Under a presidency that, perhaps more than any in recent memory, tends to be rendered in starkly moralistic terms, there is perhaps no better case study of the rise-and-fall character arc than Robert Mueller. Where the right always hated Mueller’s probe into Trump, Russia, and the 2016 campaign, liberals once lionized him—sticking his rumpled face on everything from protest placards to prayer candles—and many members of the mainstream press cast him as a redoubt of institutional rectitude in a world gone mad. All of this, of course, was projection. Amid the frenzied interest in his character and his investigation, Mueller worked in complete silence. These days, he’s seen differently. His report, which failed to dent Trump politically, is now viewed, in many quarters, as a tragically missed opportunity; with the passage of time, Mueller’s by-the-book stoicism has come to look less heroic, and more like witlessness. Over the summer, Jeffrey Toobin outlined the bones of such a case in a book and New Yorker article. Toobin argues that Mueller failed in two defining respects: he did not issue a subpoena for Trump’s testimony, and he refused to state, one way or another, whether he’d found prosecutable evidence that Trump obstructed justice. (Mueller’s office agreed to abide by a Justice Department rule that a sitting president can’t be indicted; Mueller felt that accusing Trump of crimes would be unfair since Trump wouldn’t have the chance to defend himself in court.) The... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
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Winter moves among independent publishers: Nonfiction works are the focus in Europa Compass, and Chicago Review Press buys Oklahoma's Council Oak Books. The post Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ New Imprint; Chicago Press Buys Council Oak appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carcanet Press is launching a rebrand to mark the beginning of the publisher’s 50th anniversary year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Joe Pearson of Design for Today who lost £100,000 worth of stock in the Croydon warehouse fire has been “astonished” by an online funding campaign raising almost £25,000 from well-wishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has acquired the Sheldon Press, a specialist medical, mental health and self-help imprint of the Christian knowledge publisher SPCK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dublin-based independent Tramp Press is creating a UK outpost with the appointment of Laura Waddell to the newly created role of UK publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Borough Press has teamed up with The Good Literary Agency to open submissions for un-agented BAME writers, with the one winning applicant set to secure a £10,000 publishing contract, agency representation and mentoring from writer Nikesh Shukla. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks has acquired most of the assets of Poisoned Pen Press and said that the mystery publisher will become Sourcebooks' mystery imprint. In addition, most of the PP staff, including editor-in-chief Barbara Peters and founder Robert Rosenwold, will become Sourcebooks employees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following on from the success of the Roald Dahl Dictionary, Oxford University Press will publish two more books about Dahl’s words in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The annual British Book Awards, with winners to be announced May 13, are widening their recognition of independent publishers and of nonfiction and illustrated work in children's books. The post British Book Awards Expanded for 2019 in Children’s Books, Small Presses appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlotte Cray will be promoted to editorial director at HarperFiction imprint The Borough Press as of 1st January, 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andersen Press has signed a sales representation agreement with Walker Books and will bring its current deal with Penguin Random House to an end next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The company will continue to publish more than 200 titles but the deal has been criticised by its largest shareholder and the NUJScores of local newspapers as well as titles including the i, the Yorkshire Post and the Scotsman, will continue to publish after its troubled owner agreed a deal to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johnston Press plans to file for administration with its assets then immediately sold to its lenders. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the retirements of publisher Andrew Hoyem and senior editor Diana Ketcham, Arion Press announced it is looking for a buyer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toronto-based Kids Can Press reports strong international interest at Frankfurter Buchmesse for the publisher's issue-driven list of upcoming titles. The post Canada’s Kids Can Press Finds Rights Interest in Timely Titles at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sixty-eight small presses will be descending on Central London's Conway Hall in the second week of November, for the 17th edition of the Small Publishers' Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medallion Press, which was formed in 2003 as a mass market publisher before branching out into other media markets, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy October 18. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Indigo Press, the publishing arm of the MILD Group, will publish titles by Ahmad Danny Ramadan, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Richard Seymour and Parker Bilal in 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MacLehose Press has acquired new books by German writers Timur Vermes and Judith Schalansky. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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