In his debut, 'Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s a Lie: A Memoir in Essays' (Heyday, Oct.), Steve Wasserman collects 30 of his essays, spanning 45 years in journalism and publishing. We asked him for his takes on today’s book biz. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
PW’s outgoing editorial director reflects on how tech and consolidation have reshaped the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Book fairs in the U.S. evolve alongside the industry, and while some have declined in the digital age, others have thrived through embracing regionality and technology, writes ‘PW’ Midwest correspondent Claire Kirch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Shortages of truck drivers and trailers, congestion at ports, and escalating transportation costs have put more pressure on the supply chain than any time in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
More than 200 people registered for the virtual PubWest conference, which concluded yesterday with a panel on the state of the industry with publishers from Drawn & Quarterly, Microcosm Publishing, and Soho Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
Economic uncertainty limited merger and acquisition activity in the book business last year, but there were still a number of significant transactions, including Penguin Random House's planned purchase of Simon & Schuster Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
The combination of the pandemic and demands for social justice led to widespread changes in publishing in 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-31 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bill Kasdorf wants to thank the tech industry for helping publishing get through the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced every part of the book industry to make adjustments. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Dial has proven a venerable example of survival among the fickleness of the book biz. Now, under editorial director Whitney Frick, the press is entering a new stage of life nearly a century after it was founded. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
An editor at a Beijing-based publisher describes the Chinese book business in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
A journalist recounts her conversations with the legendary literary figure on her time working in the book biz. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
The AAP, working with the United Negro College Fund, is offering paid summer internships in the book industry to African American students at Historical Black Colleges and Universities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of publishing professionals from Riverhead, Graywolf, the National Book Foundation, and Coffee House Press, talked to AWP attendees about the promises and pitfalls of pursuing a career in publishing in a panel sponsored by PW. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]