In a sector that has struggled elsewhere, figures for 60 of the smallest players in the UK industry show sales up 79% in the last yearIndependent publishers have unleashed a boom in sales, according to new research. Latest figures from Inpress, which works with 60 of the smallest players in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cofounder of the Utah-based indie house, who died on October 28, was a longtime champion of independent publishing, as well as the publishing scene west of the Mississippi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Through a unique donation program, Melville House plans to provide every U.S. Congress member a copy of its book 'A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Promoting diversity and representing women on their own terms, female-led, DIY zines are on the rise in the UK. Here, the industry’s rising stars reveal how they’re reshaping the genre on their own termsThe British media has a diversity problem. Research at City University last year found the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
I’ve attended BookExpo (formerly BEA) ten to twelve times since I started working in book publishing in 2000. I always go Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2017-06-04 15:22:33 UTC ]
Thanks to digital initiatives and a strong list of titles, 50-year-old UK book publisher Kogan Page is growing its business, despite more competition. The post An Indie Publisher at 50: Kogan Page’s International Language of Business appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Clarissa Luard Award, a new £10,000 award for independent publishing, has been set up by Arts Council England to recognise the contribution that small publishers make to literature and to celebrate the "adventurousness, innovative spirit and creativity" of independent literary publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mainstream publishing, despite its heavily female workforce, has serious gender pay gap issues—but at independent houses, it's a woman's woman's woman's world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost half the companies on our annual ranking of fast-growing independent publishers posted triple-digit gains between 2014 and 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers have been “spurred on” to continue producing works that give a voice to silenced nations following President Trump's controversial "travel ban". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital advertising ecosystem comprises an unlevel playing field vastly favoring the duopoly of Google and Facebook. Controlling 85% of media spend and 80% of referral traffic to independent publishers, this duopoly sets the rules and uses undue influence. Publishers and marketers alike... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dan Simon of Seven Stories Press and Tom Hallock of Beacon Press are leading the effort to form an advocacy organization to support and promote independent presses in a rapidly changing industry, Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the latest installment of our anonymous Confessions series, we talk to a digital exec worries about surviving in a landscape dominated by Google, Facebook and big-name publishers. Not only are they gobbling up most of the ad pie, but they're setting the rules for publishers that favor the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Small and independent houses share the books they enjoyed and envied this yearThe annual Guardian “hits and misses” feature, canvassing publishers about their high points and regrets of the year, always makes me wonder about what my friends and allies in the small-press world think about their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s Kurt Wolff Prize has been awarded to Frankfurt-based Schöffling & Co. Verlag, honoring its 25-year tradition of independent publishing. The post Schöffling Verlag Wins Kurt Wolff Prize for Independent Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers from across the world are to come together at Frankfurt Book Fair to celebrate the "diversity and vibrancy" of the international independent publishing scene. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK’s independent publishing sector is growing and “thriving”, a second annual independent publishing report has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
When readers are wooed by 'global entertainment,' an independent press like Saraband, home to a Man Booker longlisted novel, can use 'a little bit more traction.' The post Saraband’s Sara Hunt: A View From the ‘Small Independent Publishing World’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
While Spain's market may never recoup the 40% of sales lost in the recession, Blanca Rosa Roca counts herself a survivor in a recession-ravaged marketplace. The post Blanca Rosa Roca: An Independent Publisher in Spain’s Recovery appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zhejiang University Press has events at BIBF this week, as Japan's Toto Serkan looks at Japan's mobile gaming market, and Scotland's Society of Young Publishers weighs the industry's interest in new skills. The post International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]