Hayes, Nyhan on Co-Authorship…and Best Friendship

Suzanna Hayes and Loretta Nyhan are close friends. They talk daily. They finish each others’ sentences. And they just completed their first novel together, I'll Be Seeing You.

Emylia Hall's Hungary, In Print and In Memory

Emylia Hall did not grow up just like her protagonist, Beth Lowe, but the two do have a few things in common, most notably, a connection to Hungary. Hall, who grew up in the English countryside (Devon, to be exact), has always been drawn to a quieter pace of life.

SiriusXM Book Radio Joins ‘Publishers Weekly’ For Special Coverage of BookExpo America 2012

Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that SiriusXM Book Radio, the only 24/7 channel devoted to books and authors, will air a special broadcast with industry leader Publishers Weekly directly from the 2012 BookExpo America (BEA), the largest annual book trade fair in the United States.

BEA Media Alert - Publishers Weekly’s Jim Milliot to Present “Bookstore of the Year” Award

New York, NY – May 31, 2012 – Publishers Weekly’s co-editorial director Jim Milliot is to present the PW 2012 Bookstore of the Year award to bookseller Roberta Rubin, owner of the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at BookExpo America (BEA). The awards presentation is scheduled for 8 a.m., prior to the start of the Adult Book & Author Breakfast with host Kirstie Alley and special guest Jimmy Fallon, at the Special Events Hall of the Jacob Javits Center.

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PW & Aptara Trace eBooks’ Evolving Impact on the Publishing Industry

Publishers Weekly (PW) magazine and Aptara are pleased to announce availability of the 4th Annual eBook Production Survey, designed to document the evolving impact of digital media on traditional content publishing and production.

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Press Release: Publishers Weekly Hits Twitter Milestone, Surpasses 200,000 Followers

New York, NY – October 25, 2011 – Cheers went up in the Publishers Weekly offices when the number of @PublishersWkly Twitter followers hit 200,000, a new milestone. It was Monday night, October 17, and jubilant staffers watched as, even after the milestone was reached, the number of followers quickly continued to climb. By the end of the week nearly 2,000 more had signed on.

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A Peek at the April 18 'PW'

In Monday’s Retailing section of the magazine, we take a look at the New England independent bookstore franchise Annie’s Book Stop. There's a piece on World Reader moving into Kenya, a piece on summer movie tie-ins, and Calvin Reid looks at the tablet market. There are Q&As with Sophie Littlefield, author of A Bad Day for Scandal, and Amanda Foreman, author of A World on Fire. There is a boxed review of Kathleen Ossip’s The Cold War, and on the Soapbox page, publisher Rudy Shur says we should focus on finding new readers instead of worrying about formats.

A Peek at the April 10 'PW'

In Monday’s issue of the magazine, we take a look at international bestsellers; how California indies are looking for opportunities with 39 Borders stores closing in the state; and adult fiction debuts from writers of bestselling YA novels. There is a piece on industry legend Martin Levin’s new book, All I Know About Management I Learned from My Dog, and a profile of William Gurstelle, author of The Practical Pyromaniac. There are features on epic fantasy novels and on science fiction’s popularity among readers in the military, as well as a Why I Write essay by Harry Turtledove. On the Soapbox page, Bill Henderson talks about the negative impacts of technology.

Great (Hit) Men I Have Known

Duane Swierczynski’s Charlie Hardie knows a thing or two about murder. Introduced in Fun & Games (June 2011), the first title in a new trilogy, Hardie is an ex-cop still haunted by the death of his partner, who finds himself protecting a low-level actress from a swath of trained killers.

What’s In a Name? A Conversation with Publisher Michael Pietsch

The name Mulholland Books is derived from the road in California, Mulholland Drive, that conjures both strong geographical imagery as well classic settings and associations of crime stories. Or, as publisher Michael Pietsch put it, more succinctly, it’s a name that “signifies anticipation.”

Mulholland, Dot Com Style

As readers have come to expect much more from publishers’ websites than a simple presentation of authors and books, publishers--and, increasingly, imprints within publishing houses--have begun creating sites that go beyond what is essentially an online catalog. Imprint sites are becoming community hubs, drawing readers in with original content and features that play up the social network aspects of today’s web.

Marcia Clark and Sebastian Rotella Talk Past Lives

Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Marcia Clark, who was the lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case, and reporter Sebastian Rotella, a former Mexico border correspondent and bureau chief in Paris and Buenos Aires for the Los Angeles Times, both took the “write what you know” adage to heart when they sat down to write their first novels. Clark’s novel, Guilt By Association, out in April, concerns Los Angeles D.A. Rachel Knight, who takes on the case of a young woman who was assaulted from a prominent family. Rotella’s novel, Triple Crossing, an August publication, is a thriller about the criminal underworld at work along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and a young cop who goes undercover to bring it down. Here, the two writers talk about how their day jobs have influenced their writing, in both obvious and subtle ways.

Block on Scudder: The Grandmaster Discusses His Most Popular Hero

In a writing career that has spanned well over 30 years, 50 novels and numerous awards – including the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master nod – one of the main constants in Lawrence Block’s life has been Matthew Scudder. Scudder, who first appeared in 1976’s Sins of the Father, is one of Block’s, and the crime genre's, most enduring creations. A former New York City cop who's faced a lifelong battle with alcoholism, Scudder has appeared in 16 novels and, this May, will appear for a 17th time, in A Drop of the Hard Stuff. For the occasion, Block talked with us about why Scudder is still around, on the page and in his mind, after all these years.