Racism targets some but works against everybody

Racist policy choices ultimately deprive society as a whole, writes Heather McGhee. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Right-Sizing—And Right-Buying: What’s Working At Indies

In the new book retail environment, bigger, in many cases, is not better. Having the right-sized store for a community and stocking the appropriate inventory, even if that means adding nonbook items, are keys to success today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sherman Alexie to authors: Work at an indie bookstore on Small Business Saturday

Alexie, author of books including 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,' wrote a letter urging his fellow writers to handsell their books on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 'The most important thing is that we’ll all be helping Independent bookstores, and God knows they’ve helped us... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill McGowan Works to Make Authors Pitch-Perfect

In the early 2000s, while working as a producer at ABC’s 20/20, Bill McGowan put together a branding video for a dot-com entrepreneur. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graphic Novel Collaboration Targets a Geopolitical Conundrum

The US State Department sponsored publication of the graphic novel, Two Legends of Uzbekistan, is an unusual experiment in soft power cultural diplomacy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Amazon and Washington Post Work Together? Who Knows?!

While the media industry reels from the news that Jeff Bezos purchasing the Washington Post, it's still anyone's guess as to what the Amazon founder plans to do with the paper. An even more intriguing question is, will Amazon and the Post even mingle? Or steer clear of each other? Bezos, it's... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers 'must work with academic libraries'

Publishers need to work more closely with academic libraries in developing countries, a report by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10,000 Publishing People at Work: South Korea’s Paju Bookcity

South Korea's Paju Bookcity is unique in the world: home to some 200 publishing companies and 10,000 publishing professionals, mere miles from the North Korea border. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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So Did Nudging Work?

Cass Sunstein, nudge inventor and former White House official, explains how his nudges have helped Americans save for retirement and eat better. He co-wrote the best-selling 2008 book Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness with Richard Thaler. His latest book Simpler: The... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2013-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users

Facebook Inc. FB -3.51% is aiming to become a newspaper for mobile devices. The social network has been quietly working on a service, internally called Reader, that displays content from Facebook users and publishers in a new visual format tail ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russian Government Targets $100m at Book Industry in Crisis

With 20% of Russia's bookstores having closed and book sales in free fall, the government is investing $100m to promote reading and change in the industry. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patchett: 'Authors must work with trade'

Orange Prize-winner Ann Patchett has warned that authors who decide to shun traditional... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making Preorders Work For Indies

Most readers who preordered Charlaine Harris’s forthcoming Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After (which will be released May 7), likely did so at Amazon, where it is 45% off and has hovered in the top 50 for weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Implements ‘Real-Time’ Working at its Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Offices

Fairfax Media is rolling out a number of initiatives this year as part of its &lsquo;Fairfax of the Future&rsquo; strategy which aims to streamline operations and support the publisher&rsquo;s shift to multi-platform delivery. The compa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will UK Bookstores’ Plot to Poach Customers From Amazon Work?

UK bookstores are experimenting with exclusive chapters and other offers to lure customers into stores and away from online shopping at Amazon, but some doubt its efficacy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New award targets Scandinavian crime fiction

A new prize for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year, the Petrona Award, has announced its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Copyright Law Targets Google Links

A bill broadening protections for news publishers was approved by the Bundestag, but critics said the measure did not go far enough. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2013-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new work by Haruki Murakami is arriving in April – but only in Japanese

Murakami's Japanese publisher Bungeishunju and his US representation, Knopf, have not indicated when the book will be translated into English. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Say Paywalls, Price Hikes are Working for Newspapers

Four top publishers Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to print and discussed revenue ideas for bolstering their products. The discussion was part of an executive roundtable at the Key Executives Mega Conference in New Orleans. The publishers of ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Plan, APP Works to Win Back Customers

After announcing in early February that it had discontinued sourcing paper from threatened Indonesian rainforests, a representative of Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) was at the International Toy Fair Show in New York last week to explain the policy to toy companies and children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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