UK’s Polari Book Prize Names Its 2019 Longlists: Two Awards, 12 Contenders

Narrowing down its longlists, the now double-award Polari Prize program names a doze titles for its shortlists. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Two Prizes, Two Shortlists n June 10, the dual-award Polari Prize program announced the longlists for its 2019 cycle in honoring literature that treats topics in LGBT life, experience, and issues. Today (July 26), the program returned ... The post UK’s Polari Book Prize Names Its 2019 Longlists: Two Awards, 12 Contenders appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Which are the most unread books of 2014?

Jordan Ellenberg, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently designed the Hawking Index, named after Stephen Hawking's book 'A Brief History of Time' (often called 'the most unread book of all time'), to calculate which books are put down the most often. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, July 9, 2014

Alejandro Jodorowsky's film 'The Dance of Reality' is based on his unorthodox autobiography; Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham offer imperfectly wise stories and parables Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Smashwords Releases 2014 Indie E-book Sales Survey

In Smashwords' annual survey, CEO Mark Coker says that indie ebooks selling for $2.99-$3.99 earn as much for their authors as conventionally published ebooks selling for $7.99 or more, but generate "triple the readership." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Five-year-old writes book about fairies for British charity

Five-year-old Lydia Port-Burke has self-published a fairy tale now available in the UK. Proceeds for the book will go to BBC Children in Need. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Fourth Estate signs debut from The Book People's Glaister

Fourth Estate has signed a debut novel from the c.e.o. of The Book People, Seni Glaister. Clare... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Five Finalists Named in Amazon Novel Contest

The judges have winnowed down 10,000 entries to the top five. Consumers vote on the grand prize winner from today through July 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bressler Named to Top Post at Plume

Rachel Bressler has been hired as editorial director at Penguin Random House's paperback imprint, Plume. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hong Kong Book Fair Gets Professional, Goes Global

The Hong Kong Book Fair, now in its 25th year, remains firmly focused on the Chinese-language titles, but has begun to add professional elements and global authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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HC steps up Christian publishing in UK

HarperCollins is stepping up its Christian publishing in the UK, using its acquisition of Thomas... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Gallery Books in Deal with Omnific

Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books division has entered into a co-publishing agreement with Omnific Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Bedtime stories for a teenager? One set of children's books brings a father and son together

Monitor contributor Danny Heitman enjoys reading a children's book series about a wealthy elephant named Uncle to his son. What's surprising about that? His son is a teenager. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Eyes on the prize for children's market

In the past 20 years, the number of prizes geared towards children’s books has trebled,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Award-winning children's author Walter Dean Myers dies

Myers, author of such books as 'Hoops' and 'Monster,' recently published an essay lamenting what he saw as a lack of diverse characters in children's literature. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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ALA Awards 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

Michigan’s Ypsilanti District Library and Montana’s Lewis & Clark Library were both awarded 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the recent American Library Association convention in Las Vegas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Guadalajara Book Fair to Honor Argentine Literary Greats

The Guadalajara Book Fair's guest nation, Argentina, will honor literary greats and acknowledge Mexico as a haven for exiled writers during the Dirty War. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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McBride wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-formed Thing has won the £10,000 2014 Desmond Elliott... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Indiana's Viewpoint Books Is For Sale

Viewpoint Books in Columbus, Ind., which was founded in 1973, has been placed on the market by its current owners, Terry and Susan Whittaker. The Whittakers have owned the store since 1979 and want to retire. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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World Book Night U.S. is coming to an end, says organization

According to staff, World Book Night U.S. will be suspended due to lack of money. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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How Tarted-Up Book Covers Belittle Women's Fiction

The publishing industry's packaging of women's literary fiction in stereotypically girly covers makes great books seem trashy.If you take a look at the cover of Alice Munro's latest Nobel Prize-winning short fiction collection, The View From Castle Rock, you probably wouldn't guess it includes... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Surfer who died at Tamarama beach named as publisher Matthew Richell

The UK-born father of two and CEO of Hachette Australia was washed on to a dangerous rocky area at the Sydney beachA surfer who died after hitting his head at a popular Sydney beach has been named as publishing company boss Matthew Richell.Paramedics were called to Tamarama beach about 2pm... Continue reading at The Guardian

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