Surveying the Fall Season: Children's Booksellers Share Trends and Their Must-Have Titles

With schools in session and spooky season fast approaching, we asked children's booksellers and buyers about autumn trends in their stores. Respondents gave us their predictions for the hottest fall titles and looked ahead to the waning months of 2024, including how the November election might affect business. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Maramenides to head up S&S Children's

Alexandra Maramenides is leaving the Bonnier Group to join Simon & Schuster UK as managing director of its Children’s Publishing Division. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending November 13, 2015

This week marked the grand opening of a new store in Michigan, with two other stores--in Washington and Florida--prepping to open new locations before the end of the month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles sells out of "The Apprentice" titles

Foyles has sold out of all the copies of the children’s books produced by "The Apprentice" teams on the BBC television programme last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Little Black Fish and other stories: Iranian illustrated children's books – in pictures

David Almond introduces a gallery that opens doors into the stunning illustrated children’s books coming out of Iran including The Little Black Fish, a book that is beloved in Iran and now published in the UK for the first time Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sock etiquette and advice title afoot for Octopus

The Octopus imprint Mitchell Beazley is publishing the first book from the elusive Sock Club. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Waters, Ross Raisin, Adam Foulds, Andrew Cowan, Helen Simpson share writing tips, favourite books by young writers

Past winners of the The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writers of the Year Award share their writing tips and their favourite books written by writers aged 35 and under. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Home duo to tackle bookselling

A tech entrepreneur who was formerly an adviser to David Cameron, Rohan Silva, and his business partner Sam Aldenton are set to open a 830 sq ft “experiential” independent bookshop on Brick Lane in east London. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending November 6, 2015

This week saw the opening of an art bookstore in Chicago, and the reopening of a Michigan indie. Further south, in Raleigh, N.C., a bookstore-restaurant-brewery-florist shop is in the works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kloske Adds New Title at Riverhead

The addition of president to Kloske's title at Riverhead arrives on the heels of a big year for the imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Amitav Ghosh titles to Penguin Books India

Penguin Books India has acquired three new books from internationally acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'No publishing plans yet' for J K Rowling's new children's book

J K Rowling’s agent has told The Bookseller there are no immediate plans to publish her children’s book in progress. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How newspaper publishers are avoiding that cliff fall moment

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[ The Guardian | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Donald Trump's latest book: A stump speech titled 'Crippled America'

In his newest book, "Crippled America," Donald Trump provides insights into how he uses the media to his advantage. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Football: Western League title is going down to the wire

With one game to play, Palisades, Hamilton and Venice are all tied for first place in the Western League with 3-1 records. On Friday night, Palisades hosts Westchester, Hamilton plays at Fairfax and Venice hosts University. All three first-place teams are in Division I, so the playoff seeding... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louisiana Booksellers Challenge Online Age-Verification Law

Garden District Book Shop, Octavia Books, and the ABA are among the plaintiffs in a First Amendment suit leveled at a Louisiana law requiring websites to verify the age of Internet users, or face a $10,000 fine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Titles Added to PRH's Holiday Shipping Program

This year, the expedited holiday shipping program Random House initiated for indie booksellers in 2011 will feature frontlist and backlist titles published by Penguin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morpurgo, Simon and Ross make 2016 Children’s Book shortlist

Books by Michael Morpugo, Francesca Simon and Tony Ross have been shortlisted for this year's Children's Book Awards. The awards are divided into three categories: books for younger children, books for younger readers and books for older readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bidding Frenzy Erupts for Princeton U Press Backlist Title

Princeton University Press is breaking foreign sales records with its 2013 book 'The Great Escape,' after author Angus Deaton was named a Nobel Prize winner in economics last month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prince Alwaleed sells shares in Asharq Al-Awsat publisher

Saudi prince, who also owns about 1% of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, offloads 30% stake in SRMGSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s Kingdom Holding Company has announced the sale of its almost 30% share in a press group that publishes pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat.Kingdom Holding... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Insights into Future Trends in Digital Publishing

Nobody knows what the future of the media industry will look like - we can only extrapolate from its current state and hope nothing too disruptive ruins our bets in the meantime.   To help us make those bets, TheMediaBriefing recently hosted the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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