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New Leaf Literary & Media Evolves Team to Meet Changing Industry Demands
The New York City–based literary agency announced three new director-level promotions among several new hires and staff changes across the agency.
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Barnes & Noble Revamps Loyalty Program with Premium Membership
The bookseller announced new benefits and discount perks in an effort to "revitalize" its membership ranks and unveiled an alternative free B&N Rewards loyalty program.
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Interested in the 2021 ALA Virtual Conference? Check Out These Discounts
ALA members whose jobs have been impacted by the pandemic can once again register for free, and a special code offers a break on Library Marketplace registrations.
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A Mighty Blaze Continues to Build
As A Mighty Blaze celebrates its first year of promoting authors and books, it continues to grow, with new projects planned that include a conference educating book people on how to maximize their social media presence.
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Little Free Library Launches Read in Color Diversity Initiative
Little Free Library is partnering with a Minneapolis creative agency to launch Read in Color, an initiative designed to prompt more people of all ages to read diverse books.
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Chicago Brewery Crafts Beer for Hat & Beard Fall Release
A Chicago brewery is partnering with Hat & Beard Press to cross-promote craft beer and a new collection of short stories by Sam Weller by brewing an Imperial stout with a label that replicates the cover of 'Dark Black.'
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Making the Switch from Little Free Libraries to Little Free Pantries
A number of little free library volunteer stewards -- both registered and unregistered with the Little Free Library organization – have switched from filling the mounted boxes in front of their homes with free books to filling them with household items.
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Vintage to Release ‘Collusion,’ A New Book on Trump-Russia Controversy
Vintage will publish 'Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win,' a new book by Luke Harding that claims to offer new details on Donald Trump and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Bookish Adds Review Platform, BookishFirst
BookishFirst is being marketed to publishers as a promotional site that can expand discoverability, connect with readers and generate prepublication buzz for books.
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Hillary Clinton to Do Speaking Tour to Promote New Book
Hillary Clinton will kick off a combination book signing and speaking tour on September 18 to promote 'What Happened,' her account of the tumultuous 2016 presidential campaign.
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HarperCollins Adds Book Recommendation Bots to Facebook
The publisher is using artificial intelligence to turn Facebook Messenger into an interactive YA book recommendation engine.
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WNBA Will Send Trump a Book a Day in March
The Women's National Book Association will send a book a day throughout March, which is Women's History Month, to President Trump.
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Authors on the Air February 19, 2016: Erin Kaplan
Erin Kaplan, author of 'I Heart Obama' (ForeEdge, 9781611685367) will be on Duluth, Minn.’s NPR affiliate WOJB-FM on Monday, February 22 at 12:00 p.m. EST.
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Authors on the Air February 8, 2016: Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block, author of 'The Girl In the Deep Blue Eyes' (Titan, 978-1-7832-9750-4), will appear on BlogTalkRadio.com with 'Modern Signed Book' podcast host Rodger Nichols on Tuesday, February 9.
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ALA, PRH Team Up On Nat'l Readathon Day
The American Library Association is presenting National Readathon Day through its Libraries Transform campaign, with support from Penguin Random House's Library Awards for Innovation.
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Authors on the Air December 22, 2015: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds, author of 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7), is appearing on NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' in a re-airing of his November 18 interview. The two-part interview will appear on NBC on Tuesday, December 22 and Wednesday, December 23.
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Authors on the Air December 9, 2015: Monica Parker
Monica Parker, author of 'OMG! How Children See God' (HCI, 978-0-7573-1864-1) will appear on 'Tough Talk Christian Radio' with Tony Gambone on Thursday, December 10, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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Authors on the Air November 20-22, 2015: Miami Book Fair
Stacy Schiff, P.J. Rourke and dozens more authors, illustrators, and celebrities will be interviewed at the 32nd annual Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College (MDC) on Friday, Nov. 20 from 1-4 p.m. ET and Saturday and Sunday, November 21-22, noon – 5 p.m. ET each day.
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Authors on the Air November 19, 2015: Gavin McCrea
Gavin McCrea, author of 'Mrs. Engels' (Catapult, 978-1-9367-8729-6) will be interviewed by 'Studio360' host Kurt Andersen on the program which airs Thursday, November 19 on WNYC at 8 p.m. ET.
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Authors on the Air November 17, 2015: Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds, author of the memoir 'But Enough About Me' (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 978-0-399-17354-7) will appear on 'Fox & Friends' as well as NBC’s 'Access Hollywood' on Wednesday, November 18.