Publishers Weekly

Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/'s inaugural U.S. Book Show kicked off this morning with a presentation by the publishing industry's biggest booster: Oprah Winfrey. In her keynote, Winfrey's tone was classic Oprah-and pitch-perfect for this year's virtual gathering of the book world.

Although there was a fair amount of deal making among the global book publishing giants last year, those mergers and acquisitions did not have much of an impact on the top of Livres Hebdo/Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/'s annual ranking, based on annual revenue, of the world's largest publishers in 2013.  Read more

Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/, the U.S. trade magazine, recently ran an article confirming that the number of seven-figure advances for novels is actually on the rise. It lists several recent acquisitions by big American publishing houses, mostly for debut novels, that involved payouts of more than $1-million. That's right - debut novels.  Read more