Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

Scholastic Canada to publish new Harry Potter

Scholastic Canada has announced that it (and its U.S. counterpart) will release the eighth story in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II will be available at ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Can Douglas Preston, et al. loosen Amazon’s stranglehold on authors and publishers?

By Steven W. Beattie

As the ongoing war between Amazon and Hachette drags on, it seems almost comical to add yet another blog post to the mass of material that has already been written analyzing the farrago – especially ... Read More »

July 28, 2014 | Filed under: Digital publishing and technology

J.K. Rowling non-disclosure agreement gets meta

By Steven W. Beattie

Anyone who works with books will be familiar with the increasingly ubiquitous non-disclosure agreement prohibiting media from divulging the contents of upcoming titles prior to publication day. Recently, the contents of Salman Rushdie's new memoir, ... Read More »

September 24, 2012 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Book links roundup: Emily Schultz on The Blondes, Ontario illustrator featured on Batman comic cover, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Emily Schultz talks beauty and violence in The Blondes Ontario illustrator Jason Fabok draws his way to the cover of DC Comics' Batman New book to "set the record straight" on the 2011 bin Laden ... Read More »

August 23, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Book links roundup: Kobo to launch in Japan, Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine Prize for African writing, and more

By Katie Gowrie

Kobo to launch in Japan this month The Caine Prize for African writing goes to Rotimi Babatunde Little, Brown releases cover design for J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to publish ... Read More »

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book links

Stephenie Meyer and David McKee among most frequently challenged authors, librarians say

By Steven W. Beattie

Racism, insults, and support for "wealth inequality" are among the most common complaints against children's books at U.K. libraries, according to an article in the Telegraph. Books featuring classic characters such as Babar and Tintin ... Read More »

April 23, 2012 | Filed under: Libraries

J.K. Rowling reveals title, plot details of new novel

By Stuart Woods

Photo by Andrew Montgomery © Wall to Wall Media Ltd. J.K. Rowling has revealed plot details for her first novel for adults, and as promised it looks to be very different from the Harry Potter ... Read More »

April 12, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

J.K. Rowling signs deal for an adult novel; Twitter goes hog wild

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Five years after finishing life at Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling is back with a new publisher and a book deal for her first adult novel. Little, Brown will publish the untitled novel in the U.S. and in ... Read More »

February 23, 2012 | Filed under: Authors

J.K. Rowling to sell Harry Potter e-books directly through interactive fan site

By Stuart Woods

In the lead-up to today's much anticipated announcement from J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter fans had been told not to expect a new novel in the series, but that didn't stop fevered speculation otherwise. While those ... Read More »

June 23, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Harry Potter, Dan Brown dominate U.K. list of best-selling books

By Steven W. Beattie

The stereotype has it that England is filled with recondite literati ensconced in mahogany-lined libraries reading leather-bound volumes of Romantic poetry and plump Victorian novels. This as compared to the beer-swilling philistines in America, gorging ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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