Cultural Cross Sections Elena Poniatowska In this column that originally appeared in La Jornada, Elena Poniatowska considers the role of editors and talks with Diego Rabasa, founder of publisher Sexto Piso. Already precarious, the pandemic lockdown has made the plight of independent publishers and bookstores in Mexico in light of Covid-19 even more acute. To be an editor is to answer the call of the gods. It’s a vocation, a ministry, an immense privilege, to enter the Olympus of literature. To be an editor is to pick those who have talent and launch them. To be a publisher is to foretell: this one will make it. It’s also to disappoint and reject. I recall the Dutch printer Alexander Stolz in Mexico holding out to me his exquisite edition of Benjamin Constant’s Adolphe, as if it were a diamond, at the Fondo de Cultura Económica, and the paternal care that Arnaldo Orfila Reynal took with the anguished palavering of Fernando del Paso. To be an editor is to be a psychologist and to be bewildered as to how to treat each creature-author. Vicente Rojo was my editor, and we have loved each other deeply since, but I never gave him trouble. What must that genius from Pachuca named Yuri Herrera be like? What’s his soft spot? I have to handle Carlos Montemayor with kid gloves because he’s unpredictable. Federico Alvarez, director of the FCE in Spain, told me that seeing Elena Garro and Helena Paz enter the FCE in Madrid was like falling into... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI modelsAuthors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, April 6, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The collection to be auctioned includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The bookseller representing him says it offers a rare glimpse into life on one of America's most notorious cell blocks. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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A longtime leader at Waterbrook & Multnomah, Barker will leave the company effective April 15, with recently hired editorial director Madison Trammel taking oversight of adult fiction and nonfiction editorial at the division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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McKinstry, who worked as a bookseller at a number of prominent indies in London, Denver, New York City, and Seattle, as well as a communications manager for the American Booksellers Association, died in Seattle on March 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A bounceback year at Penguin Random House US, which included several acquisitions, helped to increase sales and profits at the world's largest trade book publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Change seems to come naturally to some areas. Gentrifying post-industrial swaths of Brooklyn and Queens, perhaps, are used to blocks that morph in quick time.But differences may be harder to swallow in more established neighborhoods, such as the Upper West Side, where the enclave along Broadway... Continue reading at Crains New York
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The Booker Prize–winning author will publish a collection of stories and novellas, The Eleventh Hour, with Random House on November 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Ahead of the Black British book festival, literary figures say the number of books being published by Black writers has ‘plummeted’UK publishing is less accessible to Black authors now than it was five years ago, according to some of the biggest names in the industry.The Black Lives Matter... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 30, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Fiona McFarlane has won the 21st annual Story Prize for her collection Highway Thirteen. The Story Prize’s $20,000 prize is among the largest first-prize amounts of any annual U.S. book award for fiction.The judges—writer and editor Elliott Holt, writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin, and bookseller Lucy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Washington, D.C., who urged President Donald Trump to show “mercy” in his second term, has inked deals with two Penguin Random House imprints for books for young people. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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As challenges to free expression show no signs of abating, Penguin Random House and the National Coalition Against Censorship have announced separate fundraising initiatives to counter the threat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Ahead of the States' National Library Week, Penguin Random House and Sourcebooks open a 'Banned on the Run a fundraising effort. The post Penguin Random House’s ‘Banned on the Run’ Event: US$10,000 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Mallory Loehr is set to succeed Barbara Marcus, who is to retire as head of Random House Books for Young Readers. The post Barbara Marcus to Retire from Random House Books for Young Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelvesA conservative Catholic billionaire and media owner is facing an independent bookshop rebellion in France over his influence in the publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Barbara Marcus, one of the most prominent and influential figures in children’s book publishing for decades, will step down as president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books on May 1. She will be succeeded by Mallory Loehr, currently EVP and publisher of the Random House Books for... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, March 23, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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