A debut novelist adds a twist to the canon of books on Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
With the company's continued growth, CEO and publisher Maggie Langrick has become one of hybrid publishing’smost outspoken advocates. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales finished just under $9 billion in 2022, 6.2% higher than 2021 and 0.7% above 2019, the last year bookstores had a normal sales pattern before business was disrupted by the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales from publishers reporting to the AAP's StatShot program were down 6.4% in 2022 compared to 2021. Sales were down in all publishing categories, with print sales off in both trade segments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Britney Winn Lee is bringing body-scan meditation to young readers in ‘Good Night, Body: Finding Calm from Head to Toe,’ featuring a guide to acknowledging and relaxing each body part, tranquil illustrations, and notes for parents. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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‘A Rose for Emily’ is one of the most widely studied American short stories of the twentieth century, but the subtle narrative style and William Faulkner’s use of symbolism are often difficult to interpret. Starting with the ‘rose’ in the story’s title, the text is rich with symbols whose... Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-02-03 18:00:07 UTC ]
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The author has always been drawn to the fringes of publishing, and is staking a claim for herself on those fringes this year, when she will launch her own indie press, Rose Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Wightman, the author of 'Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely' (Eerdmans, May), emphasizes the importance of fact-checking as an expression of faith in online spaces. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Mother Tongue’ is an essay by Amy Tan, an American author who was born to Chinese immigrants in 1952. Tan wrote ‘Mother Tongue’ in 1990, a year after her novel The Joy Luck Club was a runaway success. In the essay, Tan discusses her relationship with language, and how her […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-01-20 15:00:27 UTC ]
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Mail accuses Nine and ABC of ‘radio silence’ over fracas. Plus: conservative media attacks Jacinda ArdernThe Daily Mail called it “the biggest story in Australia on Thursday” and the News Corp tabloids agreed, serving up salacious front pages that editors of a scandal sheet can be proud of. The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-20 00:58:39 UTC ]
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Helped by an extra Saturday of sales compared to 2021, unit sales of print books rose 10% last week over the week ended December 25, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. All six major categories posted increases in the week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Robin Miles was looking for stage and screen roles when she began reading books for the blind. She’s become one of the country’s most celebrated narrators. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2022-12-16 16:45:13 UTC ]
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All I want for Christmas is for my glasses not to fog up. And Swiss scientists might deliver on that wish. ETH Zurich researchers have developed a gold nanocoating that heats glass by up to 46 Fahrenheit by absorbing a large amount of infrared radiation − and keeps your glasses fog free. Most... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-12-13 12:15:33 UTC ]
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In a report designed to measure the economic impact of NYC's various publishing segments, the first-of-its-kind study found that the number of book publishing jobs dipped 1.7% between 2010 and 2020, while bookselling jobs tumbled 37.1%. The average book publishing salary was $119,000, compared... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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"A Dangerous Business," the latest novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, follows a brothel worker in Monterey investigating disappearances. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-11-30 14:30:40 UTC ]
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If you're looking to pick up a new tablet for the holidays, a number of slates we recommend are on sale for Cyber Monday. Most of the best discounts are holdovers from Black Friday, but that still means a range of iPads, Amazon Fire tablets and Microsoft Surface PCs are down to their lowest... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-11-28 14:00:12 UTC ]
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BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenismNew research has found that 11.7% of children’s book creators published in the UK in 2021 were people of colour, up from 5.6% in 2017.Despite the big... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-23 06:01:50 UTC ]
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The memoir Heretic opens with Jeanna Kadlec boarding a bus to the Middlesex County Courthouse in Massachusetts, where she is filing for divorce against her husband, an Evangelical Christian, and pastor’s son to boot. Kadlec is twenty-five and exhausted from the labor of suppressing her... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-11-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Helped by the popularity of Colleen Hoover's 'Verity,' revenue at Hachette Book Group rose 4.7% in the third quarter over 2021—a gain that does not include results from Workman Publishing, which HBG bought last September. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Consolidated report of over 600 individual Nielsen studies is "largest ever" study of podcast ads. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2022-10-26 15:52:35 UTC ]
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Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Golden Voice narrator George Guidall compellingly narrates Craig Johnson’s latest Longmire... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-24 13:48:59 UTC ]
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