Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with itThe novelist Ewan Morrison was alarmed, though amused, to discover he had written a book called Nine Inches Pleases a Lady. Intrigued by the limits of generative artificial intelligence (AI), he had... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-06-03 04:00:21 UTC ]
Employees of the Brooklyn bookstore and literary hub have won voluntary union recognition from management and will begin contract negotiations in the coming weeks, joining the growing number of booksellers organized under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
A supermajority of staff at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction have filed with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and requested recognition from the nonprofit bookseller. A growing number of New York City bookstore employees have joined the RWDSU in recent years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
A growing number of small independent Christian publishers and authors see awards and spirited, creative self-promotion pay off in sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
Report commissioned by HarperCollins shows that uptake in YA fiction in older readers is due to behavioural changes described as ‘emerging adulthood’ or delaying ‘adult’ lifeYoung adult fiction such as The Hunger Games, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and the Heartstopper graphic novels might be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-04-30 11:59:14 UTC ]
Independent publisher The Midst launched on its new website Tuesday, after more than four years of chronicling perimenopause and the modern midlife experience as a personal blog called Jumble and Flow. The publisher is one of a growing number of media companies to plant... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2024-01-23 13:42:51 UTC ]
Supported by the Association of American Publishers and others, the new nonprofit aims to “certify fair training data use” in Generative AI, and comes amid a growing number of lawsuits filed against AI companies over alleged copyright infringement. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
A growing number of video stars are using their online clout to break into the publishing world. And they’re changing the shape of the American cookbook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-09-18 09:01:07 UTC ]
Challenges publishers face in generating discovery for their titles helped Open Road Integrated Media attract a growing number of companies to its various services in 2022, Open Road CEO David Steinberger wrote in a letter to company employees this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
The newsletter platform has poached big names including Salman Rushdie along with a slew of comic book authors from DC and MarvelThe subscription newsletter platform Substack announced on Wednesday it had signed an exclusive deal with Salman Rushdie – but he is just the latest in a growing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-09-03 08:00:22 UTC ]
A growing number of publishers and prominent authors have added their voices of support for Booker Prize-shortlisted author Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was arrested in Harare in July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 09:46:55 UTC ]
From New York City to Buffalo, booksellers said customers were undeterred thus far by the news that a growing number of New Yorkers had contracted the new coronavirus. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
L.A. County is home to more than 30 library systems, with a growing number of patrons signing up for multiple cards to borrow digital books. But Macmillan Publishers is tightening the rules. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-12-09 13:00:55 UTC ]
Pittsburgh, a city known for its three rivers, has been gaining recognition for its growing number of independent bookstores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Three new books on Celtic spirituality publishing this fall are being aimed at a growing number of non-religious readers who are interested in alternative faiths. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
While most publishers at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas this week are there as attendees, a growing number of houses are participating as exhibitors as well. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the allegations of harassment against Junot Díaz, most booksellers have opted to continuing selling his books, while acknowledging they are troubled by the growing number of authors who have been accused of sexual misconduct. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amid a growing number of allegations of sexual misconduct, Sherman Alexie has declined the 2018 ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and asked Hachette Book Group to postpone release of the paperback edition of the book. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the VOA: Amid tough economic times in South Africa, consumers are supporting a growing number of used book stores, avoiding new-book prices. The post In an Economic Crunch, South African Readers Turn to Used Book Stores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Once upon a time, many publishers wanted to establish authority on every topic, and cover everything they possibly could. Today, a growing number of them still want to cover everything, but now they're trying to build standalone brands around each interest or topic. Case in point: The Scope, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]