Every week, our sister site, Publishing Trendsetter, recommends 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. To continue that tradition here on Publishing Trends, we will be recommending 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope…Continue Reading
If “Wild West” and “Discoverability” have been buzz words of BEAs past, “Scale” is certainly a strong contender for this year’s theme. Size and scale certainly come to mind when looking at the ever-increasing offerings and co-located events supplement the BEA exhibit hall, from IDPF and bloggers conferences to library tracks and author events. Size and…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brian deFiore, Brian Napack, David and Goliath, David Nussbaum, DeFiore and Company, F&W, Folio Literary Management, Hachette, Idea Logical, IDPF, Javits Center, Ken Michaels, Lorraine Shanley, Macmillan, Malcolm Gladwell, Market Partner International, Michael Cader, Mike Shatzkin, Penguin, Publishers Launch BEA, Random House, Robert Gottlieb, scale, Scott Hoffman, Trident Media
At the annual Association of American Publishers meeting in New York on February 28, the topic was “Innovative Solutions for Historic Challenges,” and those ranged from education to the current congressional impasse, to copyright. Education critic and NYU professor Diane Ravitch was on hand to address the first, Senator Olympia Snowe discussed the second, and…Continue Reading
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Tagged Association of American Publishers, Basic Books, Brian Murray, Carolyn Reidy, Cengage, David Steinberger, David Young, Diane Ravitch, Fighting for Common Ground, Hachette, HarperCollins, John Sargent, Knopf, Macmillan, NYU, Olympia Snowe, Perseus, Publishers Association, Reign of Error, Richard Mollet, Ronald Dunn, The Copyright Hub, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Tom Allen, Weinstein Books
A glance over the list of nonfiction authors who traveled from New Zealand to Frankfurt in celebration of the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Guest of Honor reveals a decidedly gourmet bent: of the 18 authors listed, eight are food or wine writers–almost 45%. This skew toward one particular category, says Kevin Chapman, MD of Hachette New…Continue Reading
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Tagged Al Brown, Alison Brook, Annabel Langbein, Anne Scott, cordon bleu, Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt Culinary Festival, Hachette, HarperCollins Worldwide, Jamie Oliver, Jenny Hellen, Julie Biuso, Kevin Chapman, Leon Joskowitz, New Zealand, New Zealand Guild of Food Writers, Nigella Lawson, Peter Gordon, Publishers Association of New Zealand, Random House New Zealand, Robyn Martin, Round Mountain Media, Susan Maruyama, Williams-Sonoma