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Gordon Lish: ‘Had I not revised Carver, would he be paid the attention given him? Baloney!’

Christian Lorentzen talks to the legendary editor in an extract from a forthcoming issue of the Paris ReviewIt’s the custom for editors to keep a low profile and to underplay any changes they may make to an author’s manuscript. Gordon Lish is a different animal. Not since Maxwell Perkins has an... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Redmayne: 'Publishers should beware of cyber attack threat'

HarperCollins UK c.eo Charlie Redmayne has urged publishers “living in a rose-tinted world” to beware the threat of cyber attacks which are “increasingly sophisticated and are happening all the time”. Closing the FutureBook Conference with his views on the changes taken place in the industry... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins scoops two at FutureBook Awards

HarperCollins scooped two prizes at The FutureBook Awards, held at the end of The FutureBook Conference (4th December), but there were also wins for Hachette, Penguin Random House, Faber and BookTech Company of the Year, Reedsy. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FutureBook: the view from other industries

What does publishing look like to those who have worked in other industries, asked FutureBook's panel session "Publishing Through A Looking Glass: A View from Outside"? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Ernest Hecht made an OBE

Ernest Hecht, founder of Souvenir Press, has received his OBE from HRH Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fanny Blake's Christmas gift guide

Author Fanny Blake gives some tips for buying books for your loved ones at Christmas. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Guadalajara Book Fair 2015: Self-Publishing On the Rise

Self-publishing is "exploding" in the Spanish language book market, and Penguin Random House is making the U.S. Hispanic market a priority. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Graduate Programs, 2015: Digital Is the New Normal

A drive to stay current and competitive keeps coursework at graduate publishing programs evolving. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Notables Of the Year: Joyce Meskis

This July, Joyce Meskis began a two-year process of turning over the reins of the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver to married industry veterans Len Vlahos and Kristen Gilligan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Partners with GumGum to Overlay Ads on Images

In-image advertising will arrive across the publisher's digital portfolio. The post Time Inc. Partners with GumGum to Overlay Ads on Images appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Notables Of the Year: Chris Jackson

It’s hard to point to an editor that has had a better run than Spiegel & Grau’s Chris Jackson. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors’ way

In the late 1990s the venerable book trade chronicler Ian Norrie wrote to The Bookseller’s then-editor Louis Baum to complain about the inclusion of an author in the magazine’s series of The Great and the Good. “Authors are not part of the book trade per se,” Norrie wrote. This week The... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Pan Mac buys Oprah Winfrey memoir

Pan Macmillan has acquired Oprah Winfrey’s memoir The Life You Want, a book that uses her own story as the source of inspirational advice. Non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at WME and will publish the memoir in January 2017,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Holiday books: Our 31 nonfiction picks

Entertainers share their secrets, scientists tell it like it is (and historians like it was), while Robert Reich and Bill O'Reilly dig in. Skip to: Entertainment | Current Affairs | History | Memoir/Bio | Science/Technology | Sports | Complete list Entertainment Unfaithful Music and Diasppearing... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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Vintage celebrates 25 years

Vintage celebrated its 25th birthday last night at the 20th Century Theatre in London in the company of its authors and agents, including Julian Barnes and Nigella Lawson. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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PW Notables Of the Year: Geoff Kloske

No publishing imprint had the kind of commercial and critical success in 2015 that Riverhead Books did. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Google-backed Lost My Name has sold 1m children's books in two years

British startup has shipped to 160 countries, based on its mantra of being ‘a technology company that happens to make physical books’British startup Lost My Name has sold more than 1m of its personalised picture books for children since launching its first title two years ago.The company’s The... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber boss says future of book publishing is mobile

Stephen Page also says publishers must ‘understand mobile’ and put smartphone communication at the centre of thinkingThe chief executive of publisher Faber & Faber has challenged the book publishing industry to respond to the rapid increase in smartphone use, particularly by young... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, November 29, 2015

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended November 29, 2015. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At last, a book that tells you exactly where to stick your apostrophe

Simon Griffin’s irreverant pocket-sized guide to a tricky piece of punctuation is the perfect stocking fillerWhen the Guardian style guide went on sale to the public for the first time in 2004, my co-author Nikki Marshall and I wanted to call it No ****ing Asterisks, inspired by the brilliant... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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