Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. What makes bookstores “recession-proof”? Can sensitivity reading combat long-standing literary tropes? How does immigration reform matter to the…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Could an NFT startup meaningfully change the industry, or just reflect current trends? Would the problem of gatekeeping…Continue Reading
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Tagged crime, crime fiction, europe, Frankfurt Book Fair, gatekeeping, genre fiction, NFTs, peer review, Russia, scholarly publishing, scientific journals, scientific publishing, startups, Ukraine, war
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. What does the “feeder team” metaphor reveal about bigger publishers’ regard for the indies? How has librarian burnout…Continue Reading
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Tagged abuse, art, artistic publishing, Big Five, book festivals, commerce, commercial publishing, DOJ vs. PRH, genre, genre fiction, independent publishers, indie publishing, indies, librarian burnout, librarians, literary festivals, publishing industry, video game books, video games
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Is the next romance trend the “apron-tugger”? Do we have room for diverse stories that aren’t about trauma?…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Can hybrid offices actually work? What should reading in prison cost? Why is queer romance currently thriving? How…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Why read fiction in an era of crisis? How dangerous can library work actually be? What are suburban…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How are cultural institutions surviving? Are publishing’s anti-racist changes superficial or structural? Political books are having their best…Continue Reading
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Tagged anti-racism, autofiction, book sales, bookstores, cognition, coronavirus, COVID-19, cultural institutions, diversity, diversity in publishing, genre, genre fiction, pandemic, political books, political nonfiction, political publishing
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. How have indie romance novels expanded the possibilities of their genre? What happened to the printing supply chain?…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Do Little Free Libraries have a role to play during the pandemic? What does Amazon’s market domination mean…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19, genre fiction, independent book sellers, Indigenous authors, indigenous publishing, Little Free Libraries, Monopoly, pandemic, postal service, publishing industry, remote learning, sci-fi, science fiction, textbooks
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Why is Amazon tracking Kindle reading habits? What lessons will (and should) publishing take from the American Dirt controversy? How is coronavirus…Continue Reading