People on BookTok â the book nerds of TikTok â are slamming publishers for re-releasing Maguireâs 1995 novel with a cover image using the movie poster with Grande and Erivo, who play Glinda and Elphaba, respectively.
Kiss of the Basilisk was originally self-published in instalments on Straubeâs website, and then uploaded in its entirety to Amazon, where it became an overnight sensation and Kindle Unlimited bestseller.
The judges also noted that the book faced with an Election Day clash ahead of publication, so "pivoted to a Vote Miriam activation that beautifully brought her personality to the fore, underpinned by smart execution of digital ads".
CIAM, which bills itself as an independent alternative investment manager, wants to postpone the shareholder meeting until the courts have ruled on the validity of the carve-up and an obligation for the billionaire Vincent Bolloré to make a full takeover bid for Vivendi.
In this week's issue: University Presses: Interview with Oxford Languages president Casper Grathwohl leads our 2024 focus Author Profile: Garrett Carr talks his adult fiction début, The Boy from the Sea New Titles: Paperback Previews: February 2025 Bestsellers:Orbital shoots straight to the top of the charts after Booker win
In this week's issue: University Presses: Interview with Oxford Languages president Casper Grathwohl leads our 2024 focus Author Profile: Garrett Carr talks his adult fiction début, The Boy from the Sea New Titles: Paperback Previews: February 2025 Bestsellers:Orbital shoots straight to the top of the charts after Booker win
He was previously group sales and marketing director at HarperCollins, held board positions at Waterstones and HMV, was chair of New Writing North and a trustee of BookTrust, as well as being a published author.
She will take up the role in the new year, based at Hachette UKâs headquarters in Carmelite House, and will report to Maura Wilding, group communications director.
It includes abookmark raffle, with entrantswinning a signed book and an original bookmarkhand-drawn by this yearâsauthors, whichinclude Stephen Fry, Kate Mosse, Tracy Chevalier and 26 others.
Nov 04 2024: After a favorable legal ruling in August, freedom to read advocates in Alaska have scored a significant victory in court over would-be book banners.
Oct 21 2024: Anti-censorship advocates have joined book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlersâ colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction.
The Timesâ Patrick Kidd noted that Smith âputs up a diligent attempt to correct the record, and no one can deny after reading it that the life of a woman in ancient Rome, even a very wealthy and well-connected one, was based on control by men and was often very dangerousâ.
