The inaugural Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour was awarded in March. Co-founder and chair of judges Sunny Singh analyses what the 100-plus submissions made to the prize reveal about the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Customers shopped during a preview on Tuesday for Amazon’s first New York bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon will open its seventh bookstore on Thursday in New York, the company's first brick-and-mortar location in the home city of America's publishing industry. The 4,000-square-foot store, near the headquarters of publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, held a soft... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an amicus brief, AAP lawyers argue that a reversal legalizing the resale of digital media would be "catastrophic" for the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry has rallied round to help the independent Big Green Bookshop after one of its owners sent out a desperate tweet appealing for customers because they were “seriously skint”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK (PRH UK) will now pay its work experience participants the National Living Wage in a bid to make the publishing industry more accessible and diverse. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ada Igwebu and Connor Faulkner have been offered places by Blake Friedmann on its inaugural Carole Blake Open Doors Project, a programme encouraging candidates from diverse backgrounds to enter the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Every day, digital publishers are challenged by the fragmentation of media. Third-party and social platforms appropriating content, mobile "snacking," low-quality "clickbait" competition and content recommendation services that drive visitors off-site are just some of the factors depressing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and agents have noted an “upbeat” mood at this year’s fair, with many saying that the publishing industry can play an important role in helping people to navigate through or escape from the prevailing turbulent political climate. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, agents, chief executives and more predict what will happen in the publishing industry in 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
After Donald Trump's triumph in the US election, Sarah Shaffi looks at how more than ever the publishing industry needs to promote messages of inclusivity and diversity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The largest Spanish-language book fair in the world has become a place where thought leaders, artists, educators, and scientists gather to share information that impacts the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry needs to improve the diversity of its staff and open itself up to writers of all backgrounds if it is to increase the range of its output, publishers have told The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The AdBlock Plus whitelist program has been a lightning rod of controversy within the publishing industry ever since it debuted in 2011. But despite how often the whitelist is written about, it isn’t entirely clear to many people how the process behind it works. Here we explain what we know and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
By and large, Singapore’s education system, which is among the most highly regarded in the world, is a boon to its publishing industry. No subject is more popular, or more competitive, than mathematics. Known as Singapore math, the city-state’s mathematics teaching method and curriculum is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a goal of supporting and promoting 'Latino/a/x' people and literature in the publishing industry, a new network of book professionals formalizes the group's activities. The post ‘Latinx in Publishing’ Launches in Hispanic Heritage Month appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller has launched its annual tracker of the publishing industry's transformation, the FutureBook Digital Census. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Salariya, founder of The Salariya Book Company, gives tips on how publishers can engage reluctant readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new hashtag, #women_writers, is providing a safe space for female writers to talk about their literary passions, careers and frustrations in response to sexism within the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp., the Wall Street Journal and New York Post publisher controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates as a decline in ad sales outweighed an increase in digital revenue in its real estate business.Earnings, excluding some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]