Book Publicist Coordinates Sandy Relief on Jersey Shore
Independent book publicist Kathleen Matthews Schmidt is using her publicity skills and publishing industry contacts to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy who live on the Jersey Shore.
View ArticleDelilah Launches Book Club
Famed radio personality Delilah is starting a book club. The radio host, who anchors a nightly syndicated song request program, will launch the new club with Kristin Hannah's Home Front.
View ArticleAmazon's Goodreads Purchase Draws Raves, Pans on Twitter
Goodreads members and the book community on Twitter responded vociferously to the acquisition of Goodreads by Amazon.com, offering both sober analysis and an outpouring of mordant, gloomy wit about the...
View ArticleAfrican American Book Sites Launch Quarterly Bestseller List
Three Web sites focused on books by and about African-Americans—AALBC.com, Cushcity.com, and Mosaicbooks.com—have launched the Power List, a national bestseller list focused on books read by...
View ArticleChicago Sun-Times Drops Regular Book Coverage
As of July 14, The Chicago Sun-Times is dropping its regular book coverage. In contrast, the Chicago Tribune has stepped up its literary coverage in the past year, with its stand-alone Printers Row...
View ArticleRed 14 Films Launches Kickstarter Campaign
A film company specializing in book trailers launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a new batch literary shorts.
View ArticleBookMachine Kicks Off Launch with Global Publishing Event
BookMachine, a U.K.-based social media-driven publishing skills exchange, is kicking off the launch of its online platform, BookMachine.me, with a Global Publishing Event that will be held...
View ArticleSourcebooks, Wattpad Team Up To Launch YA Authors
Wattpad is entering into a multifaceted partnership with Sourcebooks to both publish Wattpad writers through the Sourcebooks Fire YA imprint and market Sourcebook authors on the online writing community.
View ArticleWattpad, Diversion Books Launch a Mia Thompson Book Club
Online writing community Wattpad is teaming up with Diversion Books, the e-publishing platform launched by literary agent Scott Waxman, to host a book club focused on Diversion author Mia Thompson’s...
View ArticleWattpad, Harlequin Sponsor ‘New Adult’ Writing Contest
Wattpad, an online writing community, is teaming up with Harlequin to represent the New Adult category as a cosponsor of Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write Contest.
View ArticleHC, American, and Hudson Team for Holiday Promo
Between December 1 and January 1, HarperCollins will provide American Airlines customers a selection of HarperCollins e-books, and Hudson Booksellers will offer a discount on print titles.
View ArticleAmazon Announces Daily Holiday Promo
Amazon announced its second annual 12 Days of Deals for books, a holiday promotion that offers deep discounts on popular and bestselling titles.
View ArticleTogather Inks Partnership Deal with B&N College
Togather.com, a “fansourcing site” designed to make event planning more predictable and easier to promote, is partnering with B&N College Stores to provide store managers a turnkey platform for...
View ArticleOrganization Wants to Lure Writers to Detroit
Detroit-based literary organization Write-A-House wants to lure writers to the Motor City by deeding them homes after a two-year residency. The organization just launched an Indiegogo campaign to...
View ArticleWizeo: Literary Crowdgiving Platform Gears Up
The latest literary-oriented startup to join Boston’s Innovation District combines video chats by authors and other leaders, or “wizzes,” for a cause.
View ArticleTogather Startup Suspends Operations
In an email sent to clients and users of Togather.com founder Andrew Kessler said the site was suspending all operations due to a dispute with its investors.
View ArticleZola Books, BiblioCommons Offer ‘Bookish Recommends’ to Libraries
Zola’s Bookish recommendation engine is coming to 67 libraries in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
View ArticleJulie Kagawa Talks Talon, Dragons and Bookselling
Former bookseller Julie Kagawa always had a “thing,” as she puts it, for dragons. Now, with her new series, Talon, due out October 28, the bestselling author of The Iron Fey books got the chance to...
View ArticleCONTEST: 'Let's Get Lost' With Adi Alsaid
Are you out there getting lost on your own? With friends? If so, we’d love to hear—and see—your travels.
View ArticleGetting 'Lost' with Newcomer Adi Alsaid
Adi Alsaid has lived something of a nomadic life…which may be one of the reasons he was inspired to write about a road trip in his debut novel, 'Let’s Get Lost.'
View ArticleHarlequin TEEN Turns Five
Celebrating its fifth birthday this month, Harlequin TEEN—Harlequin’s dedicated imprint for young adult books—has quite a few things to be excited about.
View ArticleBookShout to Offer E-books to Public Media Via Special Sales
The direct-to-consumer e-book platform specializing in e-book special sales, is partnering with Forest Incentives, a public media distribution vendor, to provide bulk orders of bestselling e-books to...
View ArticleKickstarter Debuts Spotlight Showcase
The crowdfunding site has launched Spotlight, customizable presentation pages that can be used for marketing, educational or commercial purposes.
View ArticleWith 'Don't Suck, Don't Die' a Scholarly Press Pushes for a Trade Hit
The University of Texas Press is trying to achieve something new with Kristin Hersh’s memoir 'Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt,'--a trade bestseller.
