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 ]
In the 37 years since Adweek first honored standout magazines in its annual Hot List, the publishing industry has undergone a massive transformation (to put it mildly), which we've been helping our readers navigate in our pages and online. As such, we felt that the Hot List itself was due for a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearlstine will retire in mid-July after a 40-year run in the publishing industry. The post Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc. Vice Chairman, to Retire appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A five-week summer program created by the L.A. Review of Books is currently underway at USC to help people break into the publishing industry. But that industry, despite having some local stars, is centered 3,000 miles away. “We do want to make people job ready," said LARB publisher and editor... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlie Redmayne paid tribute to the veterans of the publishing industry who had passed away in the “brutal” last year at the HarperCollins summer party. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading figures have urged the publishing industry to pool its data and money to create a cross-industry campaign about the value of books and reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry has rallied round to support Newham Bookshop’s charity drive for victims of the Grenfell Tower in London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]