at the Computex 2015 trade show, held in its home market of Taiwan. The most interesting are the Transformer Book T100HA Windows 10 tablet, that could turn out to be a solid alternative to Microsoft's Surface 3, and a $299 laptop, that rivals... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2015: Julianne Moore and Brian Selznick: From Screen-to-Page and Page-to-Screen: Star Power in Children’s Book

Actress Julianne Moore and award-winning writer and illustrator Brian Selznick have more in common than writing books for children. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2015: John Green: Multi-Mega Star

Apparently movies would suck without John Green, who is downright effusive about how the movie adaptation of his 2008 novel, "Paper Towns," turned out. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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