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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 12/2-12/6
by Nina Sabak
6 Dec 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. The days of the ten-digit ISBN are over. After 18 years, the Apostrophe Protection Society is drawing its (not it’s!) curtains. A Swedish Academy member will boycott Nobel Week in protest of the decoration of Peter Handke. Better World Books has […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/18-11/22
by Nina Sabak
22 Nov 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Barnes & Noble cut all young adult and sci-fi/fantasy freelancers from its blogs. The 2019 National Book Awards were presented Wednesday night. Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh pled guilty to the charges associated with her book scandal. The New York Times‘s […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/11-11/15
by Nina Sabak
15 Nov 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Turkish writer Ahmet Altan was rearrested a week after his release. The Drama Book Shop will reopen. Edward Snowden spoke out against the censorship of his book in China. James Daunt launched a new award at Barnes & Noble. Amazon is reducing […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/4-11/8
by Nina Sabak
8 Nov 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Hachette and the Department of Justice tussled over A Warning. Author Ernest J. Gaines died at 86. Richard Ford has earned the Hadada Prize – and his past behavior has earned a lot of scrutiny. Imprisoned Turkish writer Ahmet Altan has been […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 10/28-11/1
by Nina Sabak
1 Nov 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Europa Editions will publish Elena Ferrante’s first novel in five years. Little Free Library and its late founder’s family are in a dispute over the organization’s future. John Sargent wrote an open letter regarding the ebook embargo – and the American […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 10/21-10/25
by Nina Sabak
25 Oct 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Naomi Wolf‘s newest book has been canceled in the US. Post-Booker, Bernadine Everisto’s winning book has doubled its lifetime sales. Here are the Kirkus Prize winners and the Baillie-Gifford Prize shortlist. An anonymous White House official will drop a bombshell book. […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 10/14-10/18
by Nina Sabak
18 Oct 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Catch and Kill has been pulled from two Australian booksellers. Literary scholar Harold Bloom died at 89. This year’s Booker Prize breaks the rules and has two joint winners: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo. A major library system is boycotting embargoed Macmillan ebooks. Kevin Feige […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 10/7-10/11
by Nina Sabak
11 Oct 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. The 2018 and 2019 Nobel Prizes for Literature have caused some controversy. Rihanna will release a “visual autobiography.” This year’s National Book Award finalists are a diverse crew. In an era of printer closures and mergers, Worzalla is expanding. A Latina […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 9/30-10/4
by Nina Sabak
4 Oct 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. A new novel about Doctor Zhivago has received allegations of plagiarism. The National Enquirer‘s former editor really doesn’t want anyone to read Catch and Kill. The 2019 University Press Week’s theme will be “Read. Think. Act.” Amazon is shutting down another promotional program. […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 9/23-9/27
by Nina Sabak
27 Sep 2019 at 10:00am
Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what?s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Graphic novels are coming back to the New York Times bestseller lists. Hundreds of authors protested after Kamila Shamsie’s book award was revoked. This week saw the naming of the 2019 5 Under 35 honorees and the newest MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant […]
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