Publishers chased Katie Hopkins and Milo Yiannopoulos. But hate doesn’t sell | Chris McCrudden

Hot air and rightwing controversy fuel social media and fill column inches, but there’s no evidence they make people buy books. Quite the oppositePublishing has always been a controversial industry. Its history of banned books, lawsuits and angry letters wouldn’t look out of place in the most far-fetched of novels. And publishers have to strike a delicate balance between publishing books that are important for artistic, cultural or social reasons, and those that will sell and support the important books that won’t. Related: Milo Yiannopoulos book deal cancelled after outrage over child abuse comments Fear of diversity has more to do with attitude than economics Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Inkling Introduces Cloud-based Publishing Tool

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Publishers need to expand digital backlist, says Bilbary founder

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International publisher alliance shuts down piracy site

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Sweeney new Windmill publishing director

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Newsday Wins Three New York News Publishers Association Awards for Excellence

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Hearst appoints Prima publisher as Seaton joins Immediate

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Test our rivals' tablet claims, says Future as it publishes T3 data

Future is encouraging media agencies to probe the numbers its magazine publishing rivals are claiming for their tablet editions, as part of an "educational" initiative to grow the tablet advertising market. Continue reading at Media Week

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Ebook Publishers Want Library Borrowing to Be Difficult

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H&S to publish Holocaust survivor memoirs

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Cape to publish unfinished Patrick White novel

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