BISG Annual Meeting Tries to Make Sense of the Supply Chain

This year’s BISG annual meeting, held April 26 at the Harvard Club in New York City, surveyed a range of trends across the publishing supply chain. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Webinar Will Examine Production and Supply Chain Issues

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Bandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACP

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In ‘Short Life in a Strange World,’ paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder help an author make sense of his existence

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‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone

Adam Sisman‘s sprightly new book follows a 20th-century fantasist who styled himself, variously, as a professor, doctor and reverend. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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‘The Professor and the Parson’ tries to make sense of a narcissistic con man who fooled nearly everyone

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MediaMath launches new platform to 'clean up' digital media supply chain

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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2019: Meet the Authors and Editors Behind Random House's New ‘Make Me a World’ Imprint

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