Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2023

In one of Electric Lit’s most-read essays of the year, “Black Women Are Being Erased From Book Publishing,” Jennifer Baker examines the publishing industry in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. She holds the publishing industry accountable for appointing high-profile Black women to powerful positions, only to see many of those […] The post Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2023 appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

[ Electric Literature | 2023-12-21 12:15:00 UTC ]

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Announcing the Best Book Cover of 2024

December marks the start of the holiday season and the return of one of our favorite year-end traditions: the annual best book cover tournament. Now in its fourth year, this contest is our way of recognizing and celebrating the talented designers behind the books. After all, the cover is the... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Three Literary Translators Discuss Their Paths to Writing Their Debut Novels

Writing fiction itself might be (and often is) considered an act of translation: from experience to language, from emotion to logic, from chaos to legibility. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence, or a stroke of good luck, then that these three fall debut novelists selected for our craft series each... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Blake Butler! A Dostoevskyian Turkish classic! Giftable editions! 10 new books out today.

The holidays are approaching, and, with them, the end of 2024. As we near December’s various holidays and the start of an unpredictable 2025, observant readers will doubtless see that there haven’t been as many new books to list here as usual. This often happens in the publishing industry around... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-12-17 09:34:15 UTC ]
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PW Notables 2024: Regina Brooks

The CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and president of the Association of American Literary Agents is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Notables 2024: Skip Dye

No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to defend the freedom to read than the Penguin Random House SVP. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Society of Authors calls for celebrity memoir ghostwriters to be credited

Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the UK writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledgedThe Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on celebrities and the publishing industry to properly acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly those aimed at... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-12-10 16:42:22 UTC ]
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Rebellion Taps Into the U.K.’s Long Comics Heritage

Rebellion Developments began life as a video game production studio, but over the past 25 years, it has become a force in the U.K. publishing industry, developing robust businesses around valuable IPs including Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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How AI is accelerating—and devaluing—book publishing

Artificial intelligence is pushing the publishing world toward volume. That could drown out the good work. AI has the power to pump out words in record speed. And already, that’s substantially inflating the book publishing market.  Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-12-02 09:00:00 UTC ]
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Mubi Moves Into Book Publishing with Mubi Editions Imprint

The film distributor, production company, and streaming service, will launch a publishing arm, Mubi Editions, next April, focusing on titles on cinema and the arts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Native Publishers Reclaiming Indigenous Storytelling

Native publishers are critical in preserving and amplifying Indigenous perspectives. While narratives about Indigenous peoples often focus on the devastating impacts of colonization—death, disease, grief, and addiction—these publishing programs create space for the full spectrum of the Native... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-27 12:05:00 UTC ]
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Will Trump's return lead to new wave of bestselling books?

Donald Trump is coming back to the White House, but don't expect another “Fire and Fury,” or much fire and fury in book publishing in general Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-11-26 14:46:31 UTC ]
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Mike Shatzkin, Colorful Publishing Industry Guru, Dies at 77

His blog, The Shatzkin Files, was an essential read for industry insiders. His observations about the changes digital publishing would bring were prophetic. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-11-22 22:38:42 UTC ]
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11 Books by Bangladeshi Voices Beyond Its Borders

I yearn for a literary world where, as readers, we’re familiar with a wider spectrum of narrative traditions and approaches than what we now think of as the canon. We Bengalis love so much to talk, to weave tales, to let our anecdotes tangle with each other’s into a larger collective... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-19 12:05:00 UTC ]
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A Year of Giving Away Banned Books in Florida

Florida is one the most diverse and fastest growing states in the United States. It is also, tragically, the epicenter of book banning in America. Thousands of books have been banned from public schools and libraries in an attempt to silence dissenting voices that explore the experiences of... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-13 12:05:00 UTC ]
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9 Books About the Spanish Civil War

If you’ve read only one book about the Spanish Civil War, chances are it’s either Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls or George Orwell’s memoir Homage to Catalonia. And if you’ve read only two, as to what they might be, I’d confidently push all my chips into the center of the... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2024 PW Publishing Industry Salary & Jobs Report

This year’s report, based on 632 responses to our annual survey, reveals the beginnings of a generational shift in publishing, and continuing unease about AI. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe, publishers move away from trend chasing

Despite the publishing industry’s grim outlook, many outliers are simultaneously fighting to change and reluctantly accepting the status quo. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2024-11-06 05:01:00 UTC ]
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Her Corpse Is a Wild Animal

No Man’s Mare by Djuna Barnes Pauvla Agrippa had died that afternoon at three; now she lay with quiet hands crossed a little below her fine breast with its transparent skin showing the veins as filmy as old lace, purple veins that were now only a system of charts indicating the pathways where... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-11-04 12:10:00 UTC ]
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Small, local book festivals are still thriving | Letters

Stewart Collins says support for the Petworth literary festival in West Sussex is growing, and Kathryn Streatfield suggests local events are the solution for a changing festival worldLaura Barton’s piece paints an understandably downbeat picture of where we are now in the world of the literary... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-10-29 16:25:30 UTC ]
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