Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The Roundup with PW

The Hot and Cold Categories of 2014
In 2014, the self-help and graphic novels categories had the fastest growth in print book unit sales among adult segments, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. Over the course of the year, these categories posted gains of 15% and 13%, respectively, compared to 2013. more »

Illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham Dies at 94
Children’s book illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham, widely known for her depictions of Harry the Dirty Dog in a series of books by her former husband Harry Zion, died January 22 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 94. more »

Spotify for Books: 'The Economist' explores how authors and publishers may constrain the rise of e-book subscriptions.

'Sponsored' By My Husband: Novelist Ann Bauer on why it’s a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from, at Salon.

Israeli Book Law Brings Lower Sales: An Israeli legislation aimed at controlling prices for new titles has had the opposite effect its backer promised it would bring.

Alice K. Turner Dies at 75: The longtime fiction editor at 'Playboy,' who nurtured fledgling authors and championed science fiction by publishing short stories that she said injected “some class” into the racy men’s magazine, died on January 17 in Manhattan.

'The End of the Tour' Sundance Premiere: Jason Segel plays tragic genius David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg the 'Rolling Stone' reporter whose aborted profile of him became a highly personal eulogy.

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