Hannah Bright is returning to the publishing industry, joining the Midas books team as senior accounts manager from mid February. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 01:26:23 UTC ]
Senior figures from across the publishing industry have shared their predictions for the year ahead with The Bookseller, with support for high-street retailers and further implementation of diversity practices cited as essential steps. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 21:52:12 UTC ]
The release of “Consent” put France’s literary establishment under a harsh spotlight. The publishing industry is grappling with a nation that it resembles less and less. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-03 16:49:48 UTC ]
Bloomsbury founder and chief executive Nigel Newton and former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne have been awarded CBEs for services to the publishing industry and to literature respectively in the New Year's Honours list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-30 02:25:11 UTC ]
Publishing industry veteran Roland Elgey died recently at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after an 18-month battle with colorectal cancer. He was 65. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
In light of last week’s Penguin ethnicity pay gap report, their first-ever following in the footsteps of Hachette’s 2019 iteration, it seems like the perfect moment to reconsider the publishing industry’s approach to those vague, catch-all acronyms and terms that are so often used... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-10 06:31:16 UTC ]
The International Green Book Supply Chain Alliance has this week launched a global industry survey, to gather data about the publishing industry's environmental intiatives. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-03 20:48:23 UTC ]
As this week’s FutureBook20 conference has shown, this is a year where change is at the top of the agenda for the publishing industry. And when it comes to changing the sort of books that get published and the sort of authors whose voices are heard, broadening the acquisition process is crucial. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-20 22:39:15 UTC ]
The book critic and Fake Accounts author says that smart readers are not being served by the publishing industry. The post Lauren Oyler on America’s Alienating Literary Culture appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2020-11-18 21:30:25 UTC ]
Orion is offering webinars "to demystify the publishing industry", starting this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-18 12:50:52 UTC ]
The publishing industry should trust and listen to its communications teams to see greater change and audience growth, PR professionals said at The Bookseller's FutureBook conference on Tuesday (17th November). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-18 06:55:46 UTC ]
After shaky start in lockdown, Bloomsbury sales soar as people pick books over box setsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury, has reported its most profitable first half in more than a decade, after a nation tiring of box sets fuelled... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-27 12:22:12 UTC ]
Bärbel Becker’s selection of events at the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair, ranging from rights presentations to book prize ceremonies and introductions to international literature. By Hannah Johnson | @hannahsjohnson Noteworthy Sessions in and Around the Trade Show ublishing Perspectives has asked... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-10-12 02:08:45 UTC ]
Wade through the vast library and a horrifying picture emerges: an ignorant, narcissistic, racist liar with a strange relationship with his daughter and senior adviserDonald Trump is not a reader but to the publishing industry he is the gift that keeps on giving. His time in the White House has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-11 05:00:04 UTC ]
Simply submitting your story to be read by someone who knows talent when they see it is important for so many reasonsWriting prizes are massively important for aspiring and emerging writers. I think they are vastly more important than literary prizes. So many aspiring writers don’t have access... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-03 07:00:18 UTC ]
Industry experts weighed in on the state of the Christian publishing industry during the virtual American Christian Fiction Writers Conference on Sept. 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
In April, on the first night of Passover, Michael Cohen—Donald Trump’s former fixer, who was then incarcerated at Otisville prison, in New York—took an early manuscript of a book he’d been working on, and tossed it into a fire that Orthodox inmates had built to burn leavened bread. According to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-09 12:20:26 UTC ]
Attention to diversity has yet to pay much heed to us, but we are the biggest minority in the world, so if space is cleared everyone stands to win As a disabled writer, it has been a little strange to watch publishers rush to put on online events during the pandemic. Authors have been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-04 14:00:57 UTC ]
"ReBoot: Books, Business and Reading," a virtual conference aimed at preparing the publishing industry for 2021, has been set for October 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Aspen asks, 'Why is the world of publishing so reluctant to offer Black writers the same major book deals typically offered to white writers?' The post Aspen Institute Looks at a Publishing Industry Challenged to Embrace Diversity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-21 18:41:12 UTC ]