Guest of Honor Slovenia kicks off its professional program at the Frankfurt Book Fair with a presentation of Ljubjana Reading Manifesto. The post Frankfurt: Ljubljana Reading Manifesto Rallies Book Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-18 15:10:08 UTC ]
It’s been a busy year for the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which is rolling out a series of new programs designed to diversify the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge in Texas is hearing oral arguments on a high stakes motion filed by a coalition of booksellers and book industry advocates to block the state’s controversial new book rating law from taking effect on September 1. Attorneys for the state of Texas are asking the court to dismiss... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
This exchange program, coordinated by the Börsenverein, brings together organizations in Germany and Ukraine to promote the book industry. The post Germany Funds Book Industry Exchange With Ukraine at €900,000 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-26 14:24:20 UTC ]
Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced BincTank, a new business incubator offering mentorship and support for booksellers looking to open stores serving historically underrepresented or marginalized communities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation has announced BincTank, a new business incubator offering mentorship and support for BIPOC booksellers. The program will run for three years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
The AAP StatShot figures for March 2023 arrive with trade revenues up 0.2 percent for the month of March, 1.1 percent year-to-date. The post March StatShot: US Book Industry Up 3.2 Percent Year-to-Date appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-09 16:06:34 UTC ]
In two decades of leadership at the publishing house, he helped remold a clubby book industry into a diversified and highly profitable corporate enterprise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-06-08 21:08:45 UTC ]
Some in the book industry have already begun exploring automation of its pitches to readers. We took this functionality for a test drive“Blurb writing is a mini art form,” Iris Murdoch once wrote in a letter to former Penguin blurb writer Elizabeth Buchan. And like many other art forms,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-05-16 09:00:05 UTC ]
Publishers Group West sales rep Ty Wilson says he’s been in the book industry since the “Rolodex cards and clipboards era.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Reimagining Bookstores, facilitated by Kepler’s Praveen Madan, aims to revamp book industry hierarchies. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Book Group sales rep Julie Isgrigg took what she calls a “nontraditionalist path” through the book industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
The first monthly StatShot report from the Association of American Publishers in 2023 shows trade revenues up 3.1 percent in January. The post AAP StatShot: US Book Industry Gains 3.5 Percent in January appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-03-21 18:18:29 UTC ]
The Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Services recognizes book publishing professionals whose "tireless and persistent" work has made a positive impact on the book publishing industry. Milliot is recognized for his "decades-long commitment to reporting on the book industry." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Australia has a history of removing controversial elements from children’s texts, but the question of whether they should be edited is not easy to answerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe news this week that some works of bestselling children’s author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-02-25 23:00:04 UTC ]
Authors, booksellers, publishers, distributors, and others with ties to the book industry are invited to nominate their favorite bookstores and sales representatives for PW's annual Bookstore and Sales Rep of the Year Awards. Deadline for submissions is March 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher Phyllis Fogelman, a champion of books by Black authors and illustrators and mentor to many in the children’s book industry, died on December 18 at age 89. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
In the final PW issue of our first year, 1872, we ran an obituary of George Palmer Putnam, a U.S. book industry legend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Looking for the best books like BOOK LOVERS by Emily Henry? Here are some of the best enemies-to-lovers, book industry romances, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-10-03 10:37:00 UTC ]
Many in Germany's book industry are protesting a planned removal from the federal budget of a reading-focused day-care program. The post Children’s Books Edition: Germany’s ‘Language Day-Care’ Debate appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-08-26 19:29:07 UTC ]