As a recipient of the Arts Connects Us Grant I travelled to Ghana and Sierra Leone to meet with writers and publishing professionals working in the field of books for young readers to foster creative and collaborative exchanges between those contacts and publishing professionals and readers in... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-03-19 11:10:28 UTC ]
You started writing early in your high school days, what were you writing about most back then?I think it is exaggerating to say I started writing at high school. I was already writing, but it was mainly journaling, which was not for public consumption. There was a poem (about a tree in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-03-15 11:15:36 UTC ]
The professor and author discusses his research into the publishing industry’s recent attempts to improve diversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunny Singh reflects on how far the Jhalak Prize and the publishing industry have come since the award was founded, and how far there is to go. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five years after a report into the trade that induced many measures to change the publishing industry, a new text will assess the current state of play. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The giants of the scientific publishing industry have made huge profits for decades. Now they are under threatScientific publishing has long been a licence to print money. Scientists need journals in which to publish their research, so they will supply the articles without monetary reward. Other... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The leading provider of publishing services celebrates 50 years of delivering excellence to the publishing industry. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new digital platform and newsletter called The FLIP (Female Leadership in Publishing), launched by three Transworld colleagues to showcase "brilliant, inspiring, courageous and creative" women who work in the publishing industry, has been "inundated" with support, collecting hundreds of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry does not look like it is headed for a big finish to 2018. In the week ended Dec. 15, 2018, unit sales of print books fell 6.5% compared to the similar week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is “absolutely the responsibility” of the publishing industry to inspire and empower the next generation, Dialogue Books publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove has said, while urging the trade to ensure inclusivity in the workplace is "the norm, and not just a trend". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry might have to think back to Harry Potter’s heyday for a book that has garnered as much attention as the former first lady’s has. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The global rash of phishing targeted towards the publishing industry is continuing after the Frankfurt Book Fair, with at least one targeted company calling on the New York attorney general to mount an investigation, The Bookseller has learned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
This 11-year old girl demands more diversity for children’s books, which are overwhelmingly about “white boys and their dogs.” The lessons of Fenty Beauty and Black Panther have not yet trickled down to the world of children’s books. Apparently, the publishing industry has not yet realized that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shortlists for this year’s FutureBook Awards are to be announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with Pan Macmillan managing director Anthony Forbes Watson to be interviewed by Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller, at the same event. The interview and awards announcement takes place on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
We spoke to Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-founder of the Black Girls Book Club, about the club's plans for the future and thoughts on diversity in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry's largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment. The post Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Created two years ago to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market, and to promote regional diversity, the Northern Fiction Alliance is making a name for itself as a growing force in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Turkish economy collapsing, Nermin Mollagoglu of Istanbul's Kalem Agency discusses the impact on the publishing industry, noting a reduction in rights deals and delayed payments. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.K. publishing industry had a record-breaking year in 2017, with income up 5% to £5.7 billion, according to figures released by the Publishers Association in its annual Yearbook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
DK's UK and group sales director Ed Christie has decided to leave the publishing industry and move into the teaching profession, with Bloomsbury's Jacqueline Sells appointed his successor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]