Molly Stern announced Thursday that she is starting Zando, an independent publishing company that will team up with influencers and brands to promote books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-10-22 20:09:23 UTC ]
Molly Stern, the former publisher of Crown, is starting Zando, an independent publishing company with an unusual marketing strategy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-22 09:00:18 UTC ]
Hajar Press, a new independent publishing house run by and for people of colour, has revealed its first six authors, whose books will be published next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 06:43:19 UTC ]
A year ago today, the Washington Post reported details about a whistleblower complaint filed from someone in the US intelligence community, vague word of which had been swirling below the news cycle for days: Trump had made a “troubling” promise to a foreign leader. The Post’s story accelerated... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-18 12:26:23 UTC ]
Deep Vellum Books, Europa Editions, and Transit Books—three independent publishing houses best known for their fiction in translation—are upping their nonfiction game. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to highlight the massive and devastating inequality in the US, the work of socially progressive publishers is more important than ever. With the goal of supporting one another during the uncertainty of the pandemic, a group of left-wing independent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-30 16:27:42 UTC ]
Kindle sales increased "again in 2019 thanks to independent publishing, Unlimited subscriptions and Amazon Publishing", the company claims. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-24 00:23:43 UTC ]
To those familiar with Olga Tokarczuk’s work, it was not so much a matter of whether she would win the Nobel Prize, but when. For many years she has been Poland’s leading contemporary novelist, and her nine novels and three short-story collections have been translated worldwide. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-12-10 10:18:09 UTC ]
Yesterday, at 12:30am, Gordon Sondland—the US ambassador to the European Union who has emerged as a key character in the ongoing Trump/Ukraine scandal—received a voicemail from an administration official telling him not to appear at a House hearing scheduled for yesterday morning. Sondland duly... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2019-10-09 12:04:38 UTC ]
The founder and editor of literary magazine Strong Words on his appetite for tales of financial chicanery and why he won’t be returning to Jane AustenEd Needham is the editor of Strong Words, a magazine about books that he writes and edits on his own from his flat in Camden Town, a feat that has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-05 17:00:51 UTC ]
This month's Publishing Next program is set in Miramar, Goa, with participation from Big Five and independent publishing representatives. The post The Eighth ‘Publishing Next’ Conference Set for Southwestern India appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-04 05:30:04 UTC ]
Independent publishing and arts PR agency Midas PR has appointed Tory Lyne Pirkis as a director following 10 years at the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The president and CEO of Rowman & Littlefield, one of independent publishing’s most respected figures, looks back on four decades of publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The cofounder of the Utah-based indie house, who died on October 28, was a longtime champion of independent publishing, as well as the publishing scene west of the Mississippi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Clarissa Luard Award, a new £10,000 award for independent publishing, has been set up by Arts Council England to recognise the contribution that small publishers make to literature and to celebrate the "adventurousness, innovative spirit and creativity" of independent literary publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The elimination of the NEA, which is proposed in President Trump's just-released budget plan, could have a severe ripple effect on independent publishing, as hundreds of small presses depend on funding from the NEA to stay afloat. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s Kurt Wolff Prize has been awarded to Frankfurt-based Schöffling & Co. Verlag, honoring its 25-year tradition of independent publishing. The post Schöffling Verlag Wins Kurt Wolff Prize for Independent Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orna Ross, the director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), has won the best novel award at the inaugural Carousel-Aware Prize (CAP) for independent publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Membership of the Independent Publishers Guild has hit a "record high" of more than 600 companies which is "proof of the flourishing state of independent publishing in the UK at the moment," the organisation has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishing and bookstores that offering indie press books are lone bright spots in an otherwise depressed South Korean publishing landscape. The post Can Independent Publishers Rescue in South Korean Publishing? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]