The two-year-old group looks to build ties within the publishing industry and to promote authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its four years, the partners brought together by the Transbook project based in children's literature, tried to learn 'what is the digital model in the publishing industry?' The post Europe’s Transbook Project Closes: Four Years in Digital Publishing for Children appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
We Need Diverse Books, the grassroots organization committed to promoting greater inclusivity in children’s literature and the publishing industry, hosted a discussion titled "Life Cycle of a Diverse Book" on June 1, as part of BookExpo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recent controversies surrounding books by Sally Kohn and Amy Chozick have revealed a system that makes it hard to authenticate the claims of authorsRecent weeks have seen a flurry of conversation about factchecking in the publishing industry. Two high-profile authors have had their work’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The members of Publishing Technology Partners are Ken Brooks, Bill Kasdorf, Thad McIlroy, Bill Rosenblatt, and Bill Trippe, all of whom have over 25 years’ experience working in the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Regardless of the market's limited size, given a national population of only 1.9 million, the standards of the publishing industry in Latvia remain very high. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following a sexual harassment scandal that has embroiled the children's sector of the publishing industry for the past week, James Dashner, author of the bestselling Maze Runner series, has been dropped by his publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ted Heinecken, who was regarded as a senior statesman of the publishing industry, with a career in publishing that spanned 58 years, 52 of them spent as a publisher's rep calling on stores in the Midwest, died in Chicago on Saturday. He was 84 years old. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
During his Winter Institute 13 keynote address, author Junot Diaz delivered a blistering political statement urging the publishing industry to "stop talking about diversity and start decolonizing our shelves." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adrian Searle has spoken out for the first time since leaving Freight Books, calling the demise of the publisher a "personal tragedy" but not one which he thinks should "preclude him from future involvement in the publishing industry". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Diversity social enterprise Creative Access is launching a new mentoring scheme and is seeking volunteers from the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is “huge opportunity” for the publishing industry to make money out of content marketing, an industry predicted to grow to $413bn (£305bn) by 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazine publisher and broadcast company Meredith Corp. is acquiring Time Inc. in a deal valued at $2.8 billion as it seeks to adapt to the publishing industry’s challenge of migrating from print to the digital age. The Des Moines-based company said Sunday it would pay $18.50 a share for New... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Told that the publishing industry 'has a responsibility to be a beacon of inclusivity,' delegates to the UK's diversity conference look at challenges. The post The UK’s Second ‘Inclusivity Conference’ Grapples With Diversity Issues appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comp titles, known in the publishing industry interchangeably as “comparative” or “competitive” titles, are a wonky industry Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2017-11-06 15:15:50 UTC ]
The two leaders touched on not only the power of culture to hold Europe together, but also on some issues within the publishing industry, including copyright and digitization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magazines still line classic newsstands like this one in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. But the publishing industry has faded. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graydon Carter, 25 years. Robbie Myers, 17 years. Cindi Leive, 16 years. Nancy Gibbs, 4 years as editor in chief and 28 more at the company. All four major magazine editors, at Vanity Fair, Elle, Glamour and Time, respectively, have stepped down from their positions within the month of... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pride in Publishing (PiP), a brand-new networking group for LGBTQ+ people in the industry, has launched in order to create a way for queer members of the publishing industry to meet up, connect with others and find peer support. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gavin James Bower says the Man Booker Prize longlist shows the publishing industry needs to start talking about class seriously. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]