The 2013 merger between Random House and Penguin and the 2014 purchase of Santillana Ediciones Generales helped lead to a 25% increase in revenue, and a 24% gain in earnings, at Penguin Random House in 2014. The U.S. division had an "outstanding" performance. more »
Bologna
2015: Early Impressions from a Busy, Sunny Fair Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair." more »
South
Africa's PRAESA Wins Astrid Lindgren Award The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) is the recipient of the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – the largest award for children’s literature, with a prize of five million Swedish crowns (more than $575,000). more » »
Spring Reading:
The best outdoor books of early 2015, rounded up at 'Forbes.'
Purdue Involved
in Amazon Lawsuit: The National Association of College Stores
Inc., based in Ohio, is suing Purdue for access to a copy of the full contract
between Amazon and the University.
Thomas Pynchon's
Predictions: Did the author predict parallel universes, mini
black holes, and the death of the big bang theory?
Writer Bill
Jamison Dies at 73: With his wife, Cheryl Alters Jamison,
Jamison won four James Beard Foundation awards for culinary writing and was the
author of some two dozen travel books and cookbooks.
Pin-Sized Book
on Little Pleasures: 'Life's Lil Pleasures' was created by
illustrator and designer Evan Lorenze, who has spent the last year building a
library of "micro books" with diverse themes.
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