Second Watch J. A. Jance HarperCollins Publishers September 10, 2013 368 pages ISBN: 978-0-06-213467-7 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . .a fitting tribute. . ." J P Beaumont has been a Seattle police detective for a long time....
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Stanford’s Saroyan Literary Prize Call for Entries
Nominations are now being accepted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Two prizes of $5,000 each are given biennially for works of fiction and nonfiction. Cosponsored by the Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, the...
Simon & Schuster Sites Adopt New Design for All Platforms
Simon & Schuster Digital is pleased to announce that, with the recent launch of newly redesigned home pages, it has entered the final phase of a rolling release that updates Simon & Schuster’s domestic and international websites in the United States,...
2014 Great Southeast Book Festival – Call for Entries
The 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 The Great Southeast Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
Bertelsmann Sells Small Portion of Penguin Random House
Today, the international media company Bertelsmann has launched an accelerated bookbuilding offering to institutional investors of up to two million ordinary shares of RTL Group, which owns Penguin Random House. The offer is the result of not exercising an...
Washington Post closes sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos formally took over as the owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, officially ending 80 years of local control of the newspaper by the Graham family. Bezos’ $250 million purchase was completed as expected...
2014 Great Southwest Book Festival – Call for Entries
The 2014 Great Southwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to to its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season. The Great Southwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
NOOK Media Beefs Up Team With Two New Senior Executives
NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), has appointed two senior executives to its leadership team, as well as an organizational streamlining focused on improving efficiencies and driving innovation. Mahesh Veerina will become...
Words Without Borders Marks 10th Year With Literature Award
Words Without Borders releases e-anthology celebrating its first ten years and announces its tenth-anniversary gala on October 29, 2013 in New York City, where the inaugural Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature will be presented to distinguished...
Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Reveals Award Winners
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural Industry Awards, presented at its Annual Meeting of Members on September 27, 2013. Winners in each category are: · Edelweiss...
