Marc Jaffe, Editor Whose Work Spanned Nearly a Century, Dies at 102

The former editorial director of Bantam and Ballantine and founder of Villard Books at Random House and an eponymous imprint at Houghton Mifflin, whose long and storied career in trade book publishing lasted into his final hours, died on December 31. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH launches commissioning editor traineeship Next Editors

Penguin Random House (PRH) is launching a new positive action traineeship to offer talented people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds the opportunity to develop the skills and expertise required for a role as a commissioning editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Announcing a New Publishing Project and a Call for Co-Editors: Best Translations: An Annual Anthology, by The Editors of WLT

News and Events Photo by Wendy Call / www.wendycall.com Deadline for Applications: Thursday, January 7, 2021 Call for Applications: Two series co-editors, one with expertise in Asian literatures and one with expertise in Middle Eastern and/or... Continue reading at World Literature Today

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Working Partners brings in Karen Ball to work with publishers

Karen Ball has joined Working Partners as the company's first head of UK sales.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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They worked at Apple, Amazon and Lyft. Now they're working to get you stoned

One person suggested Amazon bookstores should replace public libraries. Readers disagreed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Radhika Jones, a Times Books Editor, Said to Be Next Vanity Fair Editor

Radhika Jones, an editor in the books department at The New York Times, is expected to be named the next editor of Vanity Fair. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Can ‘Deep Work’ Really Work for You?

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Cat People, Riposte and Works that Work: the niche world of indie magazines

Mainstream mags may be shutting down, but specialist publishing has never been in healthier shape. So which magazines should you be subscribing to?While mainstream magazines are seeing sales fall, and long-standing titles such as Loaded are printing their final issues, the world of niche,... Continue reading at The Guardian

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The Atlantic Hires Former TNR Literary Editor Leon WieseltierThe Atlantic Hires Former TNR Literary Editor Leon Wieseltier

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Time Inc. Shakeup: Editors to Report to Business Side, Editor-in-Chief Martha Nelson Exits

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The Most Influential Cookbooks of the Century

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HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

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Sunday Express editor David Wooding departs Reach amid further job cuts

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Hannah Schwartz, Longtime Children's Bookseller, Dies

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Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing: ‘Working while grieving was consoling’

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The Morning After: Your Switch games will work on Nintendo’s next console

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