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[TRENDING NEWS] Noah Gordon, 95, Dies; American Novelist With an Audience Overseas

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Author: BY SAM ROBERTS - Publish Date: November 26, 2021 at 12:18AM His first book, “The Rabbi,” was a best seller in the U.S. Almost all his other novels were best sellers, too — but in Western Europe.

[TRENDING NEWS] With 4 Color Books, Bryant Terry Looks to Color Outside the Lines

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Author: BY KORSHA WILSON - Publish Date: October 5, 2021 at 01:09AM The chef and cookbook author is heading up a new imprint to give chefs of color a leg up in the historically insular publishing industry.

[TRENDING NEWS] In Literary Organizations, Diversity Disputes Keep Coming

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Author: BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS - Publish Date: August 30, 2021 at 11:29PM Conflicts over race, culture and inclusion have roiled the Romance Writers of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and other groups devoted to books and literature.

[TRENDING NEWS] Nach Waxman, Founder of a Bookstore Where Foodies Flock, Dies at 84

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Author: BY SAM ROBERTS - Publish Date: August 8, 2021 at 02:15AM A “kitchen anthropologist,” he created a mecca in Manhattan for chefs, writers, scholars, everyday cooks and anyone else who is, well, hungry for culinary knowledge.

[TRENDING NEWS] ¿El escritor de ‘El código Da Vinci’ tiene un secreto?

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Author: BY CAITY WEAVER - Publish Date: August 1, 2021 at 01:24AM Dan Brown tiene un libro de consejos poco conocido. El problema es que parece que es casi imposible de comprar.

[TRENDING NEWS] Rescuing China’s Muzzled Past, One Footnote at a Time

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Author: BY CHRIS BUCKLEY - Publish Date: July 26, 2021 at 03:23AM In a two-volume tome, the independent historian Yu Ruxin explains the crucial role of the military in Mao’s stormy Cultural Revolution.

[TRENDING NEWS] Bernette Ford, Who Made Children’s Books More Diverse, Dies at 70

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Author: BY NEIL GENZLINGER - Publish Date: July 15, 2021 at 02:06AM As a publishing executive and as an author, she sought to make sure that all children saw themselves in what they read.

[TRENDING NEWS] Knopf Names Jordan Pavlin Its Editor in Chief

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Author: BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS - Publish Date: July 15, 2021 at 02:01AM Ms. Pavlin, a longtime editor at the publishing house who has worked with Ayana Mathis, Tommy Orange and Yaa Gyasi, succeeds Sonny Mehta, who died in 2019.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New

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Author: BY MICHAEL PAULSON - Publish Date: June 7, 2021 at 01:18AM The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened.

[TRENDING NEWS] Dan Frank, Adventurous Book Editor, Is Dead at 67

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Author: BY ALEX TRAUB - Publish Date: June 3, 2021 at 03:02AM As head of Pantheon, he nurtured prize winners and best sellers, rescued Joseph Mitchell from obscurity and helped establish graphic novels as a literary genre.

[TRENDING NEWS] ‘There Is a Tension There’: Publishers Draw Fire for Signing Trump Officials

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Author: BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS AND ALEXANDRA ALTER - Publish Date: April 28, 2021 at 06:49AM Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence and William Barr have book deals. That is raising new challenges for publishers trying to balance ideological lines with a desire to continue representing the political spectrum.

[TRENDING NEWS] Philip Roth’s Biographer Is Accused of Sexual Assault

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Author: BY ALEXANDRA ALTER AND RACHEL ABRAMS - Publish Date: April 22, 2021 at 08:01AM W.W. Norton, citing the allegations that the author, Blake Bailey, faces, said it would stop shipping and promoting his new, best-selling book.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll

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Author: BY JESSE MCKINLEY, DANNY HAKIM AND ALEXANDRA ALTER - Publish Date: April 1, 2021 at 06:44AM Gov. Andrew Cuomo boasted, “I am not a superhero,” in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides scrubbed a politically damaging Health Department report.

[TRENDING NEWS] Enjoy a Book Tour, In Your Living Room

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Author: BY ADRIENNE GAFFNEY - Publish Date: March 14, 2021 at 11:39AM Once a limited-capacity event, now a writer conversation can be enjoyed from the exclusivity of your living room.

[TRENDING NEWS] Publisher Halts Promotion of Cuomo Book, Citing Nursing Homes Inquiry

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Author: BY J. DAVID GOODMAN AND JESSE MCKINLEY - Publish Date: March 9, 2021 at 08:55AM “American Crisis” was supposed to be a triumphant account of New York’s coronavirus fight. But as scandals swirl, sales have dramatically slowed.

[TRENDING NEWS] Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama’s New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too.

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Author: BY ALEXANDRA ALTER AND ELIZABETH A. HARRIS - Publish Date: November 15, 2020 at 03:00PM “A Promised Land” is a potential lifeline for booksellers whose sales have plummeted during the pandemic.

[TRENDING NEWS] Joan Bingham, Catalyst in a Publishing Merger, Dies at 85

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Author: BY NEIL GENZLINGER - Publish Date: November 3, 2020 at 06:43AM She helped produce the Grove Atlantic publishing house, then oversaw prize winners as its executive editor.

[TRENDING NEWS] Comic Books Flourish on Crowdfunding Sites, Drawing Big Names

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Author: BY GEORGE GENE GUSTINES - Publish Date: September 8, 2020 at 02:00PM Prominent arrivals include Boom Studios, which is working with Keanu Reeves on a Kickstarter project. But critics are questioning whether projects from established publishers are crowding out others.

[TRENDING NEWS] In Tell-All Foreword, Cohen Promises Sordid Tales Trump ‘Does Not Want You to Read’

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Author: BY ANNIE KARNI - Publish Date: August 14, 2020 at 06:48AM In his memoir, “Disloyal,” Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s onetime lawyer and fixer, claims that he had unique access to Mr. Trump, a man with “no true friends.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Carolyn Reidy, the Head of Simon & Schuster, Is Dead at 71

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Author: BY CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN - Publish Date: May 13, 2020 at 07:14AM Taking the helm in 2008, she steered the publishing house, one of the Big Five, through a deep recession and a digital revolution.