- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Vancouver Sun - BooksSince David Tennant turned Doctor Who into a nerdy heartthrob for a generation of swooning fangirls, it has been obvious that there is nothing inherently male about science fiction.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Digital Book World
[Press Release] Worldwide expansion as Firebrand adds senior staff in the UK; NetGalley launches in France New York, April 7th, 2015—Firebrand Technologies, a worldwide provider of publishing systems and technologies, and NetGalley, whic... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksLocal book industry argue changes proposed in Harper Review will affect their bottom line and may see less long-term investment in Australian writers Continue reading...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Digital Reader
Reports of the demise of the German ebook startup txtr have been mildly exaggerated. An email went out late last week to German publishers, informing them that txtr was being taken over by a European retail conglomerate. Publishers Lunch... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a new limited edition "Forever" stamp honoring the late poet, author and civil rights champion Maya Angelou. Angelou rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force on s...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comNEW YORK (AP) — The next book by former Vice President Dick Cheney is aimed directly at President Barack Obama. Cheney's "Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America" will be published on Sept. 1 by Threshold Editions, the publis...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comBOOKFILTER NEW RELEASES -- THE WEEK OF APRIL 6 Memoirs and biographies dominate this week's new releases in books. Here are some of the best from every category. To find more great picks in every category (like a bio of Yankees great Bil...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksYour space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them Read more Tips, links and suggestions blogs Welcome to this week’s blog. Here’s a roundup of your comments and photos from last week . AggieH has just read Marria...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comThe Library of America has published Reinhold Niebuhr: Major Works on Religion and Politics , which gathers four of his books, along with writings on contemporary events from the 1920s to the 1960s, a selection of prayers, and sermons an...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comDay 4: My mind at 15,580 feet "I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose." --Don Quixote de la Mancha. My father once gave me a Don Quixote statue: an iron figure without a base, it had burned during a fire at his house over Christma...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Candace's Book BlogI’m excited to host a tour stop for Slayed on the Slopes by Kate Dyer-Seeley! This is the second book in the Pacific Northwest Mystery series. Slayed on the Slopes released March 31st by Kensington Publishing. The tour runs April 6...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from NYT > BooksBrad Stone discusses a new biography of Steve Jobs, and Amanda Schaffer discusses three new books about neuroscience.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topicsThere have been plenty of stories over the years of authors who have gone a bit off the deep end when reacting to negative reviews. However, what should authors do when a good review comes along? Some have thanked the reviewer for their ...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comPhotographer Seth Casteel has made a name for himself with his adorable images of puppies and dogs swimming underwater, which he compiled into five photo books . His latest project focuses the camera on a different species of little ones...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksWomen buy two-thirds of books sold but magazine reviews are centred on male authors and critics – though picture is beginning to change Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kobo CafeKOBO ANNOUNCES KOBO GLO HD: THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION EREADER AT THE LOWEST PRICE Fall in love with eReading – exclusive to Kobo Glo HD, a toll-free Kobo Welcome concierge service will have readers enjoying their next great book within m...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Stuck in a BookI can't quite believe it, but Shiny New Books is a whole year old. Issue 5 is published today - which is, exactly to the day, one year since Issue 1. It's live! Go and explore ; you'll find a lot to love, and I'll throw out some hi...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comEven on Easter Sunday when the church was a jungle of lilies and ferns fat Uncle Paul who loved his liquor so would pound away with both fists on the stone pulpit shouting sin sin sin and the fiery fires of hell and I cried all after- no...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from NYT > BooksMs. Miller, the correspondent for The New York Times who was forced to resign, recounts her coverage of the search for weapons in Iraq and her jailing for protecting a source.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from bookforum.comJournalism in the age of the accidental news junkie
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Books: Book Reviews, News, Stores, Events & More - The Washington PostThere’s a spiritual majesty to Jeffrey Lent’s work, a preoccupation with matters of faith and grace that seems most fulfilled when he applies his formidable gifts to stories entangled in some way with our defining national trauma, the Ci...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Candace's Book BlogHave you noticed that despite ALL of your Facebook “Likes” you are only “reaching” a very small portion of those followers? Does that bother you? It bothers us, and we want to boost each other up. Link up with Ev...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksIn this book, and throughout literature, the place seems to exist in a half-real world of the imagination Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comLiterary reviewers, quake in your boots: It’s VIDA Count day once again. Now in its sixth year and celebrating the publication of its fifth count, VIDA delivers an annual jolt to the literary community with its report on women’s underrep...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited Books'I think this book was unimaginably tragic and magical' Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from globeandmail - Books & MediaFor the first time in almost a decade, the short lists contain no previously nominated poets
