When Tramp Press asked authors submitting manuscripts to name the writers who inspire them, only 22% were female - pointing again to ‘the larger issue in the industry: our habitual dismissal of women’An Irish publisher has stoked the flames of the gender debate currently running in the literary world, revealing that when it asked writers submitting their manuscripts to name their literary influences, just 22% of names cited were female.Independent publisher Tramp Press always asks authors to lay out their influences when submitting manuscripts, but when co-founder Sarah Davis-Goff looked at the last 100 submissions, she found that 148 influences had been named, just 33 of which were female. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Award-winning Christian titles can often break into the broader market, and publishers are taking notice. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary nonprofit Latinx in Publishing has launched a new initiative, the Writers Mentorship Program, which is aimed at providing unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx with professional mentorship opportunities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The consortium of Spanish-language publishers has been successfully supplying Spanish-language books to the U.S. for 17 years—and is only growing more steady. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In the 2010s, the publishing industry finally wrestled with its problems with diversity. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2019-12-22 13:00:22 UTC ]
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From student workshops and academic conferences to literary awards and book clubs, African American literary organizations work to support writers and readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and authors joined English PEN in welcoming the release of imprisoned Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan after three years detention in a Turkish jail. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 13:52:57 UTC ]
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During the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe in Budapest this week, 250 publishers and industry execs shared the struggles they face navigating the current environment. The post ‘The industry will always find a way’: Candid thoughts of European publishers on the state of media appeared first on... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-10-22 04:01:43 UTC ]
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Oneworld has scooped a book on the “warning signs” behind China’s influence in Europe and North America from once-censored author Clive Hamilton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 14:05:59 UTC ]
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An author and publisher explains why writers shouldn’t let industry validation determine the value of their work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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I was having coffee with a young writer who was starting out in the TV business and wanted advice. I could tell she was new by her hopefulness, good skin, and full head of hair. She asked me about my writing process. I told her I don’t have a “process.” I more. . .spend most […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-30 08:47:17 UTC ]
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Scrolling book-reveals for Lit Hub’s Climate Change Library I sighed, “Here we go again.” On the first day, “Part One: The Classics” listed 48 books written by mostly white authors. The four exceptions, Robert D. Bullard, a Black American and Winona LaDuke, an Indigenous North American, along... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-07-26 08:50:12 UTC ]
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Sixty-seven percent of professional writers earned £10,000 or less in 2018, a Royal Society of Literature poll of more than 2,000 authors has found, with a room of one’s own still viewed as the most important requirement for a writing career 90 years on from Virginia Woolf’s seminal essay. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 18:49:13 UTC ]
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The News Media Alliance today published findings from a new study that analyzes how Google uses and benefits from news. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-10 15:10:50 UTC ]
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The march of technology has brought a slew of changes to libraries and publishers, and of course even to BookExpo, which continues to experiment with different formats to serve its various constituencies across the book world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newly launched collective for women in publishing, Conduit, has found an expanded venue for its inaugural meeting next month after an overwhelming response saw all spaces snapped up within an hour. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-23 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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Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein started Lil’ Libros in 2014 because they had trouble finding children’s books in both English and Spanish. The Huntington Park company now has 14 titles, all written by the co-founders, and brought in $1 million in sales last year, a feat the pair never thought... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants to connect publishers and other studio production partners with influencers to make new shows for Facebook Watch. The post Facebook Watch has a new program to fund publisher shows starring influencers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-02-14 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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Publishers including Complex and Rooster Teeth are using influencers to attract audiences that can leverage infrastructure publishers have already built. The post How publishers use influencers to grow commerce businesses appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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