Like most audiobook buffs, I multitask; listening to a great actor read a great book is one of the rare things that makes regular workouts endurable. Still, there are always a few releases each year that are so transfixing they make any additional activity impossible. They might leave me standing like a zombie in a grocery store aisle or, more often, prone on an exercise mat, staring at the tiny perforations in the dropped ceiling of the YMCA’s stretching room. A couple of the standouts listed below also made me laugh out loud or gasp in dismay at inopportune moments. I can’t remember whether anyone noticed these embarrassing lapses, though. I was lost in a book. Continue reading at 'Slate'
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The furthest thing from Ben Blum’s mind in August 2006 was that his 19-year-old cousin Alex Blum, whom Ben was very close to and admired for his loyalty, his intelligence, and respectful nature, would become an armed bank robber in Tacoma, Wash. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Waldorf Publishing refuses to accept such terms as “boutique” or “small press” as descriptive nomenclature for the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Theatre Communications Group, in New York, is dedicated to strengthening and nurturing professional nonprofit theater in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Good-bye, ibid.; hello, tweet. “3-D” or “3D”? “Fewer” or “less”? “Hi Mom” or “Hi, Mom”? If you’re a writer, editor, or simply an unreconstructed grammar nerd, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve sought an answer to such questions in The Chicago Manual of Style. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Pete Souza, chief official White House photographer during the Obama presidency, culled more than 300 images from the nearly two million that he took of President Obama alone. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Five young adult book editors emphasized that the magic of books can change young people’s lives, even save the world, during this year’s YA book buzz panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Comedian Whitney Cummings hosted novelists Stephen King and his son Owen, Claire Messud, Jesmyn Ward, astronaut Scott Kelly, and former White House photographer Pete Souza at the BookExpo Adult Author's Breakfast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Debut novelist Emily Culliton originally planned to write a book about a disaffected young adult whose mother wasn’t in her life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Organizers of the New York Rights Fair held a party last night to introduce the event to the American publishing community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Jesmyn Ward is a BookExpo veteran, who has attended the show multiple times, in connection with her bestselling titles "Salvage the Bones" (Bloomsbury), which won the 2011 National Book Award, and her memoir,"Men We Reaped" (Bloomsbury, 2013). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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At age nine, after being taught how to play Monopoly, Robert Kiyosaki knew he was going to be wealthy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Yellow Jacket, a middle-grade imprint slated to launch in summer 2018, will be helmed by current Little Bee and Sizzle Press publisher Sonali Fry and publish novels across genres. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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BookExpo will honor PEN America with its seventh annual Industry Ambassador Award, which recognizes major innovators and creative leaders that make the book industry better, on June 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Attica Locke—writer and producer of the Fox hit show "Empire"—is also the author of four acclaimed novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Children’s book publishers were highlighting titles for all ages and interests as BookExpo got underway on Thursday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It’s hard to believe that fashion designer Zac Posen, a judge on "Project Runway" and Brooks Brothers creative director, has the time to whip up panko-crusted soft-shell crab and orange blossom bundt cake in his New York apartment, but he does. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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It’s only been five years since the start of Seventh Street Books—the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction imprint of Prometheus Books—but there’s reason to celebrate, and it’s happening in the Prometheus Books booth (2706). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A combination of bookstore attrition and its own startup efforts will make Amazon Books the fifth largest general bookstore chain in the U.S. based on the number of outlets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Debuts and the latest releases from a number of heavy hitters—including John Grisham, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Jennifer Egan—were among the books being touted as the "big ones" of this year's BookExpo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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