Nonfiction Book News Page: 3
This is page 3 of the nonfiction book news archives.
Ebook customers will see a credit in their Amazon, BN, Apple or Kobo accounts today. The credit is Apple's portion of the settlement in the ebook price fixing case. (2016-06-21)
Lindsey Vonn will publisher her first book with Dey Street Books. Strong is the New Beautiful arrives in October 2016 (2016-05-24)
A tell-all book by an anonymous congressman has been climibng the bestseller list on Amazon (2016-05-15)
Comedian Kevin Hart is writing a memoir for Simon and Schuster. From the Hart will be released on Father's Day, 2017 (2016-03-23)
Paul Beatty won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel The Sellout, a tragicomic look at race relations in America today. (2016-03-20)
A newly discovered manuscript about the causes of superstition will be auctioned off in Chicago. H.P. Lovecraft ghost wrote the manuscript for Harry Houdini. (2016-03-18)
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is writing a book about hockey that will be released for the 99th anniversary of the NHL. (2016-03-07)
Mariah Carey's ex-husband Tommy Mottola is being sued by Hachette for taking advance money and failing to turn in his book manuscript. (2016-02-26)
President Obama has nominated Dr. Carla Hayden to be the next Librarian of Congress. She must be confirmed by the Senate. (2016-02-25)
Bruce Springsteen has finished writing his autobiography. Born to Run is being published by Simon and Schuster, and will hit bookstores in September, 2016. (2016-02-13)
The missing Hong Kong booksellers have been found. Mainland China has imprisoned them for selling books critical of the Chinese officials. (2016-02-06)
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has reportedly landed a $10 million dollar book deal with HarperCollins. (2016-02-05)
Scholastic pulls the plug on the picture book A Birthday Cake for George Washington after a tsunami of criticism for its portrayal of happy slaves. (2016-01-18)
Greta Van Susteren inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster to write a social media guide. (2015-12-07)
Oprah Winfrey will publish her memoir in January, 2017. She will also launch a new book imprint in conjunction with MacMillan. (2015-12-03)
Loyola Press will publish Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World in March, 2016. (2015-11-24)
Poet and artist Ashraf Fayad has been sentenced to death by Saudi Arabian court on the grounds his poetry promotes atheism and spreads destructive thoughts. (2015-11-24)
Canadian author Harriet Alida Lye describes customers being sheltered during Paris terrorist attacks by the famous Shakespeare and Co. bookstore. (2015-11-16)
Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, has been added as a co-author to her diary in a bid to extend the European copyright. Without the addition, the copyright ends in January, 2016. (2015-11-16)
Gwyneth Paltrow is going into the book publishing business. She is partnering with Grand Central Publishing to create a new imprint called Goop Press. (2015-11-11)
