The Man Booker Prize shortlist of six titles is out today (September 13). In October, Frankfurt Book Fair will have three events in recognition of the prize's international influence. The post UK’s Man Booker Prize Shortlist of Six Titles Is Announced appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Look beyond crime and discover the latest Swedish titles that were on display at the 2015 Göteborg Book Fair, including fiction, children's and YA books. The post Swedish Titles to Put On Your Radar for Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of the UK’s most famous authors and publishers are donating their earnings from book sales to raise £1m for Syrian refugees. The post UK Authors, Publishers Donate Book Sales to Syrian Refugees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books is to reissue H G Wells’ The Rights of Man, with a new introduction by Ali Smith. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin Books has acquired a title by the founder of Medical Detection Dogs, in a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role My job title is picture book designer but people outside the industry always think that I must illustrate all the books! Unfortunately I’m not that talented (though I do a mean stick man) so I end up describing my job as being an editor for the illustrators. Working in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the titles expected to draw lots of interest are Anna Quindlen’s new novel, two projects by Karl Ove Knausgaard, an examination of artificial intelligence, and a look back by Cindy Crawford. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourteen books including one on the trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, and another on the recent FIFA scandals make up the longlist of the 27th William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has crowned its first ever female solo winner in Gaia Vince for her close-up look at pressing ecological issues facing the planet. Vince’s Adventures in the Anthropocene (Chatto & Windus) was given the £25,000 science prize at a ceremony... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Ali Smith has said the Goldsmiths Prize, which is now in its third year, has encouraged publishers to take risks. The prize, awarded to bold and inventive fiction, was won by Smith last year for How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton). Smith said of the prize: “The change it’s made is that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction announces its 2015 longlist, with independent publishers taking seven of the 12 spots. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights is to publish more titles after the successful release of its first two books. The award-winning independent based in Bath founded a publishing arm called Fox, Finch & Tepper last October and is set to release two new titles at the end of October this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Walker Books Group has acquired a picture book written and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers and artist Sam Winston. The picture book, entitled A Child of Books, is about a little girl who sails her raft “across a sea of words” to arrive at the house of a small boy. There she invites him to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longlist was announced on Monday for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The finalists will be named on October 14; the winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Start Publishing has acquired North American ebook and, where available, audio rights to 16 titles published by the U.K’s. Accent Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Worsley’s novel She Rises has been awarded the New Angle Prize for Literature. The biennial prize, established in 2009, celebrates the literature of East Anglia. Worsley won the £2,000 prize for her novel She Rises, which was published by Bloomsbury in March 2014. She Rises is a “love... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has expanded its Kindle Scout crowd-sourcing publishing programme to the UK. The programme was launched in the US last October and has been rolled out to other countries in Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and India, among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowman & Littlefield International (RLI), launched in 2013 as an affiliate of long-established US academic indie Rowman & Littlefield (R&L), has been quick off the starting blocks. From publishing two titles in its launch year, it will bring out 90 in 2015; over 50 series have been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity Mirror's new digital strategy for its regional titles will see an increased focus on analytics and a drive to boost audience engagement, the publisher announced yesterday. Neil Benson, editorial director for regionals at Trinity Mi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex-News of the World chief executive says it ‘feels good to be home’ following appointment as head of Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing arm Good morning,It is a privilege to be back and many thanks for the warm welcome. Related: Rebekah Brooks' return confirmed as Tony Gallagher is named Sun editor... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing business acknowledges Sun colleagues are still facing trial over alleged corrupt payments for storiesRebekah Brooks has described how good she feels to be back running Rupert Murdoch’s British publishing operation on her first day after being... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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