Michaela Coel plays the first on-screen writer I can relate to | Candice Carty-Williams

I May Destroy You skewers the weirdness of fandom and captures just how terrifying the publishing industry can beMichaela Coel’s critically acclaimed new TV series I May Destroy You (BBC One), the journey of a young woman uncovering and trying to deal with sexual trauma, is a show that I fall for more with each episode.I love the moments of surrealism and Coel’s nods to the ridiculous and all-consuming nature of social media. But most of all, I enjoy that the main character, Arabella Essiedu (played by Coel herself), is an author. It’s the first time I’ve seen a writer on screen that I can relate to (God knows I have nothing in common with Paul Sheldon of Stephen King’s Misery). Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-11 07:00:06 UTC ]

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Amazon hopes to take Manhattan with New York bookstore

Amazon will open its seventh bookstore on Thursday in New York, the company's first brick-and-mortar location in the home city of America's publishing industry. The 4,000-square-foot store, near the headquarters of publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette and Simon & Schuster, held a soft... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Sets Up Shop in the Heart of the Publishing Industry

Customers shopped during a preview on Tuesday for Amazon’s first New York bookstore. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReDigi, Key Digital 'First Sale' Case, Heating Up on Appeal

In an amicus brief, AAP lawyers argue that a reversal legalizing the resale of digital media would be "catastrophic" for the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Green Bookshop trebles orders as industry rallies to help 'skint' store

The publishing industry has rallied round to help the independent Big Green Bookshop after one of its owners sent out a desperate tweet appealing for customers because they were “seriously skint”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH UK to pay work experience interns in diversity drive

Penguin Random House UK (PRH UK) will now pay its work experience participants the National Living Wage in a bid to make the publishing industry more accessible and diverse.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First candidates awarded Carole Blake Open Doors Project placements

Ada Igwebu and Connor Faulkner have been offered places by Blake Friedmann on its inaugural Carole Blake Open Doors Project, a programme encouraging candidates from diverse backgrounds to enter the publishing industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Machine Learning Will Give Publishing Visual, Interactive Content on a Big Scale

Every day, digital publishers are challenged by the fragmentation of media. Third-party and social platforms appropriating content, mobile "snacking," low-quality "clickbait" competition and content recommendation services that drive visitors off-site are just some of the factors depressing... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LBF: Fairgoers upbeat but editors hedge bets

Publishers and agents have noted an “upbeat” mood at this year’s fair, with many saying that the publishing industry can play an important role in helping people to navigate through or escape from the prevailing turbulent political climate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo Names Adult Breakfast Authors

Stephen King and son Owen, plus Whitney Cummings, are among the authors appearing at BookExpo's June 1 Adult Book & Author Breakfast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 11 Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2017

From Stephen King to Lauren Oliver, these are the 11 adaptations already creating buzz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing predictions 2017

Authors, agents, chief executives and more predict what will happen in the publishing industry in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alderman's 'The Power' to be TV series

Viking's recently-published title The Power is set to be turned into a long-running, global television series by Sister Pictures, co-producers of ITV's "Broadchurch". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King picture book to Hodder Children's

Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG), has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to Charlie the Choo-Choo, the picture book written by Stephen King under the pen name of Beryl Evans. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guadalajara Book Fair Expands Its Range of Offerings

The largest Spanish-language book fair in the world has become a place where thought leaders, artists, educators, and scientists gather to share information that impacts the publishing industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do, not say

After Donald Trump's triumph in the US election, Sarah Shaffi looks at how more than ever the publishing industry needs to promote messages of inclusivity and diversity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing seeks to address industry’s lack of diversity

The publishing industry needs to improve the diversity of its staff and open itself up to writers of all backgrounds if it is to increase the range of its output, publishers have told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Untangling the AdBlock Plus whitelist

The AdBlock Plus whitelist program has been a lightning rod of controversy within the publishing industry ever since it debuted in 2011. But despite how often the whitelist is written about, it isn’t entirely clear to many people how the process behind it works. Here we explain what we know and... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vivek Tiwary: Telling Stories Any Way You Like

After producing award-winning works in music, musical theater and comics, Vivek Tiwary is now writing an illustrated YA novel and working to turn Dave Roman's children's graphic novel 'Astronaut Academy' into a TV series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Country Spotlight: Singapore: Educational and STM Publishing

By and large, Singapore’s education system, which is among the most highly regarded in the world, is a boon to its publishing industry. No subject is more popular, or more competitive, than mathematics. Known as Singapore math, the city-state’s mathematics teaching method and curriculum is... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Latinx in Publishing’ Launches in Hispanic Heritage Month

With a goal of supporting and promoting 'Latino/a/x' people and literature in the publishing industry, a new network of book professionals formalizes the group's activities. The post ‘Latinx in Publishing’ Launches in Hispanic Heritage Month appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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