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksThe author’s dim view of some generally acknowledged classics has emerged by mistake through his GoodReads account. It’s an error we should welcome We’re always hearing about the books authors love , but much less is said about the ones ...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from The eBook Reader BlogToday Kobo officially announced the upcoming release of the new Kobo Glo HD ebook reader that turned up online a couple days ago. What makes the Kobo Glo HD unique from other Kobo devices is the super high 300 ppi resolution screen. It&#...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topicsThe topic of fair pay for authors and other speakers participating in literary festivals is one that simply doesn’t ever seem to go away. I wrote a piece a couple of years ago highlighting how, in the words of Susan Hill, “li...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Digital Book World
It’s difficult to fault publishers for focusing their production workflows around print content. For one thing, it’s a reflection of the current market. With ebook growth slowing down and print holding strong, “typesetting for print is s... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from The Digital Reader
Here's a story which can be spun a half dozen different ways. Several news sites reported on Monday that Valore, a startup which runs a used and new media marketplace, has acquired the notable pioneering digital publisher startup Boundle... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksWe’ve had the BBC’s best children’s books of all time and not a single one was published after 1968, so what are the future classics, books written in the last 20 years that people will still be reading in 50 or even 100 years time? Join...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books: Book Reviews, News, Stores, Events & More - The Washington PostIn fiction as in life, illness thickens the plot — especially if the afflicted character is young, the disease’s onset sudden and the suffering prolonged. It can make a story beautifully sad, darkly comic or mawkishly weepy. “Little Wome...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books: Book Reviews, News, Stores, Events & More - The Washington PostMost Americans’ lives are totally unaffected by the fact that, a world away, soldiers bearing our flag are fighting an enemy we know little about, using methods that don’t bear close inspection, for a purpose that no one seems able to de...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from NYT > BooksA “biography” of the only concentration camp built primarily to hold female prisoners.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksAfter selling more than 2m ebooks under her own steam, the DIY star has now sold ‘dark, sexy’ Madame X trilogy to Berkley Books Romance novelist Jasinda Wilder has become the latest self-published writer to land a major deal with a mains...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from The Digital Reader
For the past several years Adobe has been bundling more and more paid services into its consumer-level Adobe Reader app, and today they finally erased the last distinction between the two apps. I got an update notice this morning for the... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
Heidi Cullinan, author of Carry the Ocean (out today!), book one in the Roosevelt series, finds inspiration in an autistic character on TV.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The Nook Blog
TAXES 101: When, Where, and How Today, NOOK is excited to feature an exclusive guest post from Nicole Lapin, author of the personal finance book Rich Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan for Getting Your Financial Life Together…Finally. April 1... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comThe new book by my friend, Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones is officially available today. Yes, I definitely recommend you get it -- and while you're at it, tell a friend. I'll tell you why in a minute. But first, let's establish ...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comCurtains forcing their will against the wind, children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim. The city drags itself awake on subway straps; and I, an alarm, awake as a rumor of war, lie stretching into dawn, unasked and unheeded. Maya A...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from bookforum.comThe Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s report on the discredited Rolling Stone story, “A Rape on Campus,” concludes that the piece’s mistakes were systemic and could have been avoided, noting “the failure encompassed reporting, edi...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksCast aside your arithmophobia – this is the kind of book that will make even the least mathematically minded reader understand the mindblowing, reality-altering beauty of numbers Continue reading...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from bookforum.comA volume of e-mail correspondence sheds new light on Kathy Acker's work and life
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from USATODAY - Books Top Stories
J. Kenner shares an excerpt from her new erotic romance, Say My Name (out today!), book one in her new trilogy, Stark International.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Books on HuffingtonPost.comIn the piece I published a couple of days ago about Erik Larson's Dead Wake , I was guilty of an error that leaves me feeling foolish and abashed. I wrote it a few pages before reaching the end of the book, confident in my knowledge of E...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from The Digital Reader
If you're one of the millions of Americans with dyslexia then I have some good news for you. OverDrive rolled out an update last week which added a new font option to its mobile apps. Install the new app and you'll find that you can swit... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from NYT > BooksMr. Kramer, known for both his theater works and his gay activism, turns his energy to American history in a novel he prefers to consider nonfiction.
