Will Poetry Push This Publisher Through the Pandemic?

Kansas City, Mo.–based Andrews McMeel Publishing is seeing strong sales despite disruptions caused by the ongoing pandemic—and poetry has a whole lot to do with it. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing in a pandemic

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 18:24:25 UTC ]
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Sphere to publish 'necessary' essay collection on coronavirus pandemic

Sphere is publishing a collection of essays providing "a new non-fiction take on the Covid-19 pandemic". Titled A Little Light, it contains contributions from journalists including the science editors of both the Times and the Telegraph. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-17 00:13:49 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines President Troy Young on Publishing During a Pandemic: “We Have to Be More Innovative Than Ever.”

In this fifth installment of publishing during a pandemic, I reached out to Troy Young, president of Hearst Magazines, to see how Hearst was managing during this tragic and uncertain time. As we continue to see the gloom and doom in the news media, and very rare mention of anything uplifting or... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2020-04-09 13:46:46 UTC ]
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Live: Publishers postpone major titles until pandemic is over

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-03 00:23:37 UTC ]
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I just published a novel with a pandemic plot. It’s both eerie and a chance to reflect.

If there’s karma, publishing ‘The Red Lotus’ now means that my next novel better be about a cure for a horrific disease. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-31 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Black Booksellers, Publishers Hold National Pandemic Conference Call

A coalition of African-American independent booksellers and publishers convened a national video conference call to survey the state of black books around the country in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Association pushes Johnson to scrap reading tax

The Publishers Association (PA) has upped its Axe the Reading Tax Campaign, as a new survey has found that 71% of adults think that VAT should not be charged on any reading materials—digital or print. The survey also reveals that 50% of respondents said that a cut to the tax would inspire them... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-24 09:11:28 UTC ]
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Welbeck Publishing primed for fiction push

After the buyout of Carlton Books, Mark Smith and Marcus Leaver will look to fiction to build on the publisher’s non-fiction base. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 02:23:42 UTC ]
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OWN IT! to co-publish poetry collection with Yawson

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushing Diversity Forward in Publishing

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, you're focusing on the wrong metric for push notifications

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Education Publishers Push Digital Content as the New School Year Begins

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Otter-Barry Books to publish official National Poetry Day anthology

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[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Without big news to push, some publishers sit out NewFronts

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Publishers take on planet's 'plastic pandemic'

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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