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Penguin Random House to acquire complete works of Eric Carle

Nov 06 2019: Penguin Young Readers is acquiring Eric Carle LLC, the asset holder of the IP rights for beloved picture-book creator Eric Carle, whose books have sold more than 145 million copies worldwide.

The deal—which includes the global publishing rights to Carle’s more than ...

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Explore the list of 100 novels that shaped our world

Nov 06 2019: A list of the most inspiring novels chosen by a panel of experts has been revealed by BBC Arts.

Modern works such as Bridget Jones's Diary and His Dark Materials made the cut along with classics like Pride & Prejudice and Middlemarch.

Writers, curators and critics...

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Jailed Turkish author Ahmet Altan freed after three years

Nov 06 2019: The jailed Turkish author Ahmet Altan, whose detention was condemned by 38 Nobel laureates, has been released from prison after more than three years behind bars.

The 69-year-old was arrested in 2016 with his brother, the economist and journalist Mehmet Altan, on ...

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Florida county refuses to pay for New York Times in libraries: 'It's fake news'

Nov 05 2019: A local government in Florida has blocked its library system from getting a digital subscription to the New York Times, dismissing the newspaper as “fake news” and as a challenge to US president Donald Trump.

At a meeting in Citrus county, a coastal area west of ...

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Is publishing too top-heavy?

Nov 04 2019: Book publishing has long been a hits-driven business. The bestsellers, the logic went, paid for the flops. And it was the authors of those in the middle—the so-called midlist—that publishers hoped to build into the next crop of bestsellers. But midlist sales have ...

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Macmillan CEO John Sargent: 'We're not trying to hurt libraries'

Oct 30 2019: Days before Macmillan’s controversial embargo on new release e-books in public libraries is set to go into effect, Macmillan CEO John Sargent is speaking out to librarians. In an open letter to librarians published this week, he struck a somewhat conciliatory note, but ...

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California booksellers contend with fires, power outages

Oct 30 2019: Indie booksellers throughout California are contending with mandatory evacuations, power outages, road closures, and air quality issues as fires continue to rage in the state.

The situation in Northern California for many indie booksellers can only be described as ...

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Elena Ferrante's first novel for five years coming from Europa in June 2020

Oct 29 2019: Europa Editions has revealed it will publish Elena Ferrante’s first novel for five years, The Lying Life of Adults, in June 2020. The book will be published in Italy on 7th November 2019 by Edizioni E/O, as reported in September, while Ferrante’s English language ...

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