A wave of deaths and retirements prompted publishers to name new leaders. Now the industry is in a rare moment of transformation that promises to influence the books put out into the world.
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Library of Congress to Honor Author Colson Whitehead
Monday July 13, 2020
Already this year’s recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Orwell Prize for political fiction, Whitehead is now being honored by the Library of Congress. On Monday, it announced that he had won the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
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Dana Canedy to Be First Black Publisher of Simon & Schuster
Monday July 6, 2020
Dana Canedy has been named senior vice-president and publisher of Simon & Schuster’s namesake imprint, one of the biggest jobs in the industry, according to the New York Times. She is the third woman and first Black person to hold the role.
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10 Books Recommended by Black-Owned Bookstores
Wednesday July 1, 2020
There are a lot of anti-racism reading lists floating around the internet, and there are a lot of people interested in buying the books on those lists. This caused a good problem: Black-owned bookstores have been so inundated with anti-racism book orders that they can hardly keep up with the demand. (A few not-so-understanding...
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‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing
Wednesday July 1, 2020
An author, literary agent, marketer, publicist, editors and booksellers talk about how race affects their careers — and the books you read.
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5 Best Bookstores in Jacksonville
Thursday May 21, 2020
The top rated Bookstores in Jacksonville are:
- Chamblin Bookmine -sells new and used books
- San Marco Bookstore -a shop that sells books, papyrus greeting cards and other literary gifts
- Books-A-Million -a chain of bookstore
- 2nd & Charles -a second-hand bookstore
- Barnes & Noble -one of the largest book chain in the US market
Turning the page: How Chamblin's Bookmine is getting back to business.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Chamblin's Bookmine is back in action, albeit with a few changes to ensure public health and safety.
Click here for the full Jacksonville Business Journal article!
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Coronavirus Shutdowns Weigh on Book Sales
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Total U.S. sales in March were down 8.4 percent to $667 million, a sign of how the early days of the pandemic hurt booksellers and publishers.
Clive Cussler: Dirk Pitt novels author dies aged 88
Wednesday February 26, 2020
Clive Cussler, the US author of the popular Dirk Pitt novels, has died at the age of 88.
He wrote 25 books in the adventure series, including Sahara and Raise the Titanic, and sold more than 100 million copies of his novels in total.
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Ronan Farrow, Emily Bazelon and Colson Whitehead among L.A. Times Book Prize finalists
Wednesday February 19, 2020
Ronan Farrow, Emily Bazelon, Attica Locke, Michael Connelly and Colson Whitehead are among the finalists for the 40th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizesannounced Wednesday, with crime novelist Walter Mosley named as the winner of the 2019 Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement.
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Charles Portis, Elusive Author of ‘True Grit,’ Dies at 86
Monday February 17, 2020
The publicity-shy Mr. Portis earned a modest but devoted readership and accolades as America’s “least-known great writer.”
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Kobe Bryant Was Working on a Children's Book When He Died. His Co-Author Just Deleted the Draft
Tuesday January 28, 2020
Kobe Bryant and Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho were working together on a children’s book, but the author of “The Alchemist” said he deleted the draft after Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash.
The 72-year-old novelist told The Associated Press on Monday that the two men started discussing the project in...
It is absolutely fine to rip your books in half
Tuesday January 21, 2020
We treat books like sacred objects. They’re not. They’re value-neutral delivery systems.
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The Best Books About Jacksonville
Wednesday January 8, 2020
The Jaxson's list of 36 of the best nonfiction books ever written about Jacksonville and the people who made it what it is today.
10 Black Women Writers You Should Read Right Now
Tuesday January 7, 2020
The ZORA Canon, our first-of-its-kind list of the 100 most important books written by Black American women, celebrates established literary giants. To shine a light on the next generation of greats, we asked a few of our contributors and columnists — Feminista Jones, L’Oreal Thompson Payton, Erika Stallings, and Danielle Jackson — to...
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Here are 10 of the decade's most influential books
Monday December 30, 2019
A decade is in part defined by its books. And recent days have seen many roundups of the best books of the 2010s -- the titles that critics consider the pinnacle of literary excellence.
But what about the decade's most influential books?
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The Best Books of 2019
Tuesday December 3, 2019
According to Slate’s book critic.
Small business, big impact: Keeping Jax’s holiday shopping local
Wednesday November 27, 2019
Black Friday might bring throngs of shoppers to major retailers nationwide and Cyber Monday has consumers clicking away for the best online deals, but in between the two is a day just for the locals: Small Business Saturday.
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John Le Carré Fears For The Future In 'Agent Running In The Field'
Saturday October 19, 2019
Decades ago, Le Carré worked for British intelligence services MI5 and MI6. He has channeled that experience into more than 50 years of espionage thrillers.
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Richard Jackson, Who Had an Ear for Children’s Books, Dies at 84
Sunday October 13, 2019
"As an editor he championed writers, like Judy Blume, who changed the landscape of literature for young people. He later became a writer himself."
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Two Authors Just Won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here's What to Know About Them
Thursday October 10, 2019
"For the first time in the Nobel Prize for Literature’s 118-year history, two authors were announced Thursday as recipients of the award: Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke and Polish author Olga Tokarczuk. (Handke received the Prize for 2019. Tokarczuk received the Prize for 2018.)
Last year’s Nobel Prize for Literature...
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Here Are The Finalists For The 2019 National Book Awards
Tuesday October 8, 2019
"Just 25 books can still be called contenders for the 2019 National Book Awards.
The National Book Foundation on Tuesday unveiled the finalists, listing five books each in five categories. And while there are some readily recognizable names among the remaining authors — some with past shortlist appearances and other...
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The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book
Thursday October 3, 2019
"Governments are spending a remarkable amount of resources attacking books — because their supposed limitations are beginning to look like ageless strengths."
Check out the 3 top spots in Jacksonville's Fairfax neighborhood
Monday September 23, 2019
"Spending time in Fairfax? Get to know this Jacksonville neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a a bookstore to a garden and home decor shop.
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Fairfax, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce...
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