The author’s debut novel presciently captures the girlboss era right as it seems to be coming to an end. Whether you loved them or hated them, few entrepreneurs generated more buzz in the 2010s than so-called “girlbosses”—young, mostly white, female founders who disrupted industries including beauty, tech, fitness, personal care, and coworking with distinctly “feminine” flair (and millions in venture capital).Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2020-06-30 05:00:00 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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A scandal has exposed massive pay disparities in publishing and journalism. But the information may not help muchThe writer Chip Cheek got paid an $800,000 advance for his erotic debut novel, Cape May. Good for him, right? Even he, however, admits he was shocked by the figure. “But I’m more... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-12 09:30:18 UTC ]
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'So You Want to Talk About Race' saw its sales jump by 848% last week over the previous week as a number of other social justice–related titles also saw big sales bumps, helping to drive up total unit sales of print books by 6.8% over the week ended May 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins has scooped an “era defining” history of contemporary Britain from broadcaster and author Andrew Marr. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-31 22:20:47 UTC ]
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The publisher’s new president and CEO, Jonathan Karp, is unfazed about the challenges to come as he takes the reins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Dallek follows the common threads among 20th-century chief executives that led us here. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Michael Rosen has been moved out of intensive care, his family has reported. The children’s writer has spent 47 days in hospital after exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-25 14:30:05 UTC ]
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Parisian bookstore and lending library Shakespeare and Company is digitizing decades of its records, revealing the reading habits of its famous patrons. The post The Reading Habits of Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2020-05-22 20:30:26 UTC ]
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Every year, Girls Write Now provides the opportunity for mentees to be published in a book form; in recent years, the print edition has been produced by Dutton, and the digital edition by the Feminist Press. Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology invites you to witness... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-20 08:47:16 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster's worldwide revenues rose to $170m in the three months to the end of March, up from $164m in the same quarter in 2019, parent company ViacomCBS has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-11 08:42:31 UTC ]
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Solid gains in the adult fiction and juvenile nonfiction categories lifted print unit sales up 4.7% in the week ended May 2, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are facing a new normal when it comes to their events businesses: digital or bust. At Penguin Random House, the efforts to pivot are manifold. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association's African Publishing Innovation Fund with Dubai Cares is preparing a pandemic-year round of new bursaries. The post IPA and Dubai Cares Announce Aid for African Remote Learning Efforts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-30 14:40:20 UTC ]
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Claire McGowan's The Other Wife (Thomas & Mercer) has once again claimed the Bookstat lead spot, as the top three remain the same for a third week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 08:11:53 UTC ]
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“Many” requests have been made by publishers about the possibility of delaying payments to authors to help improve cashflow in the difficult circumstances caused by Covid-19, it has emerged. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-20 15:49:24 UTC ]
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As small businesses around the country await funds from the landmark “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act,” indie publishers and booksellers are having mixed experiences trying to secure this financial lifeline. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld has appointed Penguin Press' Cecilia Stein as senior commissioning editor for non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-19 19:07:27 UTC ]
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Malla Nunn's "When The Ground is Hard," winner of the 2019 Times Book Prize for young-adult literature, revisits South Africa's toughest years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:25:14 UTC ]
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The novel is sweeter than Jiles’s previous work but no less attentive to the texture of the American Southwest. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-14 15:57:54 UTC ]
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The four siblings central to Freeman’s book, a history of a 20th-century Jewish family as much as a memoir, were outsized characters. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-30 21:52:58 UTC ]
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