Oxford University Press USA Guild is protesting the firing of 13 unionized staffers.

The OUP USA Guild, part of the News Media Guild and representing around 150 workers, is demanding that Oxford University Press reverse the recent firing of US-based workers, claiming the layoffs are in violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement that management and the union signed just three weeks ago. 13 members of the Guild are […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-13 16:16:21 UTC ]
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Universal Credit threatens to drive working-class writers from profession, warns SoA

The Society of Authors has warned MPs that Universal Credit could silence working-class writers, impeding diversity in publishing and making it harder to attract different types of reader. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Universal credit could silence working-class writers, MPs told

All-party inquiry into authors’ incomes hears new benefit’s rules could mean only the wealthy will write. Meanwhile booksellers welcomed budget business-rate changesMPs have been warned that the rollout of universal credit championed in Monday’s budget will further undermine professional... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Record numbers exhibit at indie presses fair

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 Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

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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Indigo Press acquires four for 2019

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 buys new books from Vermes and Schalansky

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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Books: The library fire, a criminal family, reviews and book news

Hello! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg with this week’s books newsletter from the L.A. Times. THE BIG STORY Although Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker, she lives in Los Angeles part-time, and for the last six years has been writing a book that investigates a mystery many of us... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sex appeal sweeps FBF as Oxford don goes in 10 countries

Bloomsbury has pre-empted The Right to Sex, a book about male sexual entitlement and #MeToo by Oxford professor Amia Srinivasan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CEO Talk: Sargent on Rowohlt and ‘Fire and Fury’

At Frankfurt's annual CEO Talk, Macmillan CEO John Sargent took questions from journalists on 'Fire and Fury,' Rowohlt, and other topics. The post CEO Talk: Sargent on Rowohlt and ‘Fire and Fury’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Simon Mockler signs with Piccadilly Press

Piccadilly Press, part of Bonnier Zaffre, has acquired a humorous young fiction series by debut author Simon Mockler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'i' newspaper publisher Johnston Press up for sale

Johnston Press, which also publishes the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, is seeking a buyer. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matt Bates to be editor-at-large for Muswell Press

Former W H Smith fiction buyer Matt Bates is to join the team of small independent Muswell Press as editor at large. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coates’s ‘We Were Eight Years in Power’ to Be Published by Historic Black Press in France

In a gesture of support for independent black publishing in France, National Book Award–winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and his U.S. publisher, One World, have released the French edition of his latest bestseller through Editions Présence Africaine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to publish 'Silence of the Lambs' author's first novel in 13 years

Thomas Harris, author of The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, is returning after more than a decade with a new novel, to be published by Cornerstone imprint William Heinemann next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bellevue Literary Press Goes Solo

BLP, which was a part of the New York University School of Medicine when its 'Tinkers' by Paul Harding won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, has completed its transition to an independent nonprofit literary house. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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History Press buys Nazi wives book

The History Press will publish an investigation into the roles of the wives of the senior Nazi officials by author and broadcaster James Wyllie. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Billy Bunter' deal sees Oxford publisher amass huge comic collection

Oxford company Rebellion now has the world's biggest collection of English language comic book properties. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adweek’s Jeff Litvack on Using Innovation to Inspire Staffers

Adweek’s CEO is implementing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to drive the brand in becoming an industry educator.   Over the past two years, Jeff Litvack has worked to diversify and strengthen Adweek’s revenue stream, while developing a staff of hand-selected, self-motivators. By... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press secures Rachel Elliot’s next two novels

Tinder Press has acquired world rights in Rachel Elliot’s Do Not Feed The Bear - "a very life-affirming tale of love, and letting things go". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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