February 11, 2014

Remember when the Folio Society came up with a new prize last year, and this rumor circulated that the Man Booker was under pressure to open up its award outside… Read more »

Arts & Culture

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Lost Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for $1.25 million — Nikki Griffiths
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
The Big Jubilee Read: 70 books are selected to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign — Nikki Griffiths

Nobody likes the Nook: Barnes & Noble’s stock jumps on news that it cut its entire Nook engineering division

Alex Shephard

Yesterday morning, Business Insider reported that Barnes & Noble laid off every hardware engineer in its struggling—to put it mildly—Nook division. According to Jay Yarow’s report, “The engineers were let… Read more »

Simon & Schuster launches a businesswebsite for businesspeople to businesscelebrate the businessbusiness of businessbooks

Dustin Kurtz

Simon & Schuster’s new website 250 Words is meant to be a place for business-ey business chats, with a focus on business books. I am so entirely confused by this… Read more »

DreamWorks Animation launches a children’s books imprint

Nick Davies

The animated film studio that’s brought us Antz, Shrek, and Kung Fu Panda, among others, has announced that it’s expanding its reach into the world of book publishing. Jeffrey Trachtenberg… Read more »

Love (or something similarly scented) is in the air

Andrew McGrath

Valentine’s Day isn’t until Friday, which means there’s still plenty of time to come up with a heartfelt gesture for your significant other. You could follow the crowd and make… Read more »

Melville House Books

You’re welcome, world literature! U.S. authors dominate Folio shortlist

Kirsten Reach