Publishing NewsArt / Beyoncé / Chris Jackson / cultural critique / diversity / editors / Literary Agents / music / Publishers / publishing / RWA3 Comments
Equity in Publishing: What Should Editors Be Doing? – I’ve been holding on to this story for a while, and with RWA’s recent “open letter” on diversity, it seems like a good time to post it. The roundtable, organized by Antonio Aiello following the Best American Poetry scandal, includes Alexander Chee, Anna deVries, Hafizah Geter, Amy ... more >
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VPNs Dissolve National Boundaries Online, for Work and Movie-Watching – VPN’s, or Virtual Privacy Networks, are often used by companies that need to maintain a secure environment for users managing sensitive and confidential information off-site, but now they are available more commonly (there are a number you can use through ... more >
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No Lack of Major Prose Houses at Comic-Con – I think this article is a great example of how diversified entertainment options are, both in terms of partnerships between media outlets and formats, and competition for reader/viewer/gamer eyeballs and dollars. Jane has long said that it’s other forms of entertainment, ... more >
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Public Libraries News: Should Library ebooks be charged for? – “Against free library e-book accessible at home (Justin Tomlinson) Most publishers do not want e-book lending in libraries (DJ) therefore it’s better to charge to get them on board otherwise libraries are going to be left behind (JT) This would ... more >
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News Amazon’s $1 million secret – Amazon.com – Salon.com – “Amazon is picking up its literary largess during an especially charged season in the company’s relationships with the rest of the book world. For the first time, the “Big Six” publishers — HarperCollins, Random House, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Penguin ... more >
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News Amazon created an Ipad optimized site because Apple made Amazon remove the buy links. If you have an Ipad, this is the way you want to browse the Amazon Bookstore. Here is the link (www.amazon.com/iPadKindleStore.) ***** Random House acquired Canada’s major book publisher McClelland & Stewart. I’m not familiar with ... more >