Friday, December 11, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Playster All-Media Subscription Service Debuts in U.S.
The multi-content subscription service, in beta since 2014, has gone live. Offering tiered access to books, TV/film, music and video games, Playster has a library of over 250,000 books, and partnerships in place with a number of major publishers, including HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. more »


Frankfurt Book Fair Considers an Early Start for Agents
Frankfurt Book Fair officials this week confirmed that talks are underway to possibly open the Frankfurt Book Fair Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) at a day earlier in 2016. more »


Apple Announces Bestselling Books of 2015
Paula Hawkins’ ‘The Girl on the Train’ topped Apple’s Fiction list, while ‘American Sniper’ by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice took #1 on the nonfiction list. »


Balcells Speaks: Shortly before her death, Spanish super agent Carmen Balcells, whose clients included such authors as Gabriel García Márquez, revealed why the deal to sell her business to Andrew Wylie came apart.

What We Learned From 'Force Awakens': Find out what the 'Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ book series reveals about the upcoming ‘Star Wars’ film.

Books Are Booming in the Middle East: Although ISIS is disrupting the publishing heartland in the Middle East, book sales and literacy are on the rise in the region.

Obama Reveals His Favorite Book of 2015: In an interview on Tuesday, the president of the U.S. said his favorite book of the year was 'Fates and Furies' by Lauren Groff.

Are Books Getting Longer?: A survey conducted at Vervesearch revealed that the average number of book pages has grown by 25% over the last 15 years.

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