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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Cashing Out, Scaling Up
It’s been a busy year for mergers and acquisitions.
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How ‘Einstein in Kafkaland’ by Ken Krimstein Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the New Yorker cartoonist’s latest graphic novel.
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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Unnamed Press Inaugurates Smith & Taylor Classics Imprint
Los Angeles independent publisher Unnamed Press has unveiled Smith & Taylor Classics, a new imprint helmed by acquiring editors Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) and Brandon Taylor.
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How ‘Not Nothing’ by Gayle Forman Got Made
An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest middle grade novel.
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Belle Point Press Centers Mid-South Writers and Their Work
The Fort Smith, Ark.–based small press is committed to publishing books by Mid-South writers that are accessible to readers everywhere. Publisher Casie Dodd hopes that its newly inked distribution deal with IPG will help make this goal a reality.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing Untouched by Namesake Bankruptcy
After the entertainment company of the same name filed for bankruptcy, some in the book business wondered how the closure would impact the publisher. It won't.
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Small Press Community Slowly Builds Back After SPD Failure
A little more than three months after Small Press Distribution abruptly closed, leaving some 400 indie publishers without a trade distributor, publishers and distributors both are finally moving forward—even as damage assessment continues.
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'Braiding Sweetgrass' Author Robin Wall Kimmerer Heads to Scribner
Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World' will be published by Scribner on November 19. Her breakout hit 'Braiding Sweetgrass,' which has sold over two million copies, was published in 2013 by Milkweed.
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Authors Against Book Bans Officially Launches
The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.”
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