Adult Coloring Books: Only Half-Good For Publishing Porter Anderson “ Even as booksellers cheer added revenue from this year’s popularity of adult coloring books, many confuse their success with a rosy message about a “print surge” in books.
Publishers And Authors: Inviting Them To The Same Party Porter Anderson “ A new conference in London called Author Day is an event both for writers and publishing industry professionals—getting together to discuss divisive issues is the whole point.
2 New Efforts In Publishing Diversity: ‘Learning From Each Other’s Narratives’ Porter Anderson “ At Boston’s GrubStreet creative writing center and online at Writer Unboxed, new efforts to bring diverse voices into publishing heighten a bookish search for relevance and authors’ growing sense of shared responsibility.
1.1 Million Copies Later: Go Mock A Watchman Porter Anderson “ Amid soaring sales figures and whole chapters of controversy, key points of debate around the release of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’ focus on characterizations of Atticus Finch and the fact of the manuscript’s publication itself.
‘Putting Readers First’ At BEA: Gatekeepers, Curators, And ‘Too Many Books’ Porter Anderson “ At BookExpo America, London publisher Michael Bhaskar tells IDPF’s Digital Book Conference that a new power broker is afoot: the reader-as-curator now is top priority in an industry deep in transition.
Publishing For Digital Minds Conference Opens London Book Fair Monday Porter Anderson “ In the run-up to the London Book Fair, Monday’s Publishing for Digital Minds conference at Olympia London is the first of the year’s trade-show-opening publishing conferences.
Indies Hitting The Big Time: Jasinda And Jack Wilder At Berkley Books Porter Anderson “ Bestselling self-publishing husband-wife collaborators Jasinda and Jack Wilder have a new seven-figure deal for three novels with Penguin Random House’s Berkley Books. Will their fellow indies cheer? — or see them as sellouts?
‘Do You Love Your Publisher?’ #AuthorSay Is Hanging On Every Word Porter Anderson “ Having heard an earful from self-publishing authors for years, the books industry may get some new insights into how traditionally publishing authors see their experiences. A new international survey is open for input.