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March 13, 2017 at 2:35 am
'Our digital services can easily be used as a platform for testing' books, Morten Strunge tells Publishing Perspectives, on acquiring a new publisher. The post Sweden’s Storytel Buys Denmark’s People’s Press: ‘Everybody in the Same Family’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
March 10, 2017 at 8:20 am
Hot air and rightwing controversy fuel social media and fill column inches, but there’s no evidence they make people buy books. Quite the oppositePublishing has always been a controversial industry. Its history of banned books, lawsuits and angry letters wouldn’t look out of place in the most far-fetched of novels. And publishers have to strike…
March 10, 2017 at 6:00 am
First Republic of Consciousness award to honour small presses recognises the London independent for short story collection Counternarratives by John KeeneSet up to reward “brave, bold and brilliant” small presses for taking risks on “niche fiction”, the inaugural Republic of Consciousness prize has been won by Fitzcarraldo for publishing Counternarratives by John Keene.Fitzcarraldo, a London-based…
March 10, 2017 at 2:30 am
'Publishers take on the same risks as writers,' and the IPA's Prix Voltaire is open for 2017 nominations—which so far have an Asian concentration. The post Open for Nominations, IPA’s 2017 Prix Voltaire Is Attracting Many Asian Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
March 9, 2017 at 2:10 pm
With an application deadline of April 30, Frankfurt's Fellows will bring together an international cohort of publishers, editors, and rights specialists. The post Frankfurt Book Fair’s Fellowship Program Is Open for 2017 Applications appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
March 9, 2017 at 2:30 am
'Selling and managing rights is at the heart of our business,' says Gill Coleridge on conferring the first Deborah Rogers Foundation Bursary Award to Sam Coates in London. The post In London, Vintage Books’ Sam Coates Wins First Deborah Rogers Foundation Bursary appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
March 9, 2017 at 2:30 am
In an interview with Words Without Borders, Elizabeth Kostova talks about her work ‘to get all this wonderful contemporary literature from Bulgaria into English.’ The post Author Elizabeth Kostova on Her Mission to Promote Bulgaria’s Writers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
March 8, 2017 at 9:16 am
Loganberry Books in Ohio has reorganised its fiction section so all titles by male writers now have their spines facing the wallA bookshop in Ohio has made a graphic illustration of the position of female writers by leaving only books by women visible to its customers. The change, made to mark women’s history month, has…
March 8, 2017 at 8:00 am
A collection of essays on women’s lives published by 404Ink steals from the president for its title, and has been endorsed by Margaret AtwoodThe day Trump’s Muslim ban began in January, publisher Laura Jones was editing an essay by Zeba Talkhani about being a good Muslim. She reached the part where Talkhani, who lives in…
March 8, 2017 at 2:30 am
Citing 'education and research for everyone and by everyone,' Cambridge University Press' leadership offers pertinent readings for International Women's Day. The post International Women’s Day: Free Readings From Cambridge University Press appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
