Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

If you search for translated books all of them won’t come up in a library catalogue search. Continue reading at 'The Conversation'

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Yale’s summer publishing course is entering its third year. The course offers publishing professionals an opportunity to learn industry strategies for expanding a brand’s scope and monetizing digital products. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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International Publishers Call on Frankfurt to Cut Ties with Israel

Publishers for Palestine, a coalition of more than 500 publishers in 50 countries, issued an open letter demanding that organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, slated for October 16-20, "refuse collaboration with complicit Israel book publishers." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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500 international publishers demand Frankfurt Book Fair cut ties with Israel.

Publishers for Palestine, a global solidarity collective of more than 500 publishers in 50 countries, has issued an open letter to the Frankfurt Book Fair (the world’s largest trade fair for books, which this year takes place from October 16 – 20 and is expected to bring in over 200,000... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Over 30 Years, 40% of Publishing Jobs Disappeared. What Happened?

Government data indicates that, in 1997, there were 91,100 traditional publishing jobs in the United States. As of last year, there were 54,822. Have those jobs moved to new parts of the industry—or vanished altogether? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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International Audiobook Publishers See More Growth Ahead

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After a 10-year Hiatus, Englewood Review of Books Relaunches its Book Publishing Arm

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The International Indie Publishing Houses Shaking Up the Book World

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Religious Publishers Find Renewed Faith in Devotionals

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This Booker longlist might just be the most enjoyable of recent years

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