Amazon, Harper Talks Take a Turn
After 'Business Insider' reported earlier this week that sales term negotiations between Amazon and HarperCollins have stalled, some insiders see the piece as an attempt by Amazon--whose CEO, Jeff Bezos, is an investor in the online magazine--to turn up the heat on HC. more »
Bologna 2015: Photos from the Fair
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NYC Explosion Temporarily Relocates Princeton Architectural Press
After the deadly explosion in New York's East Village on March 26, Princeton Architectural Press employees have been temporarily forced from their offices at 37 East Seventh Street. more »
The 11
Greatest Children's Books: In search of a collective critical
assessment, BBC Culture’s Jane Ciabattari
polled dozens of critics around the
world to name the best children’s books (for ages 10 and under) ever
published
in English.
Eliot's Old
Home May Become Retreat: The seven-bedroom seaside house in
Gloucester, Mass. where T.S. Eliot spent his summers will be turned into a
center and writers’ retreat.
Romance
Writers Raise Autism Awareness: This April, for National
Autism Awareness Month, authors
Kennedy Ryan and Ginger Scott have organized
"Lift: Authors Raising Autism Awareness."
Novelists Who
Debuted at 40: You don’t have to be a wunderkind to write an
impressive first novel.
Bestselling
Used Books : AbeBooks analyzed sales information dating back
to 2000 and found 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen R.
Covey topped the list, ahead of numerous critically acclaimed examples of
classic
literature.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
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