Women-Run Publishing
Girls may run the world, according to Beyoncé, but women run publishing. Making up well over 50% of the book business’s workforce, women have been moving from the steno pool to the corner office for decades. While there’s still a long way to go, the women found in the following pages—publishers, CEOs, founders—are leading the charge. (Sponsored) more...and more.
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Union Strikes Outside U.S. Office of Oxford University Press
Roughly 30 members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild held a strike outside the publisher's U.S. headquarters in Manhattan on June 18 over stalled contract negotiations and allegations of labor law violations.
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Saturday Books, Imprint with New Adult Focus, to Launch Next Fall at Macmillan
Sara Goodman and Eileen Rothschild, VPs and editorial director and associate publisher, respectively, at the young adult imprint Wednesday Books, will also head up Saturday, which will publish 10–12 titles annually for readers ages 18–30.
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Endnotes: How ‘Beckett’s Children’ by Michael Coffey Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author and former ‘PW’ co-editorial director’s literary memoir.
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Authors Equity Announces First 10 Author Signings
In a post celebrating its first 100 days in business, upstart publishing venture Authors Equity announced its first 10 author signings—an eclectic list that includes James Frey, Rachel Hollis, and Kyle Mills, with four books set to be published in 2024.
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A Majority of Canadians Now Get Their Books for Free
A survey from BookNet Canada found that 58% of Canadian audiobook listeners, 62% of e-book readers, and 51% of print book readers obtained books from free sources in 2023.
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Picador to Reissue the Works of Roberto Bolaño Starting in September
Beginning this fall, Picador will reissue the majority of Chilean author Roberto Bolaño’s catalog in English translations in a "major repackaging program," starting with 'By Night in Chile,' 'The Return,' and 'Antwerp.'
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Endnotes: How ‘Beautiful Villain’ by Rebecca Kenney Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s paranormal reimagining of ‘The Great Gatsby.’
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Publishers Sue Google over Pirate Sites
Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill have filed a lawsuit accusing Google of promoting unauthorized copies of their textbooks by allowing pirate sites to continue to run ads even after receiving thousands of takedown requests.
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Amistad Inks Partnership with Viola Davis's JVL Media
Three of the inaugural titles from JVL Media—the publisher and packager launched earlier this year by Davis, husband Julius Tennon, and publisher Lavaille Lavette—will be published in association with HarperOne Group's Amistad imprint.
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On World Environment Day, Disney Debuts Planet Possible Books Program
The Walt Disney Company has announced a new children’s book program, Planet Possible Books, on World Environment Day, June 5. The program will publish three to four books a year.
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