Last night, PEN American Center elected Andrew Solomon as the organization’s new President of the Board of Trustees at its Annual General Members’ Meeting. Solomon is a writer and lecturer on politics, culture, and psychology, and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at...
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that Evie Wyld’s novel, All the Birds, Singing (Vintage Books/Pantheon), an evocative and...
Will Create Two Highly Focused Companies with Different Growth Profiles and Enhanced Flexibility to Pursue Independent Operating Strategies Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), today announced the filing of a Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and...
The acclaimed actor, Kevin Spacey, will be presented with a Special Award at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCardceremony on Sunday 12 April at London’s Royal Opera House. The award will acknowledge the actor, director and producer’s extraordinary contribution to...
Tantor Media, a leading publisher of unabridged audiobooks, is proud to announce 13 nominations in 9 categories for the prestigious 2015 Audie Awards, bestowed annually by the Audio Publishers Association for the best in spoken-word entertainment. Winners will be...
Reprinted with permission by Editor & Publisher The Dallas Morning News has a great plan. See, there are these things called “blogs,” and the point is to get ordinary readers to write posts for the paper’s website, and…Wait, hold on. Haven’t newspapers already...
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the American Library Association (ALA) announced a partnership today to produce a major survey of public library patrons’ use of digital content. This is the first time both organizations have engaged in a joint research...
Simon & Schuster is pleased to announce North Star Way, a new publishing unit that will offer authors an expanded suite of profile-building, ancillary services that extend beyond the boundaries of traditional publishing. North Star Way will partner with its...
he Sidney Hillman Foundation is accepting entries for the 2015 Hillman Prizes which honor investigative journalism and commentary in the public interest. Winners exemplify resourcefulness and courage in reporting, skilled storytelling, social impact and relevance to...
The Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards (BFDAs), launched in 2013 by the Independent Book Publishers Association, has announced 2015 honorees for innovation in electronic publishing Both Gold and Silver honoree designations are awarded based on exceptional content,...
