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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/24-7/28
by Nina Sabak
28 Jul 2017 at 9:30am
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 longlist for this year’s Booker Prize is out. Legendary book critic Michiko Kakutani is stepping down from the New York Times. In gaming news, George R.R. Martin will contribute to a space-adventure video game, while Minecraft is getting its own novel. Rep. John Lewis became the […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/17-7/21
by Sam Howard
21 Jul 2017 at 9:30am
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. There will be two new Harry Potter books released in the fall. Keanu Reeves co-founded X Artists’ Books, an art book publisher. Amazon rolled out a social network, Spark, which encourages users to shop. Barbour Publishing is now employee-owned. In an open letter to the […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/10-7/14
by Nina Sabak
14 Jul 2017 at 9:30am
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. Denis Johnson will posthumously receive the Prize for American Fiction. Milo Yiannopoulos has lashed out at reports of low sales. Pearson sold $1 billion of its stake in Penguin Random House. Barnes & Noble named Carl Hauch its new Vice President of Stores. Dana Canedy […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 7/3-7/7
by Sam Howard
7 Jul 2017 at 9:30am
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. Warner Brothers and the Tolkien estate settled a lawsuit over licensing. The Curtis Brown literary agency bought Ed Victor Ltd. Overdrive was rebranded as Overdrive Rakuten. Christian Stores is launching an online shopping arm. A lost Maurice Sendak book will be published next year.
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Focus On: Feminist, LGBT, and Black-Owned Bookstores
by Nina Sabak
5 Jul 2017 at 8:30am
In the months since the election, a number of bookstores have taken up the activist banner ? but they?re far from the first to do so. In fact, booksellers have been doing social justice work for a long time. The 20th century in America saw a boom in stores dedicated to fulfilling and celebrating long-marginalized populations, and the work continues today. So we?ve put together a brief overview of feminist, LGBT, and black-owned bookstores to help you dive into the world of activist bookselling. As the slogan goes, the personal is […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 6/26-6/30
by Nina Sabak
30 Jun 2017 at 9:30am
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. After much criticism, the TSA has abandoned a book-screening pilot program. Indie publisher Two Dollar Radio is opening a bookstore in Columbus. Penguin Random House is closing Blue Rider Press, while Crown Publishing Group is launching Currency, a new nonfiction imprint. Amazon Web Services will soon offer machine translation. […]
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Romance as Resistance in 2017
by Sam Howard
28 Jun 2017 at 10:15am
It used to be I?d read one romance novel a year for my feminist book club. We started this as a way to cleanse our palates after a particularly harrowing read, and then became a fun February tradition, a way to ease back into our monthly meetings after having a holiday break to read our January selection. This year, after our yearly romance read, I wanted more. I started buying discounted romance ebooks, checking them out from the library, and scouring Goodreads for suggestions on what else to read. I […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 6/19-6/23
by Sam Howard
23 Jun 2017 at 9:30am
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. Many major publishers back Greenpeace in their standoff with a logging corporation. Three textbook publishers have charged Follett with selling counterfeit textbooks. Despite potentially losing their funding, the NEA awarded millions of dollars in grants this week. HarperCollins will add over 15,000 ebooks to Hoopla, a […]
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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 6/12-6/16
by Nina Sabak
16 Jun 2017 at 9:30am
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. Tracy K. Smith is the new United States Poet Laureate. Amazon is buying Whole Foods. The 2017 Big Library Read began this week and will run until the 26th. The Lambda Literary Awards were announced on Monday. David Grossman won the Man Booker International Prize on […]
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How Did You Get Into Publishing? A Survey
by Sam Howard
13 Jun 2017 at 8:30am
It’s that time again. Every summer I get a flurry of emails from friends/family/fellow alumni, asking if I can offer their friend/niece/student advice on how to break into the publishing industry. I know I’m not alone in this – in fact, I’m imagining you nodding your head in agreement. You’d think at this point I’d just have a canned response of what to say to folks. And yet, every time I write out a different response depending on the person and their situation, not only because it’s the right thing […]
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