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Emirates Airline Festival of Literature To Create an Independent Press
January 19, 2022 at 6:12 pm

The 2022 in-person Emirates Airline Festival of Literature will feature the Emirates Literature Foundation's opening of ELF Publishing. The post Emirates Airline Festival of Literature To Create an Independent Press appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Polish Publishing Update: Growth Cited in Pandemic-Era Online Sales
January 19, 2022 at 9:56 am

The Polish publishing market, though seeing strength in the pandemic in its digital infrastructure, has struggled with profit margins. The post Polish Publishing Update: Growth Cited in Pandemic-Era Online Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ian McEwan’s ‘most epic book to date’ to be published in September
January 19, 2022 at 7:00 am

The Booker prize-winning author’s new novel Lessons is ‘a powerful meditation on history and humanity told through the prism of one man’s lifetime’Ian McEwan’s “most epic book to date”, moving from the end of the second world war to the current pandemic and exploring the impact of childhood trauma, will be published this autumn.The Booker…

Government pauses plans to rewrite UK copyright laws after authors protest
January 19, 2022 at 4:01 am

Intellectual property rule changes were mooted in the wake of Brexit but have been shelved after warnings about how this could hit writers’ incomesAfter authors including Kate Mosse and Philip Pullman warned that proposals to change the UK’s copyright laws could be “devastating” for writers, the government has paused its plans.The Intellectual Property Office launched…