Publisher of the Monthly and the Saturday Paper says he will no longer be involved in day-to-day operationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails,free app or daily news podcastMorry Schwartz has given up his leading role at the company he... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-11 06:44:11 UTC ]
Portland, Ore.–based independent publisher Tin House Books announced that publisher Craig Popelars has stepped down. Editorial director Masie Cochran has been appointed interim publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Principal Foundation and the Center for Fiction are teaming up with French independent publisher Short Édition on a short story contest meant to entice readers to consider the almighty dollar through “the universal art form of storytelling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
London's 13-year-old HopeRoad Publishing, focused on Caribbean, African, and Asian work, announces it's having cash-flow struggles. The post British Independent Publisher HopeRoad Opens Fundraising Appeal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-28 17:14:45 UTC ]
An April report by the UK-based publishing site, The Bookseller, showed that more than half of the debut authors they surveyed said the experience of publishing a book adversely affected their mental health. Further reporting from The Guardian reveals that (some) publishers have quickly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-19 19:03:31 UTC ]
After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral careAuthor and publisher welfare has been a hot topic in the books industry of late. Publishing houses, trade... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-18 15:13:43 UTC ]
The romance and women’s fiction specialist, with a 250-book backlist, was purchased for and undisclosed sum by the largest independent publisher of e-books in the U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Washington state–based independent publisher has assembled a celebratory poetry anthology, ‘A House Called Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Poetry,’ that reintroduces milestone works by the press's many beloved poets. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
A Chicago-based independent publisher has responded to the recent attack on Black History by offering free books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-02-08 16:46:55 UTC ]
“Words and Bullets” is a project launched by the Ukrainian independent publisher Chytomo and PEN Ukraine with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). It is a series of interviews with authors and journalists who became soldiers or volunteers following the Russian invasion of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-07 09:53:45 UTC ]
Kensington Publishing has acquired Erewhon Books, an independent publisher dedicated to literary speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, for an undisclosed price. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The non-profit, independent publisher Sandorf Passage launched in late 2020 with a focus on publishing works in translation from Eastern European authors and sociopolitical and wartime books in particular. We spoke with Buzz Poole, the publisher, about how the press is developing and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has acquired Maine independent publisher Cider Mill Press. Cider Mill will become part of the HarperCollins Focus group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jefferson Hack, who co-founded the influential 90s journal, has empowered raft of new designers, says industry“I don’t think there’s been a tougher time in fashion since I’ve been doing this,” says the tastemaker and independent publisher Jefferson Hack, who co-founded Dazed & Confused... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-07-16 17:05:13 UTC ]
Dzanc Books—a nonprofit independent publisher based in Ann Arbor, Michigan—was once described by one of its authors as publishing the “books that don’t want to be movies.” In addition to pursuing this mission with an eclectic mix of publications—including those by Roy Kesey, Laura van den Berg,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-05-27 08:50:00 UTC ]
Radical independent publisher PM Press has bought a 17,000-square-foot warehouse in Binghamton, N.Y., and no longer calls Oakland, CA, its home base. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Capitalism and Slavery, by the future first prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago Eric Williams, argues that the abolition of slavery was motivated by economic, not moral, concernsA book of unpalatable truths about Britain’s slave trade has become a UK bestseller, almost 80 years after author... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-02 13:59:03 UTC ]
Swift Press has acquired Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me after its author and original publisher Picador ‘parted company’ last month following widespread criticism of the bookAn independent publisher, Swift Press, has acquired Kate Clanchy’s Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-01 10:50:18 UTC ]
Independent publisher Galley Beggar has paid tribute to author Uschi Gatward, who has died following a battle with cancer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-05 01:03:10 UTC ]
Jane Beagley has been appointed production manager at independent publisher Vertebrate Publishing in a new role. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 07:32:04 UTC ]