#randomhouse

[margueritesauvage]

Unpublished cover I did a few years ago for Random House for the Illuminae series, that was a very precious partnership and I loved working on such a graphical background!

[doodlesink]

Joy by Danielle Steel -- A Book Review

Happy Wednesday!  Joy is the latest novel by Danielle Steel.  Pop by to read my honest review of this contemporary novel.  Happy Reading!

https://bibliophileandavidreader.blogspot.com/2024/08/joy-by-danielle-steel.html

[elliotwashington]

Alphos/アルフォス for Toshiba Pasopia-7 made in 1983 by Enix, Namco.Ltd, Random House, Kazurou Morita, Y. Manabe, G. Yamashita, H. Hirata, M. Mori, and T. Horinaka

[spacerangerprince]

I merchandised and featured The Super Mario Bros. Movie toys, board games, books, and apparel on the front endcap. 🎮

📸: TAKEN: MAY 31, 2023

📌: POST: FEBRUARY 29, 2024

#toysruscanada #sherway #nintendo #jakkspacific #hasbro #hasbrogaming #randomhouse #ntdapparel #thesupermariobrosmovie #actionfigures #collectibles #clothing #boysworld #endcap #merchandising

[stochastique-blog]

Love is all

#tbt #RandomHouse :: “#NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation” #COLORING & ACTIVITY BOOK .. pg.26, #DragonLord (( #1998 )) ..illustrator unknown 🖍🐲#TMNT #DragonSkull #TheRank https://www.instagram.com/p/CU6c69uMLfl/?utm_medium=tumblr

[philphanciesdan]

TIT day tomorrow and i’m just reflecting on the fact that ten years ago i used to sniff my copy of tabinof every night before bed and now im transgender and in grad school studying gay plants 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 miracles really do happen

[the-book-ferret]

An uplifting story that offers a reassuring message about finding the courage to take a small risk—and the sweet reward that may follow. Sometimes you want to eat a juicy red plum at the top of a tree, but it seems so hard. What if you start the climb and a strong wind blows and the tree shakes? What if it rains and you slip and FALL? But those  sweet-smelling, juicy, ripe purple plums up there look so tasty, and best of all, Mama is waiting for you with words of encouragement. . . . This tender picture book by New York Times bestselling author Randall de Sève, with illustrations by Kate Gardiner, is an empowering reminder that to fall and get back up again is the bravest, and sometimes most delicious, step of all. Thank you to @randomhousekids for sending me a copy of the book.

[debutart]

Debut Art is pleased to announce that we are now representing artist Liam Eisenberg!

Liam Eisenberg is an illustrator based in New York. His work relies on bold outlines and graphic colors to communicate narrative and conceptual ideas. He is a graduate of Montclair State University (BFA Illustration & Animation) and School of Visual Arts (MFA Illustration). In addition to freelancing, he teaches illustration at St. John’s University in Queens, NY.

One of Liam’s main strengths is his figurative work. He depicts people in relatable and surreal situations. Liam has an ability to tackle a wide range of topics, taking complex subjects and communicating them in simple ways. His work relies on strong linework and bold colors.

Artistic Influences: Al Hirschfeld, Akira Toriyama, Patrick Caulfield, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, James McMullan, David Hockney.

Partial Client List: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Penguin Random House, Apple Store Williamsburg, The New York Times, The New Yorker, American Eagle, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR The Wall Street Journal, Medium, Politico, NBC, Weight Watchers, Complex, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, WNYC, The Nation, Buzzfeed, Insider, Men’s Health, Dream Clients, Nike, Adidas, Apple, TD Five, Boro Bike Tour, Pentagram, Vans, MOMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Uniqlo, Lacoste, Hermes, Book Covers, Packaging, Advertising, Murals.

Awards:

American Illustration 42 Archive Winner - 2023 Society of Illustrators 65 Jury Selected - 2022 Society of Illustrators West 60 - 2022 3x3 Illustration Annual Merit Winner - 2022 American Illustration 40 Archive Winner - 2021 American Illustration 39 Archive Winner - 2020 World Illustration Awards Short List Artist - 2020

You can see more of Liam's work here.

[arcimboldisworld]

Richard Powers - Das grosse Spiel.

Richard Powers - Das grosse Spiel. #ozeane #roman #literatur #usa #südsee #penguinrandomhouse #lesejahr2024 #buchempfehlung #lesen #book

Der neue Roman “Das grosse Spiel” des amerikanischen Autors Richard Powers ist ein grossartiges, vielschichtiges Werk: voller Leidenschaft für das Thema – in diesem Fall die Tiefen der Ozeane unseres Planeten. Es ist über weite Strecken ein sehr poetischer, wunderschöner Text, er erzählt von Freundschaften und Visionen, von Technik-Gläubigkeit, übt aber auch berechtigte Kolonialismus- und vor…

[vampirefucking]

went to my local book fair earlier and got these two gems :)

[xcziel]

irked that for some reason i can no longer purchase an epub version of robin mckinley's the blue sword

i have the physical book i just didn't want to dig it out bc it's fragile now - it's been read to pieces

it's not even available via our digital library they only have the audiobook for some reason? but they have the prequel *shrug*

i had to dig it up on hoopla so weird

[thesuperheroesnetwork]

The early reviews for Sex Lives of Superheroes are in and they're swell!

