Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversityStephanie Guerdan started working in the children’s book department of HarperCollins Publishers six years ago. It was a dream job – just not a dream paycheck. The $33,500-a-year (£28,750) salary was well below a livable wage in New York City, but Guerdan didn’t ask for more. “I was terrified that I was not going to get that job if I negotiated,” they said. “Publishing is very much an industry where they tell you, ‘If you don’t want this, there are 500 people in line behind you who do.’”Publishing has for decades has been known for its low pay and overwhelmingly white staff. But workers at HarperCollins, the only member of the “big four” publishing houses to have a union, have had enough and authorized an indefinite strike. Work stopped at the downtown Manhattan offices on the sunny morning of 10 November. Employees like Guerdan, who is a shop steward at the union, spilled on to the streets to picket. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-11-10 18:03:45 UTC ]
In 2009, two bookshops a week were closing in the UK and the days of physical books seemed numbered. Now, indie stores are booming. What explains the turnaround – and can it be sustained?When Sarah Mullen was asked to set up a children’s book festival in a leafy suburb of Birmingham in 2012, she... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-27 09:00:32 UTC ]
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Amazon has the company’s Kindle Kids e-reader on sale for 33 percent off right now. Its $80 price (usually $120) is nearly as low as it was on Prime Day, making it an ideal time to surprise your little one(s) with the gift of distraction-free reading. The device is an Engadget recommendation in... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-07-25 19:20:11 UTC ]
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With the company's marketing and publicity teams unified across adult and children’s book imprints, Abrams aims to create a more efficient way to reach readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Focus is launching HarperEnfoque. The new imprint, based in Nashville, will offer original works in Spanish as well as translations of bestselling English-language books, focused on "empowering lives and fostering change." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral careAuthor and publisher welfare has been a hot topic in the books industry of late. Publishing houses, trade... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-18 15:13:43 UTC ]
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Editor with the Paris-based publisher Gallimard Jeunesse who was determined to give British children’s books a presence in FranceChristine Baker, who has died aged 71 of cancer, did much to give British children’s books a presence in France, making them readily available to families and schools... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-10 16:54:07 UTC ]
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New children’s book releases include clever nonfiction picture books, thrilling middle grade fantasies, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-07-07 10:32:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins ‘sincerely apologises’ to doctor for claims about Sydney private hospital in ABC journalist Steve Cannane’s bookFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA long-running defamation case sparked... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-07-03 06:33:55 UTC ]
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Almost 60 years after the publication of Where The Wild Things Are (November 23 will mark the rumpus), the world is getting a new children’s book from the late Maurice Sendak. HarperCollins Publishers will be releasing Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Story with Mino the Magician, a count-along... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-06-22 13:53:52 UTC ]
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Community-produced newsletters informed newcomers of the local shops, clubs and bars that were most welcoming to Caribbean migrants. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2023-06-19 09:17:46 UTC ]
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In a bit of déjà vu, HarperCollins and the private equity firm KRR, which both lost out to Penguin Random House when Simon & Schuster was initially put up for sale, are reported among the leading contenders to buy the publisher this time around. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Circana's Brenna Connor assessed “The State of the Children’s Book Market” for Children’s Institute 2023 in Milwaukee, speaking about transformations, troubles, and growth opportunities across the children’s, middle grade, and YA sectors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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For a third year, publishers, publishing houses, and booksellers will enjoy no-fee participation in all Abu Dhabi book fairs. The post Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center Waives Exhibitor Book Fair Fees appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-05 15:40:07 UTC ]
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We Americans love to have ourselves a big old time. It's not just our waistlines that have exploded outward since the post-WWII era. Our houses have grown larger, as have the appliances within them, the vehicles in their driveways, the income inequalities between ourselves and our neighbors, and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-06-04 14:30:20 UTC ]
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Harry Potter publisher says in challenging economic times books are seen as cheap form of entertainmentBloomsbury Publishing, the home of Harry Potter, has revealed a rise in annual sales as it said people were turning to books as a cheap form of entertainment as finances were squeezed.Sales of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-31 13:38:54 UTC ]
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Kirk Cameron has had a tough year, not unlike poor, pregnant Mary. “We tried to go to libraries across the country and we’ve been turned away,” he told a church gathering this week in Charlotte, N.C., of touring his conservative children’s book As You Grow, about a tree SYMBOLIZING FAITH getting... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-17 13:22:18 UTC ]
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On May 10, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark stood on the floor of the House of Representatives and read aloud from a children's book to members of Congress. "The end of the day was also my own," she read. "Bled out on the floor and never got home." These chilling words tell the story of Joaquin... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-05-15 06:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s illustrator whose picture books with his wife, Elizabeth, and authors such as Ted Hughes, are enjoyed worldwideThe illustrator Gerald Rose, who has died aged 87, was the youngest winner of the Kate Greenaway medal for children’s book illustration, in 1960. Then still in his mid-20s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-12 17:25:36 UTC ]
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After falling 12% in the six-month period ended December 31, 2022, sales steadied at $515 million at HarperCollins in the quarter ended March 31, 2023, though earnings fell again, dropping 9%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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“How’d you become a children’s book author?” The answer for Kouri Richins, a Utah mom of three who wrote Are You With Me?, a children’s book about coping with grief, is that she allegedly poisoned her husband, then wrote a book about loss. The Associated Press reports that Utah police arrested... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-09 14:02:02 UTC ]
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