During his keynote presentation at the Indie Press Caucus meeting at Winter Institute 2024 in Cincinnati, Hanif Abdurraqib critiqued the consolidation of the big houses and emphasized the importance of indie presses in the book publishing ecosystem. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
At the end of a tumultuous year for the American book trade, with shake-ups at a number of big houses and organisations, comes a pivotal race to the White House. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 19:53:36 UTC ]
The digital publishing and self-publishing platform, which was founded in Korea, has expanded in the U.S., and is preparing to launch a series of nine online graphic adaptations of young adult prose novels published by a variety of big houses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
While some attendees, especially booksellers, rejoiced at a more “intimate” BEA, this year's show, in the Windy City for the first time in 12 years, left others concerned about what’s lost when the event leaves its standing locale of New York City. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
“Always be closing,” the oft-quoted line from David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play Glengarry Glen Ross, could serve as the mantra at today’s big houses. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
There may be no greater indication of how things have changed in corporate publishing than the results of an informal PW search for sleeper hits of the year from major publishers. We annually round up sleepers from indie publishers for a late summer feature, but we have not made a regular habit... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]