| BookBrowse Book News |
The latest news on authors, publishers, and book-related topics. |
|
RSS feed
subscribe
|
|
Page 15 of 115 |
|
|
|
|
|
View abbreviated list of news stories |
| |
Author Barry Unsworth dies aged 81
|
Jun 09 2012: Author Barry Unsworth has died aged 81. Compared to authors such as William Golding and Joseph Conrad, his historical novels spanned the Ottoman, the Venetian and the British hegemony, and the middle ages to the present day. He was co-winner of the Booker prize for Sacred Hunger in...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Natasha Trethewey to be next poet laureate
|
Jun 07 2012: The Library of Congress will announce today that the next USA poet laureate is Natasha Trethewey. Ms. Trethewey, 46, born in Mississippi., is the first Southerner to hold the post since Robert Penn Warren, the original laureate, and the first African-American since Rita Dove in 1993. She won the...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury dead at 91
|
Jun 06 2012: Ray Bradbury, author of classic books such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles died on Tuesday June 5th in Southern...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Sony sells 500,000 e-readers in Europe
|
May 30 2012: The Sony Reader WIFI or PRS-T1 originally went on sale in Europe back in October 2011. Since that time they have sold close to 500,000 units in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and other major markets. It is said that Sony now controls around 35% of the entire eReader market in...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Madeline Miller wins Orange Prize
|
May 30 2012: Madeline Miller has won the UK's 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel, The Song of Achilles, a story of same-sex romance set in the Greek age of...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
BookExpo America will broadcast live author appearances for the first time
|
May 24 2012: For the first time, BookExpo America is making author appearances at the show available for viewing online live or on demand, via Livestream. It is anticipated that 20 hours of live coverage from the convention will be broadcast with additional events added to the BEA website after the...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Apple says U.S. e-book lawsuit 'fundamentally flawed'
|
May 24 2012: In a filing on Tuesday, Apple called the Justice Department's suit against it over the agency model for e-books "fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law" and said the suit will discourage competition and harm...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Under 10% of self-published authors earn a living from their writing
|
May 24 2012: Self-published writers who have an agent, or who use the DIY route to get a traditional deal, earn much more than the average self-published writer, according to a survey of more than 1,000 self-published writers (72% USA, 9% UK). But less than 10% make enough to live off their...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
10 million copies of Fifty Shades of Grey sold in 6 weeks - that's 25% of all adult books sold!
|
May 22 2012: Vintage have sold 10 million copies of the Fifty Shades of Grey series in just 6 weeks (total of paperback, ebook and audio). That's an unprecedented number of copies representing 25% of all adult fiction sold in that time period. Meanwhile, many libraries across the country are frantically...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Cellphone company Orange drops sponsorship of UK Women's Prize for Fiction
|
May 22 2012: Cellphone company Orange has announced that it will no longer be supporting the UK based Women's Prize for Fiction, which it has sponsored since the award was founded 17 years ago. The organization is now looking for a new sponsor. Co-founder and honorary director Kate Mosse, quoted in the...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Houghton Mifflin Hracourt files for bankruptcy
|
May 21 2012: In an official statement earlier today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it had "filed a 'pre-packaged' comprehensive financial restructuring plan that will strengthen the Company financially so we can continue to invest in our business and ensure we are well positioned for the future....
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
Jean Craighead George, author of 100 books for young people including 'My Side of the Mountain', dies aged 92
|
May 17 2012: Distinguished children’s book author and noted naturalist Jean Craighead George died on May 15. She was 92.
Best known for the Newbery-winning novel Julie of the Wolves (Harper, 1972) and the Newbery Honor title My Side of the Mountain (Dutton, 1959), George penned more...
|
|
Full Story |
|
|
|
|
|
|
View abbreviated list of news stories
|
| |
|
« prev 11
12
13
14
15 16
17
18
19
next »
|
| |
|
RSS feed |
