3 Reasons UK Publishers Are Not Buying into Diversity

Trying to instill diversity into the UK publishing industry is like “working on a car while it is still running,“ says Bobby Nayyar. The answer, he asserts, can only be entrepreneurship. The post 3 Reasons UK Publishers Are Not Buying into Diversity appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Have We Moved Beyond Church And State? Top Publishers Discuss The Reality Of Native Advertising

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Children’s Nonfiction Publishing Comes of Age

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Google Chairman Advocates 'Digital Fund' for UK Newspapers

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