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Journalism Professor Receives 2016 Maria Moors Cabot Prize

Journalism Professor Receives 2016 Maria Moors Cabot Prize

Moody College of Communication Journalism Professor Rosental Alves is among four recipients of the 2016 Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for outstanding reporting on the Americas. The Cabot Prizes honor journalists for career excellence and coverage of the Western Hemisphere...

Graywolf Press Publisher Joins Book Foundation Board

Graywolf Press Publisher Joins Book Foundation Board

Fiona McCrae, Publisher of Minneapolis­ based Graywolf Press, to be a valued new force as the National Book Foundation works to expand reach and develop resources. New York, NY (July 13, 2016): The National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards, is...

Carl Lennertz to Head Children’s Book Council

Carl Lennertz to Head Children’s Book Council

Longtime publishing executive and book advocate Carl Lennertz will join the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader as Executive Director, effective August 8, 2016, it was announced today by Jon Anderson, Chair of the CBC board, and Judith Haut, Chair of the...

Texas Book Festival Lists Some Featured Writers

Texas Book Festival Lists Some Featured Writers

Some of the speakers for this fall’s 2016 Texas Book Festival weekend have been announced.Actress Diane Guerrero ("Orange is the New Black" and "Jane the Virgin") will discuss her new memoir, "In the Country We Love: My Family Divided," the story of her family’s...

Barnes & Noble Launches NOOK® Press Print Platform

Barnes & Noble Launches NOOK® Press Print Platform

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that NOOK Press, NOOK’s innovative self-publishing platform, has launched the NOOK Press print...

Barnes & Noble Reports Fiscal 2016 Full-Year Earnings

Barnes & Noble Reports Fiscal 2016 Full-Year Earnings

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) June 22, 2016 reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2016 fourth quarter and full-year ended April 30, 2016.Retail sales, which include Barnes & Noble jstores and BN.com, were $850 million for the quarter and $4.0 billion...

Simon & Schuster Expands Distribution Facility

Simon & Schuster Expands Distribution Facility

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Simon & Schuster announced that it has opened the warehouse expansion of its Riverside Distribution Center in Delran, New Jersey. The facility in Delran operates as the company’s primary warehouse, distribution and customer...

Katherine Mangu-Ward Named Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief

Katherine Mangu-Ward Named Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief

Katherine Mangu-Ward has been named editor-in-chief of Reason, the magazine of "free minds and free markets." Mangu-Ward joined the magazine in 2006 and has been Reason's managing editor since 2011. "This is my dream job," said Mangu-Ward, who becomes Reason's ninth...

Congratulations, Wild Rumpus in  Minneapolis

Congratulations, Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis

Congratulations, Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis, Minnesota! As the winner of the official Children's Book Week Display Contest, Wild Rumpus will receive a visit from a 2016 Children's Choice Book Awards winner or finalist author-illustrator!  SEE ALL OF THE ENTRIES