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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 4/5-4/9
by Nina Sabak
9 Apr 2021 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. 2020’s most-banned and challenged books featured an increase in anti-racist titles. PRH is extending its Temporary Library Terms of Sale through the end of the year. The Women’s Prize for Fiction denounced an open letter targeting trans nominee Torrey Peters. Simon […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 3/29-4/2
by Nina Sabak
2 Apr 2021 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. Dav Pilkey is withdrawing a title and apologizing for its racial stereotyping. The legendary Beverly Cleary has died at 104. HarperCollins is buying HMH. The 2021 International Booker Prize longlist is here. Chicago bookseller Nina Barrett is the lead plaintiff in […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 3/22-3/26
by Nina Sabak
26 Mar 2021 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 Publishing Triangle presented its 2021 Triangle Award finalists. #DVpit has launched a nonprofit, DiverseVoices Inc. With organizers pointed to its significant cost, the Rona Jaffe Award has been discontinued. Adam Kindt has revived his series MIND MGMT for an NFT […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 3/15-3/19
by Nina Sabak
19 Mar 2021 at 10:09am
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. Poet and illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund has died at 95. The University of California and Elsevier reached a landmark open-access deal. A cross-stitch pattern book was pulled from Michaels over language concerns, prompting swift backlash. The Lambda Literary Awards finalists and […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 3/8-3/12
by Nina Sabak
12 Mar 2021 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. Jared Kushner plans to write a book about his White House experience. Deesha Philyaw won the 2020 Story Prize. The Phantom Tollbooth author Norton Juster has died at 91. The Frankfurt Book Fair will return as a hybrid event this year. […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 3/1-3/5
by Nina Sabak
5 Mar 2021 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 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists are here. Union booksellers protested outside the Strand on Monday. Researchers have digitally opened a sealed letter from the 17th century. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld will no longer translate Amanda Gorman’s work after calls for a […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 2/22-2/26
by Nina Sabak
26 Feb 2021 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 Great Gatsby will be adapted into an animated film. Paul McCartney is publishing a memoir, “a self-portrait in 154 songs.” Skyhorse may sue HBO over the unauthorized use of audio from Woody Allen‘s 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing. Poet and […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 2/15-2/19
by Nina Sabak
19 Feb 2021 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. Amid uncertain vaccine rollouts, the 2021 Leipzig Book Fair was called off. The Carnegie Medal longlist has been released. InterVarsity Press will launch a children’s imprint, with first titles releasing in October. We Need Diverse Books and Penguin Random House will […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 2/8-2/12
by Nina Sabak
12 Feb 2021 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 groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center is set for this fall. The Justice Department has dropped its suit against Melania Trump’s former aide and her tell-all. Danny Trejo’s first memoir arrives this summer. The Senate Conservatives Fund has spent $65,000 […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 2/1-2/5
by Nina Sabak
5 Feb 2021 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 Big Five are now co-defendants in the ebook price-fixing suit. Hunter Biden will publish a memoir in April. The Authors Guild is calling on the Department of Justice to block Bertelsmann’s purchase of Simon & Schuster. The GameStop stock saga […]
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