View ArticleWait List Available for Publishing Mission to Cuba
The U.S. Publishing Mission to Cuba is sold out. However, industry members interested in the trip can be added to the waiting list by contacting PW publisher Cevin Bryerman at...
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 3, 2015: Harlow Giles Unger
Harlow Giles Unger, author of 'Henry Clay' (Da Capo Press, $25.99, 978-0-3068-2391-6), will be on the Jim Bohannon Show Live for the full 11 p.m. ET hour on Wednesday, November 4.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 5, 2015: Kay Wills Wyma
Kay Wills Wyma, author of 'I’m Happy for You (Sort Of…Not Really): Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison' (WaterBrook Press, 978-1-6014-2595-9), will be interviewed on Focus on the Family on...
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 5, 2015: Hector Tobar
Hector Tobar, author of 'Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free' (Picador; 978-1-2500-7485-0) will appear on 'Well READ' on Friday,...
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 6, 2015: John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo, author of 'Ghetto Klown' (Harry N. Abrams, 978-1-4197-1518-1) will appear on 'The Wendy Williams Show' on Friday, November 6.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 9, 2015: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, author of 'The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen' (Columbia Global Reports, 978-0-9909-7636-3) will appear on WNYC Radio’s 'The Brian Lehrer Show' on Tuesday,...
View ArticleInteractive Storytelling Phone Debuts
The entrepreneurs who launched the Call Me Ishmael storytelling project have invented a device that they hope will become a fixture in bookstores and libraries: a phone that allows bibliophiles to...
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 17, 2015: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds, author of the memoir 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7) will appear on 'Fox & Friends' as well as NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' on Wednesday, November 18.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 19, 2015: Gavin McCrea
Gavin McCrea, author of 'Mrs. Engels' (Catapult, 978-1-9367-8729-6) will be interviewed by 'Studio360' host Kurt Andersen on the program which airs Thursday, November 19 on WNYC at 8 p.m. ET.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air November 20-22, 2015: Miami Book Fair
Stacy Schiff, P.J. Rourke and dozens more authors, illustrators, and celebrities will be interviewed at the 32nd annual Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College (MDC) on Friday, Nov. 20 from 1-4 p.m. ET...
View ArticleAuthors on the Air December 9, 2015: Monica Parker
Monica Parker, author of 'OMG! How Children See God' (HCI, 978-0-7573-1864-1) will appear on 'Tough Talk Christian Radio' with Tony Gambone on Thursday, December 10, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air December 22, 2015: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds, author of 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7), is appearing on NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' in a re-airing of his November 18 interview. The two-part interview will...
View ArticleALA, PRH Team Up On Nat'l Readathon Day
The American Library Association is presenting National Readathon Day through its Libraries Transform campaign, with support from Penguin Random House's Library Awards for Innovation.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air February 8, 2016: Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block, author of 'The Girl In the Deep Blue Eyes' (Titan, 978-1-7832-9750-4), will appear on BlogTalkRadio.com with 'Modern Signed Book' podcast host Rodger Nichols on Tuesday, February 9.
View ArticleAuthors on the Air February 19, 2016: Erin Kaplan
Erin Kaplan, author of 'I Heart Obama' (ForeEdge, 9781611685367) will be on Duluth, Minn.’s NPR affiliate WOJB-FM on Monday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m. EST.
View ArticleWNBA Will Send Trump a Book a Day in March
The Women's National Book Association will send a book a day throughout March, which is Women's History Month, to President Trump.
View ArticleHarperCollins Adds Book Recommendation Bots to Facebook
The publisher is using artificial intelligence to turn Facebook Messenger into an interactive YA book recommendation engine.
View ArticleHillary Clinton to Do Speaking Tour to Promote New Book
Hillary Clinton will kick off a combination book signing and speaking tour on September 18 to promote 'What Happened,' her account of the tumultuous 2016 presidential campaign.
View ArticleBookish Adds Review Platform, BookishFirst
BookishFirst is being marketed to publishers as a promotional site that can expand discoverability, connect with readers and generate prepublication buzz for books.
View ArticleVintage to Release ‘Collusion,’ A New Book on Trump-Russia Controversy
Vintage will publish 'Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win,' a new book by Luke Harding that claims to offer new details on Donald Trump and Russian meddling...
View ArticleMaking the Switch from Little Free Libraries to Little Free Pantries
A number of little free library volunteer stewards -- both registered and unregistered with the Little Free Library organization – have switched from filling the mounted boxes in front of their homes...
View ArticleChicago Brewery Crafts Beer for Hat & Beard Fall Release
A Chicago brewery is partnering with Hat & Beard Press to cross-promote craft beer and a new collection of short stories by Sam Weller by brewing an Imperial stout with a label that replicates the...
View ArticleLittle Free Library Launches Read in Color Diversity Initiative
Little Free Library is partnering with a Minneapolis creative agency to launch Read in Color, an initiative designed to prompt more people of all ages to read diverse books.
View ArticleA Mighty Blaze Continues to Build
As A Mighty Blaze celebrates its first year of promoting authors and books, it continues to grow, with new projects planned that include a conference educating book people on how to maximize their...
View ArticleInterested in the 2021 ALA Virtual Conference? Check Out These Discounts
ALA members whose jobs have been impacted by the pandemic can once again register for free, and a special code offers a break on Library Marketplace registrations.
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