Can #BlackoutBestsellerList be the reckoning the publishing industry needs?

The social media campaign could force publishers to focus on black writers by encouraging readers to buy their booksCould the New York Times’ Best Seller book list ever be filled entirely by black authors?As industries undergo reckonings around race, in the wake of international demonstrations calling for racial justice, prominent black writers have been sharing #BlackoutBestsellerList, a campaign encouraging readers to buy books by black authors between now and 20 June to push them to the top of bestseller lists. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-06-17 10:00:17 UTC ]

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Our annual industry survey reveals a modest median pay increase and minor improvements in workforce diversity across trade book publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Booksellers, Publishers Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Block on Texas Book Rating Law

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The 'Wall Street Journal' Drops Its Bestseller Lists

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Carmen Giménez Looks Back at Her Year at Graywolf

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‘I thought it was me alone’: how the Black British book festival has grown

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When Innocent Black People Die, I Mourn The Life, The Potential, And The Art

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