Charles Santore, illustrator and author of children's books, has died

Posted on 08/27/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The world of children’s literature lost a significant figure earlier this month. Charles Santore, an award-winning illustrator who brought to...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Obituary, Publishers Weekly

Audible Captions comes under fire from publishers

Posted on 07/22/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you who looked forward to Audible’s Captions feature might want to pause for a moment. The feature, currently...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Publishers Weekly, Technology

Another big-name publisher changes its library terms

Posted on 07/03/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

More changes in lending terms are coming to your local library. Simon & Schuster became the fourth major publisher to...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Publishers Weekly, The Digital Reader

Interview with the director of the Toni Morrison documentary

Posted on 06/12/2019 at 02:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new documentary about Toni Morrison is coming to theaters on June 21. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am includes...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Nonfiction, Publishers Weekly

"Jeopardy!" champ explains how kids' books have powered his wins

Posted on 05/03/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

James Holzhauer is smashing Jeopardy! records with a variety of innovative strategies. He’s applying gambling techniques from his day job...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Pop culture, Publishers Weekly

Publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure books sues Netflix

Posted on 01/14/2019 at 02:52 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An indie publisher filed a trademark-infringement lawsuit against Netflix on Friday. Chooseco LLC, publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Pop culture, Publishers Weekly

Agency that represented Chuck Palahniuk files for bankruptcy

Posted on 12/21/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The literary agency that represented Fight Club’s Chuck Palahniuk has filed for bankruptcy, following an embezzlement scandal. Publishers Weekly reports...

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Tagged As: Publishers Weekly, Scandal

Veronica Roth, author of "Divergent," has more YA work coming

Posted on 10/05/2018 at 07:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Veronica Roth, who made her mark on the YA literature scene with the Divergent series, has signed a deal to...

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Tagged As: Movie adaptation, Publishers Weekly, Young adult literature

Booksellers are thriving on "Fear," apparently

Posted on 09/12/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Earlier this morning, we wondered whether we would burn out readers by talking about political books. Then we saw the...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Politics, Publishers Weekly

George R.R. Martin discusses imaginary histories

Posted on 07/18/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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George R.R. Martin must have been relieved to do an interview about writing projects that actually have finish lines in...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy, Publishers Weekly