Released by AmazonCrossing, Kazuki Kaneshiro’s 18-year-old novel ‘Go’ has found a new voice in Takami Nieda’s translation. It’s a timely indictment of today’s nationalism. Read More
At AWP: Love Before Trump
APub Docks at London Book Fair
At London Book Fair 2018, the Amazon Publishing foreign rights team packs dependable titles, making deals in up to 40 territories—and the retail muscle to make all boats float. Read More
‘Canada Reads’
CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’ names its winning novel, just as the United States’ PBS network says it will stage an ambitious eight-part ‘best-loved’ book show of its own. Read More
The Baileys Women’s Prize Shortlist: ‘A Wonderful Liberation’
‘The constraint is a liberation,’ says film producer Tessa Ross, whose leadership of the Baileys judges for 2017 honors international women authors. Read More
How Thought Catalog Uses Social Media Data To Drive Book Publishing
Chris Lavergne, publisher of Thought Catalog Books, knows what his social-savvy data is saying: Create ‘an experience that isn’t efficient.’ Read More
Patricia Cornwell Tracks the Ripper: Powered by 'Kindle in Motion'
‘I needed somebody who could publish a work of this magnitude,’ says Patricia Cornwell of her new nonfiction work from Amazon Publishing. Read More
At London Book Fair, Bonnier's Type & Tell Platform Lets Authors Keep 100 Percent of Royalties
Type & Tell, Bonnier’s new self-publishing platform, has been quietly tested in Sweden since September 2015. It launches in English at London Book Fair. Read More
An Author and Reporter Boards Amtrak for a Continent-Wide Residency
‘For a long stretch of this country, there’s no wi-fi.’ And for a busy AP reporter who’d won a berth as an Amtrak Residency writer, off-grid was perfect. Read More
Leading With Diversity: The #AWP17 Generation Goes to Washington
In its 50th year, AWP, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, returns to the US capital, with special focus on literature in a political society. Read More
What Canada’s Shelfie Data Suggests About Ebook Subscriptions
Penguin Random House ‘holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,” says Peter Hudson at Vancouver’s Shelfie. Read More