Bertelsmann
Shuts Book, Music Clubs: Marking the end of an era, German media
giant Bertelsmann has shut down its German book and music club business, saying
the division will be rolled up completely by the end of 2015.
5 Favorite
Children's Books Turn 50 : And now everyone feels old.
Where's the
Working-Class Fiction?: Everyone is the poorer for publishers'
widespread
assumption that nobody wants to read about this part of society,
says Kevin Duffy at the "Guardian."
Steimatzky May
Seek Court Protection: Israel's largest bookstore chain may have
no choice but to ask the court for protection from its creditors after the two
most likely buyers have dropped out of the bidding.
The Way We Speak
: How authors from Dickens to Dr. Seuss invented the words we
use every day.
and from Publishers Lunch
Daniel Keyes,
86, author of the bestselling science fiction novel FLOWERS
FOR ALGERNON (which began life as a Hugo Award-winning short story
published in 1959, and published in expanded form in 1966) and many other
works, died
June 15 in South Florida from complications of pneumonia.
PEN American Center announced the shortlists
for a number of literary awards, including the Bingham Prize for debut fiction,
as well as the winner of the Bellwether
Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, which was awarded to Ron
Childress for AND WEST IS WEST. Childress receives $25,000 and a contract with
Algonquin, who will publish the novel in 2015.
Bookscan reported that HARD CHOICES by Hillary Clinton sold
85,721 hardcover copies in its first week on-sale, accounting for about 85
percent of all print sales.
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