The six-strong shortlist for the £25,000 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize has been revealed, including two titles from PRH imprint The Bodley Head.
Pavilion to publish first cookbook by chef and YouTuber Big Has
Pavilion Books has acquired Home, the first cookbook from chef Hasan Semay, better known on social media as Big Has.
“How to Be an Antiracist” author Ibram X. Kendi wins MacArthur “genius” grant
Sep 28 2021 Ibram X. Kendi is one of 25 Americans to receive a $625,000 grant from the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Known colloquially as “genius” grants, the fellowships are designed to “encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” The process of choosing each year’s fellows is highly secretive, with experts from a cross-section of professions asked to nominate colleagues who are doing cutting-edge work. Nominees are given no notice that they’re even being considered for an award until they’re congratulated. Other writers to win include:* Hanif Abdurraqib, 38,...
Hamilton launches Rocket Bird Books
Former Andersen Press and Templar publisher Libby Hamilton is starting up her own imprint under the Barrington Stoke umbrella, focusing on picture books "with no limits".
Educational publishers win injunction against unlicensed e-book sites
Educational publishers Macmillan Learning, Cengage Group, Elsevier, McGraw Hill and Pearson have obtained a preliminary injunction against 60 websites that sell illegal, unlicensed copies of e-books.
The Man Who Died Twice doubles up for a second week at the top
Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Viking) has claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week running, selling 60,992 copies.
Unique Author Branding and Content Ideas Using October Observances
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s time to run through our October observances and unique author brand enhancements and content ideas for your monthly book marketing plan! Without a regular connection to readers, you’re just another book on the shelf. Take the time to make yourself stand out by using our monthly observances and tips to create interesting content with your own unique twist. This is part of really refining your author brand! Timely content that uses popular and trending search terms and hashtags is a great way to enhance your visibility and improve SEO in a very simple way. And what’s...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 28, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa for $1.99 The Black Witch by Laurie Forest for $2.99 Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa for $1.99 The Burning Girls by C. J. Tudor for $1.99 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for $2.99 A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn for $1.99 The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton for $1.99 The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz for $2.99 The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson for $2.99 The Gilded Wolves by Roshani...
Shortlist revealed for £20k Kindle Storyteller Award
Romance, crime and science fiction novels are among the five shortlisted books for the £20,000 Kindle Storyteller Award, which this year received a record number of submissions.
De Waal’s ‘extraordinary’ memoir goes to Tinder Press
Tinder Press has landed Kit de Waal’s memoir about growing up in Birmingham in the Sixties and Seventies, Without Warning and Only Sometimes, which she described as "the story I always wanted to tell".
