The United States celebrated World Book Night on April 23, which meant that over 25,000 volunteers throughout the country handed out half a million free books to promote reading. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Art-of and making-of books about pop culture remain viable, even in an era when abundant behind-the-scenes information is available online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing has called for evidence from the trade as it seeks to maintain a “world-leading” publishing sector in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connect Books has been sold to private equity firm Aurelius for just £6m – nearly half of the originally-agreed sale price. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International ebook retailer Rakuten Kobo has a long history of partnering with retailers to deliver ebooks, but Kobo its new partnership with Walmart is on a whole different level. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Young Readers buys a middle grade novel cowritten by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer, Hachette picks up a debut fantasy novel, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival, "Resist and Reimagine," brings writers including Colson Whitehead, Roxane Gay, Eileen Myles, Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, and Masha Gessen together in New York for six days in April. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Wilson has helped launch a campaign for Book Aid International celebrating the power of books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazil's book market saw real growth of 3.1% last year, according to Brazilian book trade publication PublishNews. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2017, the bestselling books in Germany show that readers are interested in translated fiction and thrillers. Nonfiction bestseller lists included more German authors than foreign authors. The post 2017 Bestselling Books in Germany: Translations Top the Fiction List appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among this week's deals, a football fable from Tony Dungy, how to confront hunger from InterVarsity, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's book to film deals include the first children's book by Sophie Kinsella, and big plans for the Ology series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot books include a new thriller series from Sweden that has sold in a flurry of sales, and a Polish thriller that sold for world English rights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miriama Kamo waited 10 years before sending a children's book she had penned to a publisher. But the wait paid off â well sort of. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blizzard has a habit of seasonally opening up its hero shooter Overwatch for everyone to try every couple months, typically just after it announces a new hero, event or map. Fittingly, the publisher announced that new PC, PS4 and Xbox One players can... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is to publish an “urgent” and “unapologetically radical” book on sexual consent, rape culture and the power of desire by writer and journalist Laurie Penny. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine editor Scott Stossel and senior editor Kate Julian take us inside the new-look Dispatches section. The post The Atlantic Refreshes Its Front-of-Book Section appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ally Carter sells her debut middle grade series, S&S buys a YA novel by NBA-winner Neal Schusterman and his son, MIT Press nabs an essay collection by Roxane Gay, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith staffs up a former Time Inc. title, Teen Vogue gets a deputy editor, and more people on the move this week... The post Hearst Magazines Taps New Global VP | People on the Move appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: a literary adventure about a movie crew in the jungles of Honduras, plus the painting that shocked the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paramount Pictures has optioned film rights for the Ology World series published by Templar, an imprint of Kings Road Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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