Thai ban for Zed Books title

A Zed Books title about contemporary Thailand has been officially banned by the Royal Thai police following newspaper reviews.   Thai officials have ruled that stockists and distributors of Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s A Kingdom in Crisis could face three years imprisonment and a 60,000 baht (£1,163.29) fine. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adult Titles Drove a 24% Print Book Sales Gain Last Week

Unit sales of print books rose 24% last week over the comparable week in 2020. Sales of travel books continued to rebound after a disastrous 2020, and graphic novel sales soared again. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Keiichiro Hirano Leads Amazon Crossing’s World Book Day Titles

Translations now free in this year's offer include today's release of Keiichiro Hirano's bestseller in Tokyo, 'At the End of the Matinee.' The post Keiichiro Hirano Leads Amazon Crossing’s World Book Day Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-04-15 23:53:49 UTC ]
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New Pilkey Title Leads a Good Week for Book Sales

An early 2021 Easter, combined with declining sales last spring as the pandemic heated up, resulted in a huge gain in unit sales of print books for the week ended March 28, 2021, over the comparable week last year at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Wise Wolf Books Paves an Adventurous New Path for Teen and Young Adult Titles

The imprint carries a unique and targeted marketing program that transforms its books into bestsellers. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Allegheny County Jail has reversed its policy banning book delivery to its incarcerated population.

Here’s a heartening update to a terrible story: In November, Allegheny County Jail came under fire for instituting a draconian policy banning its incarcerated population from receiving physical books in the mail, only giving them access to 263 pre-approved eBooks on prison-owned tablets. Now,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 17:31:58 UTC ]
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And the prize for oddest book title of the year goes to . . .

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-01 17:25:35 UTC ]
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A Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path wins oddest book title of the year

Anthropological study of metaphor takes 2020 Diagram prize, pulling ahead of Introducing the Medieval Ass in public voteA Dog Pissing at the Edge of a Path has beaten Introducing the Medieval Ass to win the Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.Both books are academic studies, with the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-11-27 00:01:11 UTC ]
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Children's Books Ireland to give 6,000 titles to children

Children’s Books Ireland is giving 6,000 books to children in the run-up to Christmas, supported by the Arts Council and KPMG. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-22 20:52:56 UTC ]
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Will Dutch library ban on 'Black Pete' books spell end for 'racist' festive tradition?

The portrayal of Santa’s Moor servant ‘Zwarte Piet’ is widely seen as offensive. Protesters applaud the decision to remove the character from children’s books Public libraries across the Netherlands are removing from the shelves children’s books depicting a black-faced Zwarte Piet, a side-kick... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-11-15 10:10:52 UTC ]
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Mirror Books picks up Cannon Hall Farm title

Mirror Books has acquired the "tough and touching" story Living Our Best Lives: Cannon Hall Farm by the Nicholson family and Nicole Carmichael.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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After losing two loved ones to covid-19, I turned to books. Here are 15 titles that helped me cope.

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100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers: Children’s and Young Adult Titles, by Niloufar Talebi

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ALA Releases List of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books

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New Ijeoma Oluo title to launch Basic Books UK

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Hunter and Bilan titles make BA books of the month

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