The 2014 Great Northwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season. The Great Northwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
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2013 BISG Reports E-book Growth
E-book growth has slowed and currently comprises about 30% of books sold, according to the new BISG report, Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading, powered by Nielsen Book Research. The report, now in its fourth and final year, reveals an emerging consensus around...
The Universe Versus Alex Woods
The Universe Versus Alex Woods Gavin Extence Orbit January 14, 2014 432 pages ISBN: 978-0316246590 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . .journey from a normal life to extraordinary existence." Alex Woods was the second person in history to be...
Kirshbaum to Leave Amazon Publishing in Early 2014
Larry Kirshbaum, who heads Amazon Publishing’s general publishing program, is leaving the company to return to agenting, effective January 17, according to Publishers Weekly (PW) and Shelf Awareness. He was hired in spring of 2011 to run the New York City-based...
2014 Great Southeast Book Festival – Call for Entries
2014 Great Southeast Book Festival has issued a call for entries for its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring. The Great Southeast Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
RosettaBooks Digitizes Top Relationship Advice—2013
Commitment expert Susan Page offers tips to meet and keep a partner for the long haul Susan Page, a nationally renowned counselor and self-help author, covers all the bases from chronic singleness to committed marriage in two of her popular relationship guides, now...
U.S. Journalist Wins 2013 Japanese Kyoto Fellowship Prize
Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) today announced that Gemma Tarlach, a Wisconsin.-based associate editor of Discover Magazine, has been named the recipient of PLNU’s 2013 Kyoto Prize Journalism Fellowship and will attend the 29th annual Kyoto Prize events...
Two of a Kind by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Two of a Kind Yona Zeldis McDonough September 9, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-451239532 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . well written, easy to read . . ." A perfect day for a wedding! The weather is glorious! A white tent is set up. The gardens...
2013 National Book Award Finalists Announced
The National Book Foundation, which celebrates great writing, has announced its 2013 finalists. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on November 20 in New York. Fiction Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers, Scribner/Simon & Schuster Jhumpa Lahiri, The...
We Band of Angels Paperback Due to Release in October 2013
Random House this month [October 2013] is releasing the paperback publication of WE BAND OF ANGELS (Random House, on sale 10/29), now with an all-new chapter about the late Mildred Dalton Manning, the last Angel of Bataan. In its 1999 hardcover publication, WE BAND OF...