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Guardian Unlimited BooksAuthors who improvise, like John Boyne, and those who meticulously pre-plan like Michelle Paver, all seem to benefit from thoughts they don’t know they’re having Do you remember those plastic slide puzzles you used to get in party bags? ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Publishing PerspectivesFor Sara Lloyd of Pan Macmillan, book marketing in 2015 is all about mobile, millennials, and the interplay of real and virtual worlds. — a topic she'll address at the LBF's Digital Minds conference next Monday. The post New Trends in Bo...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Omnivoracious
Over the weekend, the Hugo Award nominees were announced with much fanfare. Learn what novels and graphic novels the World Science Fiction Society selected to represent the best in class in science fiction.
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Poets and WritersStaff The Nation celebrates one hundred fifty years; New York City Twitter poetry competition opens; teaching Thomas Pynchon; and other news. Page 1 This is all the info relevant to page 1 of the article. Every day Poets & Writers Ma...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCat20th Century Fox has unleashed an international trailer for the Fantastic Four reboot. The video embedded above offers glimpses of Susan Storm and the Human Torch flying alongside one another. According to Screenrant.com , this film adap...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Publishing PerspectivesTo the surprise of many, the bestselling title at Amazon US is by Scottish illustrator Johanna Basford, whose adult coloring books are topping the charts. The post Amazon’s Bestselling Book is an Adult Coloring Book appeared first ...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatiStoryBooks, the company behind the popular children’s eBook app, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new series of eBooks dedicated to teaching kids about the environment. The company hopes to raise $3,000 to fund the fi...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Children's Book Council
About Children’s Book Week Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading, and the longest-running nationwide literacy initiative in the country. Learn more at b... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from BookMarketingBuzzBlogAuthors, in order to market and promote their books properly, are expected to know and do a lot of things – all while either holding down a day job or writing new books – or doing both. Here’s a cheat sheet outlining the scores of ...
- Sunday, April 5, 2015 from Dear Author » Book Reviews
Dear Ms. Adams, About a year ago I read and enjoyed the first novel in your Willow Park series, Married for Christmas. Jessica and Daniel’s romance appealed to me in part because the characters were people of faith but the... ... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatCan you put a price on a human being? Poet Alex Dang ponders on this question with his moving poem, “Everything Must Go.” The Button Poetry YouTube channel posted a video (embedded above) featuring Dang’s performance at the F...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from RT Book ReviewsWelcome back, everyone! It's time to sing a song of a lass that is gone! When we last left our Outlander cast, Claire was captured by Redcoats. Just as Black Jack Randall is about to assault Claire, the window flies open — and there's Ja...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The IndieView
The author of each of these books has indicated their intent to schedule these books for a free day for the Kindle versions today on Amazon. Sometimes plans change or mistakes happen, so be sure to verify the price before … Continu... - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsVeteran talk show host Smiley ( Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Year , 2014, etc.) chronicles his relationship with Maya Angelou (1928-2014), his intellectual and spiritual guide. The author recounts...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Writing.ie
If you were to ask me what the inspiration behind my book, Hidden City, was – it’s obvious: Dublin. It was the city where I grew up and where I lived most of my life. Of course I was going to write about it – it seems obvious. Or, at lea... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from - Books RSS FeedI'm a sitcom writer who has just written my first novel and for the last three years I've been experiencing the thrill and horror of being thrown out of the orchestra to become a soloist. Writing a sitcom compared with writing a novel is...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatWhat’s the most popular book in Australia ? According to the results of Dymocks Bookstore’s booklover’s 101 survey, that honor belongs to Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief. More than 15,000 bibliophiles participated in this...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsA panoramic portrait of jazz-era Chicago, where, against a background of speak-easies, racial tension and gangsters, a Jewish boy with a talent for “the devil’s music” observes and participates in the vibrancy of the day. Chicago in 1915...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsAnecdotes both touching and hilarious about living and working in the White House, “the country’s most potent and enduring symbol of the presidency.” While journalist Brower moves by theme in presenting the memories of select long-runnin...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatOnline textbook marketplace Valore has acquired Boundless , a digital textbook publishing startup, in a deal whose terms were not disclosed. By acquiring Boundless, Valore hopes to make college textbooks more affordable and more access...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatDigital book publisher Readership, a startup that allows readers to vote on books that will be published based on excerpts that authors submit to its site, has opened up its voting process. The site launched back in January and since the...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from ReadersRead.com Book BlogPresident Obama read Where the Wild Things Are to children as part of the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. But the bees tried to interrupt. Read more on readersread.com
