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The Authors Guild Releases Its Model Translation Contract, a First
April 19, 2021 at 11:20 pm

Points of ideal translation contracts–including cover credit for a translator's work–are included in the Guild's newly released model. The post The Authors Guild Releases Its Model Translation Contract, a First appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

US First-Quarter 2021 Print Book Sales Grew 29 Percent
April 19, 2021 at 12:24 pm

Strong book sales continue in Q1 of 2021, with print sales up 29 percent in the US. And in 2020, ebook sales increased by 17 percent. The post US First-Quarter 2021 Print Book Sales Grew 29 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Michaela Coel debuts as an author with Misfits: A Personal Manifesto
April 19, 2021 at 10:36 am

Out in September in the UK and the US, the creator of I May Destroy You is set to write ‘a rousing and bold case against fitting in’I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum creator and actor Michaela Coel is writing her first book, titled Misfits: A Personal Manifesto.To be published in the UK and…

“The Family Business” is Ingram: the global infrastructure for the book industry
April 19, 2021 at 1:06 am

The global infrastructure for the book business that is not Amazon is owned and operated by the Ingram Content Group. In fact, a lot of the global infrastructure of the book business that is identified as Amazon is actually Ingram. And on top of that, there would probably have been no Amazon, certainly not the…

In the Instagram age, you actually can judge a book by its cover
April 18, 2021 at 5:00 am

Social media is now a vital platform to promote new titles. And that means jacket designs that hit you ‘hard and quick’Last week’s big literary event was not the publication of a new book, the million-pound signing of a celebrity author or the announcement of a prestigious prize. Instead, it was the unveiling of a…