With ‘Concrete Rose,’ Angie Thomas eviscerates stereotypes about Black families

Thomas’s prequel to ‘The Hate U Give’ peels back another layer on preconceived ideas about race. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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America's Test Kitchen Unveils New 'New Family Cookbook'

The Brookline Village, Mass.-based press has completely revised its first ring-bound cookbook, even removing the rings. It now weighs in at 7.5 pounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Pay Rose 2.8% in 2013

The average pay raise for publishing employees in 2013 was 2.8%, according to PW’s just-concluded salary survey. The percentage increase last year was the same as in 2012, when the survey also found that pay had risen by 2.8%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith stocks Thomas & Mercer paperbacks

WHSmith is stocking paperback books published by Thomas & Mercer, a crime fiction imprint of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cleary Wolters, the basis for an 'Orange Is the New Black' character, will write a memoir

The character of Alex Vause, portrayed by actress Laura Prepon on the show, is based on Wolters. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas & Mercer signs new thriller from Voss

Amazon Publishing's Thomas & Mercer imprint has acquired the first solo thriller by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Comics Sales Rose 29% to $90M in 2013

While the rate of sales growth for digital comics has declined, pop culture trade news site ICv2 reports the category is 10x the size of the e-comics market in 2010. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book Sales Rose 4% in First Quarter

Trade ebook sales rose 4.3% in the first quarter of 2014 to $387.9 million, according to AAP's monthly StatShot report. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All in the Family: ThrillerFest Celebrates ITW’s First Decade

The wrap-up event of the ninth convention hosted by the International Thriller Writers held July 12 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City featured some unexpectedly moving presentations that emphasized the importance of their parents and children to the writers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Kickstarter Drive to Fund AEON and ‘Black Jack’

The comics character Aaron Day, better known as Black Jack, is an African American adventurer created by comics writer, playwright and educator Alex Simmons. A Kickstarter campaign has been started to support Black Jack and the launch of AEON, a new online gaming, comics and animation platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black confirms 'strategic review, potential sale' at Osprey

The chairman of the Osprey Group has confirmed the company is undergoing a “strategic... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Family Christian Stores Names New CEO

Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian retail chain in the U.S., has appointed Charles Bengochea as president and CEO, succeeding Cliff Bartow, who is retiring after 11 years at the helm. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Sharing Family Secrets

Part of family legend for Lin Enger was how his paternal great-grandfather, a Norwegian immigrant who homesteaded 160 acres in the Dakota Territory, shot one of the last wild buffalo east of the James River when the animal drank from the precious stock tank behind his sod barn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Desiree Zamorano Quells Hispanic Stereotyping

In The Amado Women (Cinco Puntos Press, June), Desiree Zamorano’s first trade-published novel, the strong family ties that bind a mother and her three daughters is the centerpiece of a story that dispels many of the media-fueled stereotyping of Hispanics living in America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Ann Hood: A Family Century

Ann Hood’s bibliography is full of families both fictional and real. Family tragedy was the source of two memoirs, Do Not Go Gentle (2000) and Comfort (2008), and have informed her novels, including The Knitting Circle (2007) and The Red Thread (2010). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Uncovering Family Secrets: Garth Stein

The last time Garth Stein was at Book Expo it was 2008, and he admits he was happy to get “spill” from Tom Wolfe’s (I Am Charlotte Simmons) autographing line. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: A Family Tragedy Was Her Inspiration: Lisa Howorth

Coming to BEA with her first novel, Flying Shoes (Bloomsbury, June), Square Books co-owner Lisa Howorth is excited to return to the show and see it through an author perspective. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent's Jo Thomas wins Joan Hessayon Award

Jo Thomas has won The Romantic Novelists' Association’s (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Leslie Thomas Dies

The Virgin Soldier author Leslie Thomas has died aged 83. Thomas, who was brought up in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Liberals Have Fallen for Thomas Piketty

It sounds like a bad joke: America’s liberals have fallen for a Marx-referencing, Balzac-loving French intellectual who has proposed a worldwide tax on wealth. If Thomas Piketty (pronounced “Tome-AH PEEK-et-ee”) were not traveling around the United States on a triumphant book tour, you might... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Family That Cooks Together...: PW Talks with Laurie David

In 'The Family Cooks,' author/activist Laurie David’s second cookbook, the importance of the family table and home cooking are at the heart of her philosophy for raising the next generation of healthy eaters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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