Loganberry Books in Ohio has reorganised its fiction section so all titles by male writers now have their spines facing the wallA bookshop in Ohio has made a graphic illustration of the position of female writers by leaving only books by women visible to its customers. The change, made to mark women’s history month, has provoked an angry reaction in some quarters, with accusations of sexism and censorship.Eight members of staff at Loganberry Books in Cleveland turned the spines and covers of books by men to face the wall in the shop’s 10,000-title fiction section. Harriett Logan, the bookstore’s founder and owner, told the website Heat Street the intention was to illustrate how women’s voices were drowned out. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s is set to open a consumer-focused bookshop in Oxford Westgate Shopping Centre – the company’s fourth bookshop in the city. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the wake of Elie Wiesel's death on Saturday, sales of 'Nigtht,' the author's memoir about surviving Auschwitz, have jumped. The book's publisher, FSG, is now considering a reprint of the hardcover edition of the book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and writers must rally together to protect and fight for the “cosmopolitan, heterogeneous and inclusive future of the UK” following the “profound crisis” triggered by Brexit, independent publisher Influx Press has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales in the adult trade category fell 12.9% in the first month of 2016, compared to January 2015, according to the trade houses that report figures to AAP’s StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Smith & Son Group has appointed David Marshall to its board as group commercial director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frank Herbert on his Boeing, Stephen King on his Wang, and Philip Roth worrying that writing would become too easy … Matthew Kirschenbaum’s account of literature in the digital ageIn a photograph taken in his high-tech home office at 29 Merrick Square, London, in 1968, thriller writer Len... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and advertisers miss out when they only market to LGBTQ communities in June. The post Reach Beyond Pride Month with LGBTQ Audiences appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has signed an award-winning debut American poet to its list, Ocean Vuong, tipped to be "an important new voice" after making "huge waves" in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'On Bowie,' a meditation on the life of the late David Bowie by Rob Sheffield ('Love Is a Mix Tape'), is landing in bookstores next week. The quickly turned around title was something of a feat for its publisher, since it was conceived and executed in less than six months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent company, Prolific North, is unhappy about the streaming giant’s new ‘N’ logo, unveiled this week.The Netflix logo is at the centre of a David and Goliath tussle with a digital media company in the north of England which said it bears a striking resemblance to its own company... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins fiction imprint The Borough Press has made several changes to its editorial team, hiring Holly Ainley as commissioning editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sally Davies, the director of East London bookshop Libreria, is stepping down from her role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Independent Booksellers' Week Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page on how "bookselling in its oldness is part of the new". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A college professor and a university fellow have won the Wolfson History Prize, awarded £30,000 each. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto imprint Frances Lincoln Children’s Books and London’s Natural History Museum are launching a publishing partnership to create 10 non-fiction titles per year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House chair Gail Rebuck has said the pipeline of women executives in FTSE 100 companies is “woefully low” and that she is “quite close” to be being in favour of quotas, should things not be seen to be moving in “the right direction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When you use a messaging service like Facebook Messenger, you have a reasonable expectation that what you say is private and secure. But due to a quirk in how Facebook handles certain pieces of information, just about anyone who knows how to use Facebook’s developer API can view links that... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A range of titles celebrating this hard-to-translate aspect of the country’s culture is being lined up to tap the appetite for all things NordicForget the bloody crime novels of Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø and the bleak crime television of The Bridge and The Killing. The latest Scandinavian... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa McInerney has won the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her debut The Glorious Heresies (John Murray). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Senate Rules Committee on Thursday voted to recommend that the full Senate approve President Obama's nomination of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress. If approved she will become the first woman and the first African American to hold the post. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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