The founder and editor of literary magazine Strong Words on his appetite for tales of financial chicanery and why he won’t be returning to Jane AustenEd Needham is the editor of Strong Words, a magazine about books that he writes and edits on his own from his flat in Camden Town, a feat that has impressed novelists such as Sebastian Faulks and Elizabeth Day. A former editor of several magazines, including Rolling Stone, he is a champion of books, from graphic novels to literary fiction, biographies to investigative works.When and why did you set up Strong Words?It’s been going for about 18 months. I did it because the world pulled the rug out from beneath the magazine industry when advertising migrated to digital. The chances of getting another editor’s job at the level I was used to had vanished. I don’t know how to do anything else. I can’t operate a crane or crack a safe. So I thought, what can I do? Just as the technology has come along that enables people to make high-quality magazines with tiny teams, that same technology has destroyed the market. But there’s quite a lot of activity in independent publishing and niche markets. I realised that as long as I keep costs down, I don’t need to sell many copies for it to be a viable business. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-05 17:00:51 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cahn ‘returns’ to PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list with 'The Return of the Gods' which debuts at #1; Mitch Albom maintains his #1 perch in Religion Fiction with ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruairí Coleman, from County Armagh, has worked on everything from Thor to Iron Man. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2022-09-24 05:42:24 UTC ]
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Paul Pringle's work exposed serious abuses at the University of Southern California, but the dispute with his former co-workers may overshadow his book. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-19 10:00:16 UTC ]
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The proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster could lead to fewer voices — including marginalized voices — being published. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-08-18 10:09:48 UTC ]
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Sales rose 10% at HarperCollins, to $2.19 billion, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, but higher costs limited the increase in profits to 1%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Yep, you guessed it: “Barefoot Bookseller,” the greatest job in the literary world, is once again accepting applications. Would you like to run a bookstore on a desert island in the Maldives for a year? What if I told you that you weren’t allowed to wear shoes . . . or read the news? I […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-08-01 13:04:38 UTC ]
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Mr. Cruz has been the Culture editor at The Times since January 2018, leading coverage of arts and culture. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-07-28 22:22:00 UTC ]
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An acquiring editor at Broadleaf Books hunts for diverse writers who take on 'the urgent issues of our day.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding audiobook narrator jobs for beginners can really be hard especially if you don’t know where to start. Here’s where to find them. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-07-13 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Young’s ‘Jesus Calling,’ which just surpassed 40 million copies sold since its publication 18 years ago, takes #1 on the Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list after having a banner month; Mitch Albom returns to #1 in Religion Fiction with ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The business news publisher Morning Brew, an Axel Springer property, launched its 10th newsletter Monday morning, a product called CFO Brew that aims to reach readers in strategic and corporate finance. The publisher has grown rapidly since selling a majority stake to Insider in October 2020... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2022-07-12 10:01:54 UTC ]
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Measurement was a hot topic of conversation on the Croisette this week amid mounting uncertainty around Nielsen data. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2022-06-24 14:08:24 UTC ]
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Wiley overcame a decline in its education publishing segment to post a 7% increase in revenue for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 and a 18% increase in operating income. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Linda Sunshine established comics reprint imprints at both Harmony Books and Fireside in the 1970s that produced some of the earliest hardcover and trade paperback comics collections in the book trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Stats from 2020-21 reveal that the Pointless presenter’s The Thursday Murder Club is the biggest hit in UK librariesRichard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club was the most borrowed book from UK libraries in the year 2020-21, while the prolific bestseller James Patterson was the most borrowed... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2022-06-09 13:22:35 UTC ]
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The wondrously entertaining ‘Esmond and Ilia,’ follows the author’s parents from the English countryside to the Cairo in its heyday Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-06-08 19:06:28 UTC ]
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Driven by an increase in its physical stores, sales at Indigo Books & Music increased 17.4% in the fiscal year ended April 2, 2022, over fiscal 2021, rising to C$1.06 billion. Canada’s largest bookstore chain had an operating profit of C$29 million, compared to a loss of C$31.9 million in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, travel writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-06-06 14:51:57 UTC ]
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Ikkanda will join the Penguin Random House imprint as executive editor August 1. She will also acquire selectively for Dutton and Plume. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Did you miss the U.S. Book Show last week? Watch the Editors' Picks panels, along with the rest of our programming from the second annual U.S. Book Show, from now until the end of August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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