The Booming Rights Scene for Children’s Books in China – The Chinese publishing industry and literary marketplace is getting more and more interesting. Publishers Weekly continues to give the market good press, as this article on the growing number of children’s books, many from Western publishers, are being acquired and sold. ... more >
Book Publishers Scramble to Make Sense of Trump’s Rise to Victory – We talk a lot about what direction publishers are taking, especially traditional publishers, and for the next months, at least, one significant focus may be politics. This isn’t surprising, of course, because commercial publishers are always engaged in capitalizing on ... more >
Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on iPhone – When I read this headline, I hear Dr. Evil in my head, repeating “one billion dollars” over and over. Whereas Oracle, in their suit against Google for infringement of copyright over their Java software, likely doesn’t think it’s ... more >
A book linked to the disappearance of Hong Kong booksellers focuses on Xi Jinping’s “six women” – More information has emerged related to the disappearance of five men linked to Causeway Bay Bookstore and its publisher-owner, Mighty Current, which has been preparing for publication a manuscript on Xi Jinping’s love life. ... more >
How Reddit shoved former CEO Ellen Pao off the glass cliff – If you’ve been following the imminent self-destruction turmoil at Reddit, you may have seen the myriad news and opinion pieces blaming Ellen Pao for taking the position of CEO and being a “bad” leader, and more. She’s even been ... more >
Welcome to Voat: Reddit killer, troll haven, and the strange face of internet free speech -With the recent trouble at Reddit — from charges of corporate-minded censorship (the platform is owned by Conde Nast) to the controversy over Ellen Pao’s termination (both from those who protested her position and those ... more >