Publishers have responded to the Black Writers’ Guild’s open letter, welcoming their suggestions and agreeing they have work to do Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-16 13:02:41 UTC ]
The protest movement sweeping the world since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has forced an international soul searching to understand the pervasive racial inequalities that haunt most sectors of our society. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 17:05:27 UTC ]
The staff and board of the Poetry Foundation said in an open letter that they are committed to "ongoing action in response to the call to dismantle white supremacy." The pledge came after an open letter highly critical of the Foundation's past treatment of marginalized was released and led to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Black Writers' Guild has issued an open letter, signed by writers including Dorothy Koomson, Malorie Blackman, Candice Carty-Williams, David Olusoga and Bernardine Evaristo, telling British publishers it is "deeply concerned" they are "raising awareness of racial inequality without... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 19:50:25 UTC ]
I have to start by admitting that when I began writing this letter last week, I was boiling mad and ready to take everyone on. Now, in its tenth or twentieth draft (I don’t know which) I’m still boiling mad, but most of your gaslighting social media posts that sent me over the edge have gone, so... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 12:34:21 UTC ]
Author Dorothy Koomson has written an open letter to the publishing industry, in which she describes it as a “hostile environment for Black authors”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 06:37:48 UTC ]
An open letter to the Poetry Foundation signed by more than 1,800 individuals issued in response to the organization's recent statement on the killing of George Floyd and other current events calls for significant change at the organization, including the resignations of its president and board... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Interviews Veronica Esposito Emma Ramadan is a literary translator based in Providence, Rhode Island, where she is the co-owner of Riffraff, a bookstore and bar. She is the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship, a PEN/Heim grant, and a Fulbright... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-05-18 18:20:27 UTC ]
PubWest has published an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asking him to support independent publishers by placing a moratorium on certain fees and by making books more of a priority for shipping as soon as possible. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Over 200 publishers and publishing imprints in Italy’s Publishers Association (the Associazione Italiana Editori or AIE) have signed an open letter to the country’s government, asking it to delay the implementation of controversial new rules on book discounting, and citing the coronavirus... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 20:35:16 UTC ]
Scores of authors including Neil Gaiman, Ali Sparkes, Pauline Rowson and Philip Hoare have signed an open letter to Hampshire County Council calling for it to ditch its "shameful" proposal to close 10 libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-01-10 13:57:46 UTC ]
In an open letter sent today (Tuesday 17th December) to research funder consortium cOAlition S, Springer Nature has urged the coalition to make amendments to its proposed framework on transformative journals, currently out for consultation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 23:07:57 UTC ]
In an open letter to librarians published this week, Macmillan CEO John Sargent struck a somewhat conciliatory note over the issue of embargoing e-books to libraries, but his message remains unchanged: library lending of e-books pose a problem. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Boris Johnson has been urged to support a second EU referendum rather than a no-deal Brexit in order to support the UK's creative industries and protect the sector's public investment, just hours after he was elected leader of the Conservative Party. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 11:05:44 UTC ]
Almost 90 UK authors including Robert Harris, Neil Gaiman, John le Carré and Philip Pullman, have condemned Brexit in an open letter urging people to vote in tomorrow's European Parliament elections. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:21:59 UTC ]
What’s the state of the U.S. market for literature in translation? Ahead of the 2019 London Book Fair, PW caught up with Open Letter and Three Percent founder Chad Post to get a glimpse at where things stand. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In light of the Reflecting Realities report, Katrina Gutierrez explains how the industry can better support small presses working to increase representation in children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Naming issues on which 'we are in almost complete alignment,' the UK's author-advocacy organization and revenue collection agency lay out talking points to the Publishers Association in an open letter. It's a new call 'to give everyone a bigger share of the pie." The post How Much Do Writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital media company founded in 2012 will now be part of a publicly traded Japanese firm. Atlantic Media has agreed to sell its business-and-tech news outlet Quartz to publicly traded Japanese firm Uzabase, in a deal worth between $75 million and $110 million. The deal is set to close... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors' Nicola Solomon and The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society's Owen Atkinson pen a letter to the PA's Stephen Lotinga on author earnings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]