Country Crime: Six Regional Mystery Authors
As in all genres, the mystery category enjoys trends or fads that capture readers’ attention and garner critical acclaim for a few months or a few years. Think of the ongoing influx of Scandinavian mysteries or the continuing fascination with serial killers or even spillover from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series resulting in an upsurge of vampire mysteries. Sometimes these trends unfairly obscure the strong body of work represented in less flashy if just as substantial subgenres—in particular, regional mysteries. more...
As in all genres, the mystery category enjoys trends or fads that capture readers’ attention and garner critical acclaim for a few months or a few years. Think of the ongoing influx of Scandinavian mysteries or the continuing fascination with serial killers or even spillover from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series resulting in an upsurge of vampire mysteries. Sometimes these trends unfairly obscure the strong body of work represented in less flashy if just as substantial subgenres—in particular, regional mysteries. more...
Audio
05/11/2012 @ 07:00PM
Publishers Weekly goes into the studio as chef Marcus Samuelsson records his memoir
Celebrated chef Marcus Samuelsson can cook a chicken 200 different ways, but how does he take the heat of recording his memoir? We go into the studio to find out.
Audio
05/11/2012 @ 07:00PM
Music, comedy routines, q&as, and other creative additions enhance and distinguish the audio product
Whereas print books allow the reader the familiar heft of a novel, minimal eye strain, and the chance to inspire literary Missed Connections on Craigslist, and e-books offer a lightweight way to download up to 3,500 titles lightning fast and read everything from e-Fifty Shades of Grey to e-Think Like a Man without attracting undue attention, audiobooks aim for a different niche in the market.
Audio
05/11/2012 @ 07:00PM
Big names line up to narrate bestsellers.
How Johnny Depp ended up narrating the audiobook of Keith Richards' memoir, and other stories of A-listers landing in the recording studio.
Adult Announcements
05/04/2012 @ 07:00PM
As in all genres, the mystery category enjoys trends or fads that capture readers’ attention and garner critical acclaim for a few months or a few years. Think of the ongoing influx of Scandinavian mysteries or the continuing fascination with serial killers or even spillover from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series resulting in an upsurge of vampire mysteries. Sometimes these trends unfairly obscure the strong body of work represented in less flashy if just as substantial subgenres—in particular, regional mysteries.
Adult Announcements
04/20/2012 @ 07:00PM
Referring to reference, publishers agree that print and digital works can peaceably co-exist
The Encyclopedia Britannica is now strictly digital? The thought left many stunned booklovers feeling that the prospects for looking up information were not... well, looking up. It was like learning your grandmother had gotten a tattoo and run off with a younger man.
Adult Announcements
04/18/2012 @ 12:00AM
This page contains instructions and registration access for PW's fall 2012 announcement listings. Publishers wishing to submit their titles through Edelweiss should begin here.
Adult Announcements
04/13/2012 @ 07:00PM
Coming up on June 4, the Lambda Literary Awards marks the 24th year that the Lambda Literary Foundation has passed out accolades for achievement in LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) writing. The 119 finalists in 24 categories on the slate for the 2011 “Lammys” were selected from a record number of titles that exceeded 600 books (compared to last year’s record 520), which were published by 250 presses, up from 230 last year.
Adult Announcements
04/13/2012 @ 07:00PM
Heating up at the box office
Made in America—mostly. Sure, Hollywood’s still pulling the strings, but a lot of the season’s flicks are either set in foreign locales (India, Sweden, Scotland, outer space), and/or filmed beyond Tinseltown (Louisiana, Paris, Russia).
Galley Talk
04/13/2012 @ 07:00PM
Clear your schedule: you won’t want to stop reading this one once you start! Rosamund Lupton has done it again; if you loved her first novel, Sister, then you’ll truly appreciate the style of storytelling perfected here.
Adult Announcements
04/06/2012 @ 07:00PM
Want to tackle a challenge? Then try to develop a universally accepted definition of the boundaries of paranormal fiction. Or even a planetary one. There’s just nothing even remotely resembling a consensus, even among some of the top authors with works included in the genre.
Barbara Vey
While I'm visiting St. Louis, author Jeannie Lin caught a Tweet I posted about coffee at a local cafe. She contacted me and we met up for a wonderful visit....
Josie Leavitt
We are blessed with a rich and vibrant core of local authors in our town. When a customer comes to us with his or her book we do our best to herald the occasion. I'm discovering that my idea of herald...
Rose Fox
Help compile lists of Asian and Asian-American SF/F authors....
Adam Boretz
Our second feature in Publishers Weekly's Focus on Audio 2012 takes us inside a Random House Audio recording studio to see how an audiobook gets made as Marcus Samuelsson records his memoir, Yes, Chef...
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