Taylor Norman Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2024

The executive editor at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books was honored for what she describes as a life-long ambition: working as a children’s book editor. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Talks to Copenhagen's Hottest Chef, Christian Puglisi

PW talks food and technique with a Michelin-starred chef whose new cookbook reflects his philosophy that fine dining has “little to do with the way people actually want to eat.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kinew Named New Host of Canada Reads Competition

Wab Kinew will be the new host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s annual battle-of-the-books competition, Canada Reads, replacing Jian Ghomeshi. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Int’l Voices, NBA Authors Star at Miami Book Fair

The Miami Book Fair featured numerous international voices — from Haiti to Germany — as well as all of the 2014 National Book Award winners and finalists. The post Int’l Voices, NBA Authors Star at Miami Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 24, 2014

This week: the final recollections of Charles Dickens, an eye-opening portrait of the South, and a punk rock memoir. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air November 20, 2014: Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman, author of 'Stand Up Straight and Sing' (HMH, 9780544003408) will appear on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' on Thursday, November 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink signs two more from YouTube star Alfie Deyes

YouTuber Alfie Deyes is to write two more books for Blink Publishing, including a sequel to his bestselling debut The Pointless Book. The sequel to The Pointless Book, which has sold more than 100,000 copies through Nielsen BookScan, will be published in April 2015. This will be followed by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Shakeup, Time Inc. Names New Publisher of InStyle

InStyle magazine has hired Wall Street Journal executive Nina Lawrence to serve as its publisher. She succeeds Karin Tracy, InStyle's publisher since May 2013.A Time Inc. staffer said the company chose Ms. Lawrence due to her "impressive" digital background.News of the shakeup came Tuesday... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A Book Is a Gift Like No Other,' Says Barnes & Noble (Watch the Newest Ads on TV)

Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are showing sustained... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 17, 2014

This week, the world's first digital weapon, and an ongoing investigation of men. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five Trends To Watch

Six months after Amazon's purchase of Comixology, new patterns are emerging in the digital comics marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast Entertainment Hires YouTube Stars for Original Video Push

The Conde Nast of old aimed to sign star scribes like Christopher Hitchens and photographers like Annie Lebowitz. The Conde Nast of now has its sights set on YouTube stars.To meet the content demands of its growing millennial audience, the magazine publisher's digital-video division, Conde Nast... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon.book and the New Top-Level Domain Names

Amazon’s purchase of the .book generic top-level domain (TLD) has prompted speculation about how the e-tailer plans to use it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon wins auction for .book domain name

Amazon.com has won a private auction for the right to run the  .book domain name, according to Domain Name Wire. The e-commerce giant beat off competition from eight other companies who applied for the domain name, including Google and Bowker, according to the report. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piketty named FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year

Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century has triumphed at the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Awards. Piketty's book, a nearly 700-page exploration of economic processes that concentrate wealth and build inequalities, was chosen as the winner of the £30,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Create Like Nobody's Watching: How An Obscure Marvel Comic Became Disney's Next Big Hero (6)

Big Hero 6 was created when Marvel's top brass was focused on X-Men. A decade later, Disney is bringing it back to life.When it was announced last year that the first-ever Marvel property that Disney Animation was going to tackle as a feature film was Big Hero 6, there was collective... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Talks to James and Jack Patterson

In House of Robots, the first book of James Patterson’s new middle-grade series, Sammy, a fifth grader, is humiliated when his genius inventor mother insists that he bring her latest creation, a robot named E, to school. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW's Best Books of 2014

Here they are, the best books of the year, chosen by PW's editors from the nearly 9,000 titles we reviewed over the course of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 3, 2014

This week: new Richard Ford, how music was captured, and classic children's books get gnarly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Affair: PW Talks with Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri

Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola Ferri, the husband-and-wife team behind Edizioni E/O, a leading publisher of Italian fiction since 1979, are also the founders of Europa Editions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Begin with a Question: PW Talks with Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey’s books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and include the 1997 bestseller as 'What’s So Amazing About Grace?' His new book continues Yancey's study of that favorite topic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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