This year’s report, based on 632 responses to our annual survey, reveals the beginnings of a generational shift in publishing, and continuing unease about AI. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Despite the publishing industry’s grim outlook, many outliers are simultaneously fighting to change and reluctantly accepting the status quo. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2024-11-06 05:01:00 UTC ]
Stewart Collins says support for the Petworth literary festival in West Sussex is growing, and Kathryn Streatfield suggests local events are the solution for a changing festival worldLaura Barton’s piece paints an understandably downbeat picture of where we are now in the world of the literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-29 16:25:30 UTC ]
The United States' book publishing trade in August was up 13.4 percent year over year, and was up 8.1 percent year-to-date. The post AAP StatShot: US Publishing Industry Up 8.5 Percent in August appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-29 15:02:49 UTC ]
The “Yellowface” author is using her voice to bring Asian and Asian American histories to life on the page, and advocating for others to do the same. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2024-10-22 15:00:22 UTC ]
Thousands of books have been publicly challenged and removed from libraries in the past couple of years. Elizabeth Harris, who covers books and the publishing industry for The New York Times, explains how books are being pulled from libraries in a quiet process called weeding. Weeding normally... Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-10-08 09:00:02 UTC ]
A look at China’s book market data shows signs of post-pandemic recovery, as well as new trends in book sales channels. The post China’s Publishing Industry Seeks New Growth Amid Recovery appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-08 00:27:24 UTC ]
Increasing number of black authors forced to self-publish or promote work on social media, says Selina BrownThe founder of a book festival celebrating black authors has said they are “forced” to pave their own way into the publishing world because of a lack of diversity within the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-02 16:06:33 UTC ]
Betsy Lerner has spent decades in the publishing industry. Writing her first novel, “Shred Sisters,” unlocked a completely new side to her creativity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-10-01 19:20:03 UTC ]
Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller but later saw his company overtaken by the rise of Amazon Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2024-08-27 20:22:22 UTC ]
Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
Whether it’s heat waves, wildfires, or floods, news of weather events intensified by climate change is hard to miss. And the publishing industry has been paying attention. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
The NYT's best books of the century so far, romance bookstores are on the rise, and more publishing industry news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-07-14 15:00:00 UTC ]
Costco has been pulling back from book sales for years, hurting the publishing industry. Now, the company reportedly plans to primarily limit book sales to the holiday season, from September to December. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Georgia's foreign agents bill is drawing criticism from PEN Georgia, the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association, and others. The post Republic of Georgia: Publishing Industry Criticizes ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-17 19:01:14 UTC ]
Reid's blogs, 'Query Shark' and 'Miss Snark,' were widely read destinations for frank commentary on the publishing industry and the querying process. After a more than 20-year career as an agent, she died after a brief illness on April 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-04-17 09:03:54 UTC ]
I was balancing a plate of honeydew in the green room of a book festival when I walked by a white man bemoaning the state of the publishing industry. The man wore a suit, and he spoke to a white woman; both of them looked to be in their 40s. As the man speared a […] The post I Don’t Have To... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-03-27 11:05:00 UTC ]
'Publishers Weekly' and the publishing industry mourn the loss of the "literary kingmaker," who died March 17 at age 90. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
If you want to understand the power map of the publishing industry, just look at this event’s floor plan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-03-15 16:28:30 UTC ]