Each November for the past 18 years, thousands of writers have taken the National Novel Writing Month challenge, creating a 50,000-word novel draft in 30 days. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Petina Gappah’s “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is the latest example of a new generation of African novelists reinventing historical fiction. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-10-03 17:21:00 UTC ]
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Petina Gappah’s “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is the latest example of a new generation of African novelists reinventing historical fiction. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2019-10-03 17:21:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of Fox Corp., who built his fortune in the newspaper Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-10-01 07:00:50 UTC ]
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This fall, as novice writers and published authors alike sit down to write, kids and teens will be joining them in the creative challenge through the Young Writers Program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A major release from Patricia Cornwell, new writings from Mindy Kaling, Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, NK Jemisin and more in the wake of APub's Dean Koontz deal. The post The Week’s Big Story: Amazon Publishing on Wooing Dean Koontz appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-26 06:30:49 UTC ]
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Amid escalating tension with China, executives at Google and Facebook argue that tough regulations against tech will hurt US competitiveness. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2019-05-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s hard to go a month these days without seeing yet another report decrying the lack of trust readers have Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-21 07:00:51 UTC ]
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Welcome to the latest edition of Ad Age Publisher’s Brief, our roundup of news from the world of content producers across digital and print. Got a tip? Send it our way. Joining us late? Here's the previous edition. As Angela Doland notes in Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call this morning, citing a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN is publishing guidelines for writers attending international festivals in countries with poor human rights and censorship records. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judges praise the 13 finalists – all but two published by indie houses – for ‘enriching our idea of what fiction can do’The “finest works of translation from around the world” are almost exclusively published by independent presses – at least according to the Man Booker International prize,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie publisher says its #Twentyin2020 initiative will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry and help ‘normalise’ diverse readersA group of unnamed individuals has donated £25,000 towards an independent publisher’s initiative to publish 20 black British writers in 2020, in the hope it will... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluemoose Books has revealed it will only publish female writers in 2020, with co-owner Kevin Duffy lamenting how “women over a certain age are overlooked in the publishing world”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has launched Cambridge Elements, a large-scale programme for research that sits outside the traditional formats of either book or journal article. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK chair Gail Rebuck has paid tribute to Stephen Johnson, the former m.d. of Exclusive Books and Random House South Africa, who died earlier this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leodora Darlington, publishing executive at Bookouture, has launched Owned Voices - a creative writing workshop focused specifically on nurturing writing talent from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers continued to look for more efficiency through restructurings in 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook sales are continuing to rocket, with a number of the biggest publishers in the space confirming they are still experiencing “strong double-digit growth” year on year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Cuyahoga County Public Library’s writer-in-residence program demonstrates the library’s increasingly critical role in our literary ecosystem. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small publishers in Russia see a book market unfairly dominated by large publishing groups and their control over the country's major bookselling chains. The post Russian Independent Booksellers and Publishers Say Big Players’ Partnerships Hurt Business appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bustle Digital Group acquired Flavorpill Media Inc. to build out the company's experiential programming, Bustle said. Additional terms of the acquisition, which is effective immediately, were not made public. Flavorpill Media Inc. is an online publisher and experiential brand that launched in... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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