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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 1/18-1/22
by Nina Sabak
22 Jan 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. A new open letter calls for a boycott on future Trump administration memoirs. Regnery has picked up Josh Hawley’s canceled book. Ursula K. Le Guin will get her own postage stamp. Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, 22, and DNC speaker Brayden Harrington, […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 1/11-1/15
by Nina Sabak
15 Jan 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. Amazon and the Big Five are the target of a new lawsuit over ebook price-fixing. Jack Kirby‘s son issued a statement over the use of Captain America imagery in last week’s Capitol riots. Archive of Our Own (AO3) is crashing under pandemic […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 1/4-1/8
by Nina Sabak
8 Jan 2021 at 10:37am
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. Publishers Weekly is launching a new trade fair, with an all-virtual inaugural run. Josh Hawley’s book deal was canceled after his role in Wednesday’s insurrection. Novelist Eric Jerome Dickey has died at 59. Camilla Parker Bowles is the latest public figure […]
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Eighth Annual Best of the Best of 2020 Lists
by Nina Sabak
31 Dec 2020 at 9:30am
2020 has been a long, hard decade, but we can all agree on one thing: without books, we’d be a lot weirder right now. Here at Trendsetter, we’re pleased to present our annual gesture to the year/century/millennium that was. Let’s reminisce about the past twelve months selectively, shall we? (From all of us to all of you: be well, stay safe, and see you in January.) Best list of best book covers. Best list of queer books. Best anti-racist reading list. Best list of worst sex scenes. Best list of […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 12/14-12/18
by Nina Sabak
18 Dec 2020 at 10:01am
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. RIP, legendary spy novelist John le Carré and rising star Anthony Veasna So. Jay-Z is launching a publishing partnership with Penguin Random House, Roc Lit 101. Spiegel & Grau is returning as an independent publishing house. Barack Obama released his annual […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 12/7-12/11
by Nina Sabak
11 Dec 2020 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 2020 Bad Sex in Fiction Awards have been canceled out of mercy. Jordan Smith is the new interim director of the National Book Foundation. Pulitzer-winning novelist Alison Lurie has died at 94. Amazon is considering offering ebooks to libraries. Tattered […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/30-12/4
by Nina Sabak
4 Dec 2020 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. Audible has changed its return policy following author outcry. J.R.R. Tolkien’s house is for sale. Penguin Random House will absorb Simon & Schuster, and not everyone is happy about the news. Fireside Magazine is making changes in the wake of its […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/16-11/20
by Nina Sabak
20 Nov 2020 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 first graphic novel written by homeless authors was successfully crowdfunded. Albert Whitman & Co.‘s authors demand back royalties and increased transparency. Inmates in the Allegheny County Jail have had their reading options and access dramatically limited. NYC institution Poets House […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/9-11/13
by Nina Sabak
13 Nov 2020 at 10:02am
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. Burbank schools pulled some books from their required reading over charges of racism. Scholastic will publish three books by civil rights icon Ruby Bridges. Macmillan will not return to its offices until July 6. Writer, publisher, and bookstore owner Joan Drury […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 11/2-11/6
by Nina Sabak
6 Nov 2020 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. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is considering selling its consumer publishing business. The London Book Fair has new dates – and a new director. Dr. Camilla Pang is the youngest recipient of the Royal Society prize. The Kirkus Prize winners were announced. PRH is […]
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