The S&S Selects PrePub Tour sends authors of books due out next season from Simon & Schuster’s five adult imprints across the country to schmooze with literary tastemakers around the country. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrea Wulf has been named the 29th winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize for her biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature (John Murray), about an explorer, naturalist and foreign member of the Royal Society. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to figures released by the AAP's StatShot program, sales of adult books fell 10.3% and sales of children's/YA titles fell 2.1%, compared to the same period last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Once the domain of your Nana's generation, book groups have enjoyed a bit of a renaissance for a wee while now. A group of like-minded folk who read a common book in their own time then meet up once a month to talk about it, the classic book group is a great way for neighbours and communities to... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It doesn't matter if you've got the biggest or best shop in the world if you can't connect people to the things that they want. It's an issue that Google is hoping to address in its electronic bookstore with the launch of Discover, a new way to show... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Statistics show print resilience is strong in press and book publishing, as many Americans still prefer to settle down with a book not an e-readerIt’s been a pretty static summer on the circulation and readership front. Quality papers – in print and online – doing well in the referendum... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales have risen 10%, thanks to TV adaptations and clever marketing. As four publishing houses unveil new looks, John Walsh investigates the battle for new readersImagine you have a sudden burning desire to read David Copperfield, Charles Dickens’s favourite of all his novels. Thanks to Project... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian author WP Kinsella, whose book Shoeless Joe became the hit film Field of Dreams, dies aged 81 in a doctor-assisted death. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Royal National Institute of Blind People and HarperCollins have announced a new three year partnership to grow Talking Books' library by 15% to 28,500 titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What publishers are doing ahead of new Labor Department regulations that will expand the number of employees eligible for overtime pay. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SIBA's decision to move its fall show to the spring beginning in 2018 was questioned by some attendees as the regional meeting began on September 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nation Books signs a memoir from a Black Lives Matter founder, a Boston Globe columnist sells a debut YA novel to HMH, Derek Jeter’s imprint strikes a deal with Arun Gandhi, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins and Jojo Moyes once again dominate the upper echelons of the Weekly E-Book Ranking with The Girl on the Train and Moyes’ After You respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Books, the e-commerce giant’s seemingly incongruous bricks-and-mortar venture, is now open in San Diego. The store marks the company’s second foray into offline retail. The 3,500-square-foot shop at a mall in the University City neighborhood premiered with little fanfare Sept. 7 and is... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Athens has been named World Book Capital 2018 by the director general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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(201) Magazine publisher, recently purchased by Gannett, will axe about half of its overall workforce. The post Layoffs Hit North Jersey Media Group appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the first 10 chapters, we fancy ourselves scientist-philosophers, theorizing about aliens, humans, and the nature of the universe. The post WIRED Book Club: The Secret Behind Three-Body Problem's Ticking Clock appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An outpouring of support from bestselling authors to raise money for a children's bookseller with cancer led the Nashville store to hold a larger auction to support the Book Industry Charitable Foundation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has won an auction for a book about the extremes of human ability by Rowan Hooper, the managing editor of New Scientist magazine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading charity BookTrust is giving out 700,000 free copies of Kitchen Disco, a picture book by Clare Foges and illustrated by Al Murphy (Faber Children’s), to every reception age child in England this month. The giveaway will take place up to the end of October as part of BookTrust’s Time to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Art book lovers head for the Tokyo Art Book Fair, which has a new award program from Germany's Steidl Verlag, plus a Brazilian partnership. The post Tokyo Art Book Fair This Week: Works ‘Lovingly Crafted’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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