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsAn enjoyable thriller that wades into Western water rights and deals with the devil. While whitewater rafting in Colorado, Dani Whalen finds a body in the river. Soon, five people perish in a fiery hot air balloon disaster. Can the incid...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from The Asian Review of Books Feedreviewed by Peter Gordon. Who, except for perhaps collectors of postage stamps, today gives a second thought toor has even heard ofAmoy, Chefoo or Kiautschou? These places, and a great many others, had at one time enough foreign presence...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Book Patrol
Next time your on the hunt for a cool gift for your bookish loved one or for something to spruce up your reading life perhaps some painted wine glasses by Renée at Kudos Kitchen would do the trick. Painted on demand by Renee the glasses ... - Monday, April 6, 2015 from - Books RSS FeedYou can tell a lot about a country by how it censors its writers. That Ma Jian's book about the Tiananmen Square massacre, Beijing Coma, was banned, is perhaps no surprise. But a novel about Mao's Great Leap Forward – surely this is some...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Flavorwire » Books
Novelist Salman Rushdie is no stranger to literary controversy (being the target of an infamous 1989 fatwa after the publication of his … Read More - Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsThe noted outspoken gay journalist and radio host passionately appeals to the gay community to resist complacency in the struggle for equality. In a thought-provoking call to arms, Signorile ( Hitting Hard: Michelangelo Signorile on Geor...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from GalleyCatThe 2015 Hugo Awards shortlist has been revealed. The science fiction awards are organized into seventeen different categories including: Best novel, best new writer and best short story. Each category represents the top five nominees in...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from RT Book ReviewsAt the 2014 American Christian Fiction Writers conference in St. Louis, RT reviewer Leslie McKee chatted with historical Christian fiction writer Kristry Cambron .
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Publishing PerspectivesFor the young Bulgarian translator Izidora Angel, winner of the Literary Translators’ Residency at the University of Rochester, there is much to experience. The post Rochester Translation Residency is Like “A Start-up IncubatorR...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The New York Review of BooksZoë Heller The Audience a play by Peter Morgan, directed by Stephen Daldry, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, New York City, March 8–June 28, 2015 It is pretty rich that Peter Morgan should ask us to swoon and sympathize with a Queen who...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Publishing PerspectivesAlex Zucker, translator and co-chair of the Translation Committee at PEN, wonders whether more focus on fewer translations would help the books sell better. The post Are We Publishing Too Many Literary Translations? appeared first on Pub...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Children's Book CouncilNEW YORK, NY – HarperCollins Publishers has refurbished the library of Public School 81 in Brooklyn, and yesterday revealed the results to school administrators, teachers, students, parents and community leaders. Through their relationsh...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsA woman is torn between her dependable boyfriend and a former fling in this sparkling debut from Chase. Sarina, an architect living in Austin, is completely happy with her boyfriend. Sure, Noah is in Buenos Aires working on a huge c...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Children's Book CouncilNEW YORK, NY – Scholastic Reading Club and 1-800-Flowers.com are joining together for a special spring campaign to say “thank you” to teachers and school administrative professionals nationwide. In celebration of Administrative Professio...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The New York Review of BooksTim Judah In general terms, most Ukrainians, are more united than ever and many say that Vladimir Putin and the war have done more to strengthen Ukrainian patriotism than anything since independence in 1991. But it is impossible to ignor...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from The New York Review of BooksJessica T. Mathews Between historic opportunity and disastrous mistake, what should Americans think? By definition, a negotiated agreement is imperfect. This one in particular entails risks, costs, extended vigilance, and a significant c...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from Whatever
Because it’s always fun to do a post-mortem on one’s books when one is finished writing them. * First, some of the fiddly bits: This book is a direct followup to The Human Division and continues the scenarios, events and char...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsA vain young woman in the Regency era gets her comeuppance when a mysterious affliction causes her to lose all her hair halfway through her first London season. Kilpack ( Wedding Cake , 2014, etc.) makes her historical romance debut with...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Publishing Perspectives'Amazon is no longer as powerful as it seemed' and is suffering a crisis, argues Charles Arthur, ex-tech editor of the Guardian and author of Digital Wars. The post Amazon is a More “Modest Beast,” says UK Tech Expert appeare...
- Monday, April 6, 2015 from dovegreyreader scribbles
I've mentioned it before recently I know, but I am following this one with great interest because I think it might become my favourite literary prize and finally here it is, the Wainwright Prize shortlist, the winner to be announced...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsA sportswriter embarks on a "legends tour" to discover the experiences of both the biggest and the uncelebrated names and contests in golf and capture those veteran players "as they actually are" today. In leisurely, detailed interviews,...
- Tuesday, April 7, 2015 from Kirkus ReviewsCommissario Guido Brunetti returns to La Fenice for another dramatic encounter with the diva Flavia Petrelli. In his first appearance ( Death at La Fenice , 1992), Brunetti looked into the murder of an eminent conductor, proving that Fla...
