Jack Shoemaker, Founding Editor of Counterpoint Press, Retires

During a career that began in 1965 as a California bookseller, Shoemaker founded North Point Press and Counterpoint Press, publishing such authors as Wendell Berry, Gary Snyder, MFK Fisher, Guy Davenport, James Salter, Barry Lopez, Anne Lamott, Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, Robert Hass, and Banana Yoshimoto. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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From Clay Foster, chairman and CEO of Journal Inc. and publisher of the Daily Journal: Today’s paper is the culmination of months of planning and hard work to go live on a new printing press. In challenging economic times this was not an e ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Arcadia Press escapes administration

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NEA Tabs Black Lawrence Press Writers

Ten-year-old Black Lawrence Press, an imprint of Dzanc Books, had its editorial approach to publishing contemporary literature and creative nonfiction affirmed last month when the National Endowment of the Arts chose three of its authors to receive 2013 Literature Fellowships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. names Nelson editor in chief

Time Inc. has named Martha Nelson as editor-in-chief of the media company. The company said Tuesday that Ms. Nelson is the first woman in the company's 90-year history to hold the role. She has worked for Time Inc. for 20 years and has been editorial director since 2010. She will assume the top... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Book Editors Be Involved in Social Media Engagement?

The cry has gone out that publishers need to engage more with readers. Who is the right person for the job? Editors? Marketers? Or should it be the authors? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Panel Debates The Future of University Presses

Asked what makes university presses different from commercial presses, Niko Pfund, president of Oxford University Press, U.S., answered: “University presses are harder to sell and harder to kill.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacks Thomas to succeed Burtenshaw at LBF

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair Names Jacks Thomas as Director

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Johnston Press appoints BBC exec to head up marketing

Johnston Press, the regional newspaper publisher of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has appointed BBC digital marketer Lucy Sinclair to the new role of group audience development and marketing director. Continue reading at Media Week

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Graywolf Press in ‘New Era’

Looking to leverage recent critical and financial successes, the literary publisher Graywolf Press is embarking on several new initiatives to further boost its visibility and to reflect that it is, in new marketing director Michael Taeckens’s words, “entering a new era.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Wired Names Scott Dadich Editor in Chief

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U Chicago Press Signs Two New Dsitribution Clients

The University of Chicago Press has signed two new distribution clients: the American Alliance of Museums Press and the Missouri History Museum. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Daily Press Publisher Elected President of Southern Newspaper Publishers Association

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The Feminist Press will be publishing a Pussy Riot ebook later this month, the publisher has announced. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Hachette Books taps editor as CEO

One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business. Michael Pietsch, the editor of Keith Richards' Life, David Foster Wallace's The Pale King and the many novels of James Patterson, has been named CEO of Hachette Book Group. Mr. Pietsch has headed... Continue reading at Crains New York

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