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...
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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 The Great Southwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...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...
2013 GREAT MIDWEST BOOK FESTIVAL – CALL FOR ENTRIES
The 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the winter. The Great Midwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, how-to,...
2014 PEN Literary Awards Call for Entries
PEN America will begin accepting submission for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards this Tuesday, October 1, 2013. The most comprehensive awards program in the country, PEN will present 17 awards in 2014. Send in your submissions or nominate a colleague to be...
SABEW Starts Young Journalist Award in Honor of Late RBB Partner Larry Birger
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers SABEW will honor the nation’s top young business journalist with a new award named after one of its past presidents. The Larry Birger Young Business Journalist Award will be presented March 29 at SABEW’s...
Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Smoke Ellen Hopkins Margaret K. McElderry Books September 10, 2013 560 pages ISBN: 978-1416983286 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . .a grim story with a lot of heart . . ." Pattyn von Stratten is in hiding after the death of her...
National Book Foundation Announces Longlist for 2013 National Book Award
National Book Foundation Announces Longlist for 2013 National Book Award in Fiction Tom Drury Pacific (Grove Press) Elizabeth Graver The End of the Point (Harper/HarperCollinsPublishers) Rachel Kushner The Flamethrowers (Scribner/Simon & Schuster) Jhumpa Lahiri...
