Today more than 400 ‘big books’ are published in the hope of capturing the Christmas market. Which of the following will sell the most by 25 December?How Super Thursday turned a publishing pile-up into a marketing triumph With more than 400 titles due to be published today, the betting is on for the winner who will take all at the tills in the lucrative run-up to Christmas. Here are some of the hopefuls. Let us know who we’ve missed. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following the new double-dipping template of memoir and documentary, Pamela Anderson finally tells her own story with remarkable matter-of-factness. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-27 08:01:22 UTC ]
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Talking about punishing parents, backstabbing besties, and book club breakups with guest Hugh Ryan Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2023-01-24 20:00:00 UTC ]
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As the cofounder of BookXcess and Big Bad Wolf, Andrew Yap is the most powerful bookseller you likely don’t know. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Revisiting a now quaint conflict about Barnes & Noble displacing indie booksellers in New York. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2022-12-20 08:00:00 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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As Christmas came to be celebrated in the home, choosing the right volume was a way to show intimate understanding of the person opening the package. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-12-02 15:52:40 UTC ]
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We all know books have the power to move us to tears, and that those tears have the power to move books. Last year, with the sudden rise on popularity of certain titles, the publishing industry realized that BookTok might have the ability to shape the market. One reader cries on camera about... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-11-18 18:44:22 UTC ]
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Unit sales of print books fell 17.1% last week compared to the week ended November 13, 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. It was the third consecutive week that sales fell by double digits compared to 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The venture capital market is slowing -- and while that might be a good thing for some investors, it'll likely be more difficult for media companies to raise capital. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-11-10 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Luis Alberto Urrea’s Good Night, Irene, the latest novel from the bestselling novelist and Pulitzer Prize and NBCC finalist, which will be published by Little, Brown, this spring. Here’s how the publisher describes the novel: In 1943, Irene... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-21 13:30:51 UTC ]
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Something evil this way comes to Netflix this month: 'The School for Good and Evil,' based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Soman Chainani, which launched a bestselling book series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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I can’t recall a wartime leader ever addressing an international book fair while his country is under attack but, hey, it’s already been a hell of a decade, so why not? This coming Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make video remarks to the Frankfurt Book Fair, which is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-10-18 15:18:12 UTC ]
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The former Eurovision winner had backed Glasgow, which lost to Liverpool in its bid to host the 2023 song contest. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2022-10-08 07:32:25 UTC ]
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'The Good Asian' by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandrew Tefenkgi and 'Squire' by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh won Harvey Awards; and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, during an awards ceremony held at Friday night during New York Comic Con. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ is one of the best-known short stories by Flannery O’Connor (1925-64), who produced a string of powerful stories during her short life. First published in the collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find in 1955, the story is about an American family […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2022-09-26 14:00:41 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's "The Bullet that Missed" reconvenes his septuagenarian crime fighters. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-09-16 11:00:00 UTC ]
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What makes for a good book club question? Here are some tips to consider before your next book club meeting. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-09-09 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Tracie D. Hall, the South L.A.-raised executive director of the American Library Association, will receive the 2022 Literarian Award. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-09-07 14:14:03 UTC ]
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Sometime around 2006, everyone in publishing began to lament the death of the book section. In the face of declining readership, budget cuts, and mergers, newspapers began to realize that book review sections did not bring in enough ad revenue to cover their costs and so cut and culled until... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 16:03:34 UTC ]
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"Dopesick" author Beth Macy profiles the volunteers and outreach workers who bring hope, not judgment, to drug users. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-26 10:00:20 UTC ]
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