Richard Johnson, Bonnier Publishing's group chief executive, has slammed the industry's "obsession with targets and quotas" when it comes to addressing lack of diversity in the book world as "nonsense". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exports in 2019 rose 3.3 percent over those of 2018 for the UK market, as revealed in today's report on last year's pre-pandemic performance. The post UK Book Industry: Publishers Call for Aid, Reporting 2019’s Success appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-22 13:29:07 UTC ]
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Limited promotion and marketing budgets reinforce false ideas about how well diverse books and writers will sell. This leads to a negative cycle for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2020-07-15 09:57:53 UTC ]
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Spain's Liber20 book fair announces a blended physical and digital program for October, shortly before Frankfurter Buchmesse expects to do the same. The post Liber20 in Barcelona Announces October Hybrid Program for Spain’s Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-14 14:59:24 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has published an “accelerated inclusion plan”, including a commitment on "radical and urgent action" to make its senior leadership teams representative of UK society. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-09 07:47:24 UTC ]
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Poet and reggae recording artist Linton Kwesi Johnson has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2020 for his commitment to political expression in his work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 08:46:24 UTC ]
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Publishers need to target non-traditional outlets and realise the media has changed if they want to make their book campaigns more inclusive, Dialogue senior publicity manager Millie Seaward has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-07 06:42:34 UTC ]
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Rampant keyword blocking is a symptom of the open marketplace, but news publisher pages are dense and they won’t be pulling inventory out anytime soon. The post ‘Blockers are an industry stopper’: CNN sharpens its contextual tool for the brand safety fight appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-07-07 04:01:07 UTC ]
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It would have been hard to have missed last week’s digital launch of Rethinking ‘Diversity’ in Publishing. The report - the first of its kind on diversity in trade fiction - not only landed noisily, but put the publishing ecosystem in the dock. So what's next? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-03 09:58:58 UTC ]
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The Publishers Weekly Stock Index fell nearly 20% in the first six months of 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jhalak Prize co-founder Sunny Singh has called out the industry’s “moral failure” to reflect diversity at every stage of publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 12:52:03 UTC ]
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‘There are rare moments in history when leaders find their private lives uniquely connected to national events’ say producersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMichael Winterbottom is set to bring Boris Johnson’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic to television. The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-26 13:30:13 UTC ]
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I purchased an independent bookstore in Salisbury, North Carolina just six months ago, after taking leave from my career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. After tours in Afghanistan, India, and other cities overseas, I was eager to give my four-year-old daughter... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-23 17:42:00 UTC ]
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In foreword to report into diversity in publishing, Booker prize-winning author rails against ‘ridiculous’ beliefsBernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker prize, has hit out at “ridiculous” and “misguided” beliefs in the publishing industry, where “black and Asian people are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 11:06:09 UTC ]
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Being a book publisher comes with a set of tough moral responsibilities. You provide livelihoods for authors and booksellers, your hiring decisions can greatly influence how UK culture is shaped, and you’re also a company with a duty of care towards your staff. Sometimes these duties come into... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 03:23:48 UTC ]
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Just four months ago, the Interactive Advertising Bureau heralded an overhaul of its annual Digital Content NewFronts slate, which it was calling the "new NewFronts." But the IAB had no idea just how "new" this year's event would become. In mid-March, Covid-19 shut down the industry, and the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2020-06-22 00:00:40 UTC ]
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The social media campaign could force publishers to focus on black writers by encouraging readers to buy their booksCould the New York Times’ Best Seller book list ever be filled entirely by black authors?As industries undergo reckonings around race, in the wake of international demonstrations... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-17 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Publishing staffers have spoken out on low pay and poor transparency on salaries in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-17 02:56:57 UTC ]
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In the aftermath of last year's failed merger of two major publication printers, Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications—a deal that was abandoned after it was challenged by the Department of Justice on anti-trust grounds—both companies were vocal in their opinion that the DOJ's stance was based... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-11 18:41:59 UTC ]
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I have to start by admitting that when I began writing this letter last week, I was boiling mad and ready to take everyone on. Now, in its tenth or twentieth draft (I don’t know which) I’m still boiling mad, but most of your gaslighting social media posts that sent me over the edge have gone, so... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 12:34:21 UTC ]
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In response to Monday's Day of Solidarity, which saw more than 1,100 publishing workers demanding that the industry take action to diversity its workforce and to publish more black authors, three of the Big Five publishers issued statements pledging to do just that. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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