The Pallante Era Begins at AAP

On January 17, former U.S. register of copyrights Maria Pallante officially joins the Association of American Publishers as president and CEO, replacing the retiring Tom Allen. Without question, Pallante is a copyright policy heavyweight. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Philip Roth, Blake Bailey and publishing in the post-#MeToo era

WW Norton withdrew Bailey’s Roth biography after a series of allegations about its author. As generational conflict rages in the book world and across culture, we ask: who decides whether we can separate the art from the artist?There was something dramatically overwrought about first the... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Robert E. Howard became famous for creating Conan. But that warrior was only the beginning.

In his short life, Howard, the master of the sword-and-sorcery novel, produced hard-boiled mysteries, an occult thriller, a science fiction novel and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-covid era

The book, written by a British chemist, imagines a wealthy tycoon’s disturbing plan to save (some) humans from a biological disaster. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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How a 1981 conference kickstarted today’s quantum computing era

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AAP StatShot February Report: US Audiobooks and Ebooks Maintain Strength

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Letter to the Editor: 'Surprised' by AAP Reaction to PW Article

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Cheer yourself up with light comedies from another era

Find joy — and escape — in books like “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” “Cold Comfort Farm” and “The Lunatic at Large” Continue reading at The Washington Post

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AAP StatShot: US Trade Book Sales Up 9.7 Percent for 2020

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet and titan of the Beat era, dies at 101

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AAP PROSE Awards: ‘Ancient Maya Politics’ Wins 2021 Hawkins Honor

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AAP Officers: Wiley CEO Brian Napack Is Chair, Hachette CEO Pietsch is Vice-Chair

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Small Press Distribution Begins Internal Audit Following Employee Allegations

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AAP StatShot: US Adult Book Sales Up 35.4 Percent in November

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Walter Bernstein, scriptwriter who skewered McCarthy-era blacklist in ‘The Front,’ dies at 101

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Illustrated novels have a vibrant history. A rich new era may be upon us.

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Making Children's Books in the Covid-19 Era

We take a look at how the coronavirus has prompted art and design professionals to adjust their process in innovative ways. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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My plan for fending off the holiday blues? Escaping into light fiction from another era.

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Frankfurter Buchmesse Restructuring Concludes, 2021 Planning Begins

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