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Announcing the Fall 2016 Title Wave Selection

Title Wave is proud to introduce the Fall 2016 selection,
THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicola Yoon; On sale November 1st!

Once they met, the rest was history: In THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, to understand the characters and their love story, we must know everything around them and everything that came before them that has affected who they are and Continue reading →

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Behind the Book Covers with Penguin Young Readers’ Jason Henry

Jason Henry, Senior Designer, Dial Books for Young Readers, has more than fifteen years of experience designing books for young readers and is featured in our Behind the Book Covers series. Jason has won awards for his work from the Book Industry Guild of New York, as well as receiving a 2013 Sibert Honor picture book for ELECTRIC BEN: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin and a 2016 Newbery Honor book for ROLLER GIRL. Many of the Continue reading →

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On Sale This Week

On Sale This Week previews a selection of Penguin Random House fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young readers books being published each week. The choices are a mix of titles by both bestselling and emerging authors. We hope this serves as a useful reference for hot new reads hitting shelves everywhere. Continue reading →

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There’s a Book for That: Taxes

Taxes. The subject casts our thoughts to April, as we wait to find out if we will be getting a check or sending one. In election years, tax codes are on the front burner, as candidates lay out their plans to increase, decrease or otherwise change the status quo. Over the past few weeks, the attention paid to what candidates themselves pay has been at the top of the news Continue reading →

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Fall Fiction Preview, Part 2

As we continue to highlight new Fall books being released by Penguin Random House imprints, here is a selection of more upcoming fiction titles, by such authors as Brit Bennett,Clive Cussler, Fannie Flagg, Robert Harris,Jack Higgins, Felix Francis, Mark Greaney,P.D. James, W.E.B. Griffin, Ha Jin, Anne Rice, and Zadie Smith. Continue reading →

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Natural Treasures: DK’s Liz Wheeler and Aja Raden on GEM

This week’s Igloo Book Buzz, DK’s GEM, features a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Aja Raden. Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution, GEM is a stunning compendium of the world’s natural treasures—featuring a range of precious and semiprecious stones, metals, organic gems, and famous pieces from around the world—that weaves together specially commissioned photography to explain the science, history, and mythology around them. Continue reading →

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Inside SMALL GREAT THINGS with Author Jodi Picoult and Ballantine’s Jennifer Hershey

In this special Igloo interview, bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her editor, Jennifer Hershey, Senior Vice President, Editor in Chief, and Associate Publisher, Ballantine Books, take us inside the inspiration for and the process of writing and editing SMALL GREAT THINGS, a stunning new novel that Ballantine Books is publishing on Tuesday (10/11). With richly layered characters, unflinching insights, and a gripping moral dilemma at its heart, this book will lead Continue reading →

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Sarah Jessica Parker to Launch New Line of Fiction Books Named SJP for Hogarth

Award-winning television and film actress, producer, and designer Sarah Jessica Parker is launching a new line of books named SJP for Hogarth, to be housed within the Hogarth imprint, a transatlantic partnership between Penguin Random House’s Crown Publishing Group in the US and Chatto & Windus in the UK. Continue reading →

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#FridayReads: National Book Award Finalists!

The National Book Award Finalists for 2016 were announced on October 6th. Every year the National Book Foundation selects five finalists in four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. The award was begun in 1936, but soon was halted due to WWII. It was resumed in 1950 under a restructured organization as an annual event. Titles Continue reading →

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