The 2015 Amsterdam Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its program celebrating books worthy of further attention from the European market. The 2015 Amsterdam Book Festival will consider major publisher, independent publisher and self-published works in...

The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,...

Kobo, a global leader in eReading, and multichannel distributor Lionfish, today announced the arrival of Kobo’s digital reading platform to the G.C.C. region including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Passionate readers can now...

The 2014 London Book Festival late registration deadline arrives Dec. 15 for its annual awards honoring the best of international publishing. The 2014 London Book Festival will consider books in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian in the...

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today reported sales and earnings for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended November 1, 2014.  Second quarter consolidated revenues decreased 2.7%, to $1.7 billion, as compared to the prior year.  Second quarter consolidated...

The 2015 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring books worthy of further attention from the world publishing capital. The 2015 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher...

December 2, 2014 (Boulder, CO)-Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics announces the recipients of its Anne Waldman, Allen Ginsberg, and Anselm Hollo Graduate Fellowships. Awarded annually to incoming MFA Creative Writing & Poetics students,...

An excerpt from  The Mountain Mail, Salida, Co., Tuesday, December 2, 2014 8:51 am | Updated: 9:02 am, Tue Dec 2, 2014. Read the full story. Salida resident and author Kent Haruf, 71, died peacefully at his home Sunday, November 30. Although Haruf was known worldwide...

The 2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival will be held in partnership with the Honolulu Writers, Authors & Poets Gathering on March 31 in Hawaii, co-sponsored by Savant Books and Publications. The Pacific Rim Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction,...

The 2015 Hollywood Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its 10th annual awards celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game and multimedia communities. The 2015 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published,...