If you want a book that lets you laugh and learn about sex and superheroes, this is the book for you! Available for pre-order pretty much everywhere.

Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Penguin Randomhouse | MORE!

[fanhackers]

Fandom/Activism

I interrupt my dive into Abigail DeKosnik’s work to note that as the United States moves deeper into its (apparently endless) election season, we’re seeing a lot of fandom-as-activism starting to emerge, as well as activism-as-fandom. De Kosnik herself was one of the early writers on fandom/activism, writing “Participatory democracy and Hillary Clinton's marginalized fandom” for the very first issue of Transformative Works and Cultures in 2008; more recently, Aja Romano wrote about how Donald Trump’s followers can be seen to be acting like a fandom for Vox: “If you want to understand modern politics, you have to understand modern fandom.” 

TWC hosted an entire guest issue on Transformative Works and Fan Activism, edited by Henry Jenkins and Sangita Shresthova; Jenkins and Shresthova also collaborated on By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism (NYU, 2016) which collects essays on fan activism. Other essays on fandom/activism have been published by TWC with Alex Xanthoudakis’s Mobilizing minions: Fan activism efficacy of Misha Collins fans in "Supernatural" fandom (2020) and  Hannah Carilyn Gunderman’s Fan geographies and engagement between geopolitics of Brexit, Donald Trump, and Doctor Who on social media (2020) being recent examples. Meanwhile, Tanya Cook and Kayle Joseph are the authors of Fandom Acts of Kindness: A Heroic Guide to Activism, Advocacy, and Doing Chaotic Good (Penguin Randomhouse 2023), a guide on how to use fandom and fannish strategies to make a difference. 

Some examples of fandom/activism emerging this U.S. election season include Heroes 4 Harris: Kamala-Con  which is scheduled to happen online today, Sunday September 8, 2024, 1pm PT / 4pm ET: this is billed as “a Comic-Con for Kamala” and “the largest fandom led gathering in support of a presidential candidate in American history.” It will feature: “actors, writers, directors, and super fans of Hollywood's most inspiring heroic fandoms” and promises not just inspiration from some of our favorite stars (Mark Ruffalo, Sean Astin, Rosario Dawson and others - not to mention Henry Jenkins himself) but also breakout groups and training in “fan mobilization.”  

Meanwhile, Lynda Carter (always a Wonder Woman!) is also trying to get out the fan vote for Harris with her group Geeks & Nerds for Harris Walz (@GeekOutTheVote); this is also billed as “a fan activist campaign” and they are planning special online events, the first of which will be an online call on September 24, 2024.  As they describe on their website: “Fandom has never just been about media consumption. Fans are artists, creators, and digital ambassadors. When we share what we love, it radiates around the world. And to paraphrase the Vice President, it’s how we show them who we are. By connecting battle-tested campaign canvassing strategies to the heritage and practices of fan communities, we can encourage fans to get out the vote in key battleground states.”

Donald Trump, aside from being his own fandom with himself as fan in chief, also seems to have had some self-identified fandoms collectively organizing for him over the years - these include Fans of Kanye West, Fans of Race Car Driving, and, strange but true, Fans of the 1980s, who apparently believe that Donald Trump would also be a fan of 80s horror movies, Scritti Politti, and  the soundtrack to Pretty in Pink. (I’m not making that up; it’s on their Twitter.) That said, Mel Stanfill’s newest book Fandom is Ugly (2024) argues that, despite its popular reputation, media fandom is not essentially progressive; that in fact, “reactionary politics and media fandoms go hand in hand.” Stanfill’s book looks at the ways in which fans have organized in conservative, reactionary, or even hateful ways, from Gamergate to the collective abuse and harassment of actors in the latest Star Wars franchise. 

The discipline of fandom studies is now being used to study all different kinds of affiliations and advocacy movements, not just those based around film, tv, sports, or music. Fan studies is now applied to political and social movements. Jenkins is still a powerful voice on the relationship between fan studies and participatory democracy (whether progressive or reactionary): read this 2024 interview with him published in Communication and the Public: “The path from participatory culture to participatory politics: A critical investigation—An interview with Henry Jenkins.”  As Jenkins notes:

Part of the ethos of fandom is to ask questions—from nitpicking to imagining other outcomes, different trajectories for character arcs, and other worlds where the story might occur, all of which is expressed through fan works. I would say that fans are often more critical than the general audience in asking these questions, which makes them somewhat different from many partisans and activists I might know who rarely question their beliefs and ideological commitments. And fans are more tolerant—as an aggregate—of different interpretations than partisans are of different ideological stances. So, you could do worse in grounding a democracy than engaging with fans.

[skarsjoy]

It’s finally here! The audiobook for “In the Distance” by Hernan Diaz (and narrated by Alexander Skarsgård) was released today by publisher @penguinrandomhouse. I’ve been posting about this in my IG stories since December 10th and shared a couple free samples of it from Spotify and AudioBooksNow. The narration is in English and takes 624 minutes to complete.

Description from his website: A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing west. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Díaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness.

📸 The photo of Alex is by @christinefoto from Stockholm in 2022 for his @Thenorthmanfilm press tour. (Thanks for the idea, @kazzamological.) The remaining images are from the Penguin Randomhouse website.

[margueritesauvage]

Unpublished cover work for #RandomHouse #youngadult novels I did years ago ✨.