Cultural Cross Sections
Elena Poniatowska
In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has...
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[ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-03 21:05:48 UTC ]
Quarantine may be a golden opportunity to finally read "War and Peace" — but it's not an easy time for the book industry.
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[ Source: HuffPost | 2020-05-21 09:45:35 UTC ]
Every industry is experiencing a digital transformation. For some, the pandemic has accelerated this transformation. Others, like retail, travel and QSR, are trying to quickly adapt to the new criteria of our on-demand world. Consumers are permanently changing their online consumption habits,...
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-07 14:20:39 UTC ]
In post 11/8 America, the citizenry became more aware, more active, more willing to submit themselves to self-examination. Yet while the world of journals both print (Freeman’s), and online (Guernica, Lit Hub, Electric Literature), have increased their commitment to the exploration of...
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[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-16 08:49:50 UTC ]
From Gutenberg’s printing press to Google’s AMP format, the publishing world has gone from zero to one million miles per hour, with revolutionary changes to the way we produce, distribute, and consume content. Here is a breakdown of some of the key changes in digital publishing, plus tips for...
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[ Source: Publishing Executive | 2020-03-05 15:43:14 UTC ]
Children’s book publisher Lee & Low Books, a minority-owned company that focuses on multicultural literature, recently released the results of a survey geared towards finding out one thing: What do the numbers say about the widely perceived lack of diversity in the publishing world? The...
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[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-29 21:40:46 UTC ]
PW takes a look back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world in 2019, and examines what they portend for 2020.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle’s annual letter to company employees emphasized the acquisitions the publisher has made across the publishing world this year.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
In the publishing world, it seems like winning the Nobel Prize just isn’t what it used to be. A Deutsche Welle interview with Lucien Leitess, director of the Swiss publishing house Unionsverlag, explored the business of predicting a Nobel laureate’s commercial success. The controversy...
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[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-12-11 19:54:24 UTC ]
Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up...
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[ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-10-28 10:22:02 UTC ]
Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. If you're reading this online or in a forwarded email, here's the link to sign up for our Wake-Up Call newsletters. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up...
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[ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-10-24 10:29:51 UTC ]
It’s clear that the publishing world needs more diversity. Why do some see this as compromising quality?Let me tell you a story. A few years ago, months after this riven old island voted to leave the European Union, and days after an ex-reality TV host became the leader of the free world, a...
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[ Source: The Guardian | 2019-10-11 15:37:44 UTC ]
As an abashed former News Corp employee (thankfully at HarperCollins, one of the Murdoch portfolio’s least-offensive holdings), HBO’s "Succession" is my straight shot of Sunday-night dopamine. The show’s great even if you aren’t attuned to the devastating, thinly veiled media and publishing...
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[ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-10-11 11:22:17 UTC ]
As an abashed former News Corp employee (thankfully at HarperCollins, one of the Murdoch portfolio’s least-offensive holdings), HBO’s "Succession" is my straight shot of Sunday-night dopamine. The show’s great even if you aren’t attuned to the devastating, thinly veiled media and publishing...
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[ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-10-11 11:22:17 UTC ]
Joanne Harris has spoken out against an “absurd” focus on debuts in the publishing world.
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 16:30:46 UTC ]
As a lowly editorial assistant, Aidy Bryant is hustling to break into the publishing world on the Hulu series Shrill. So it's fitting that the streaming service is making journalism more accessible for everyone. For today only, Hulu is offering everyone free access to all of Adweek's content....
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[ Source: AdWeek | 2019-09-23 04:01:50 UTC ]
Literary agents are the gate keepers of the publishing world, but not all agents represent all genres of writing. This post shares how to find a literary agent appropriate for your writing project, including links to agents representing various genres.
The post How to Find a Literary Agent:...
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[ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-09-04 18:25:07 UTC ]
The fake author who fooled the publishing world is brought back to life in a diverting tale that treads familiar ground“Sometimes, a lie’s more truth than the truth,” drawls author JT Leroy, speaking down a crackling telephone line. This straightforward dramatisation of Savannah Knoop’s 2008...
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[ Source: The Guardian | 2019-08-18 07:00:10 UTC ]
Hachette has announced seven people are leaving its HR department to be replaced by new appointments, mainly from outside the publishing world, in a major shake-up.
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-01 14:50:21 UTC ]
As publishers vie to persuade us to pack their titles for the holidays, we chart the evolution of the ’beach read’Summer reads, beach reads, holiday reads … at this time of year, the publishing world works itself into a sweat trying to force its novels into our carry-on luggage, or over the...
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[ Source: The Guardian | 2019-07-14 07:00:23 UTC ]