All the National Book Awards longlists have now been announced, including ten nominees each for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature.
The finalists will be announced October 13 and the winners will be awarded on November 16.
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According to Forbes Magazine, the world’s top 12 highest-paid authors earned a combined $ 269 million over the last 12 months. Forbes arrives at its estimates by looking at print, e-book and audiobook sales from Nielsen BookScan, while attempting to factor in TV and movie earnings. The top earners for the year to June 2016… Continue Reading
Barnes & Noble reports that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II is the company’s most pre-ordered book since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007. Stores across the country are currently preparing to host Countdown to Midnight Magic parties beginning July 30 at 8 p.m., leading up to the midnight… Continue Reading
Harry Potter Harry Potter midnight release parties for new book aim to reignite the magic JACKSON, MI – Similar to Lord Voldemort’s unexpected return about nine years after his disappearance in the Harry Potter book series, a Harry Potter fandom staple is returning: Midnight book release parties. More than 100 bookstores and retailers across Michigan… Continue Reading
The Rev. Tim LaHaye, a leader of the Christian fundamentalist movement and co-author of the best-selling “Left Behind” series of apocalyptic novels prophesying mass slaughters and the end of the world, died on Monday in a San Diego area hospital. He was 90. The authors portrayed Jesus as a fearsome warrior who eviscerates millions of… Continue Reading
In anticipation of this Sunday’s release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two (a two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling and John Tiffany), more than 300 Potter fans gathered last Thursday for a massive flash mob, or “Muggle Mob,” on Broadway, NY, in front of Scholastic’s Manhattan headquarters… Continue Reading
May bookstore sales rose 3.1%, to $ 826 million, compared to May 2015, according to preliminary estimates from the Census Bureau. This marks the ninth month in a row that bookstore sales have risen – with an average growth for the year to date of 6.1% Bookbrowse News About Books, Authors, and Book-Related Topics Continue Reading
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a bit part in the new “Star Trek Beyond” movie. Apparently security was tight on set for Bezos who arrived with a full contingent of security, and then waited patiently all day for crews to shoot the single tracking shot that includes his character. “I was there for the bit… Continue Reading
British author Sally Beauman died on July 7 aged 71. Writing in The Guardian, Lisa Appignanesi described Beauman as “a proud, loyal, fiercely private, beautiful and generous woman–at all ages. Her intelligence was incisive and broad. She could tell you everything, not only about the latest Man Booker list, but about gardening and furniture restoration… Continue Reading
Marvel Releases New Doctor Strange Image For Comic Con Marvel Releases New Doctor Strange Image For Comic Con Marvel has just released a new image of Doctor Strange that they will be handing out in poster form at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The image, created by artist Ryan Meinerding, shows star Benedict Cumberbatch as… Continue Reading
