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Traditional Publishing The ongoing conglomeration of publishing will not lead to the destruction of literature. So argues a professor of

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Traditional Publishing The fastest growing publishers of 2022. The list includes Microcosm Publishing in Portland, Oregon, which stopped selling books

Research A new study on distribution practices in book publishing and related challenges: Students at Portland State University led research

Supply Chain What’s behind the paper shortages? The problem goes back to pre-pandemic trends. Read Lou Caron at WhatTheyThink.The Midland

Trends Graphic novels drive buzz at the biggest industry book fair for children’s work. At Bologna Book Fair this year,

Ukraine and Russia An urgent mission for translators: Bring Ukraine voices to the West. By highlighting Ukraine’s literary and linguistic

Supply Chain The paper shortage is likely to get worse before it gets better. Yet another article reiterating that the

News There’s a new executive director of SCBWI. The children’s writing organization will be headed up by Sarah Baker. She’s been

Traditional Publishing Publishers and agents are grumbling about subpoenas in the antitrust case against Penguin Random House. As part of

Trends Useful trend report for self-publishing authors: Alex Newton at K-lytics offers a free, big-picture overview of what’s happening in

Copyright Authors and publishers win $7.8 million in a global piracy lawsuit. But it’s unlikely they will ever see a

News Movie tie-ins negatively affected by COVID. Hollywood loves building on existing IP, and publishers benefit in the form of

Traditional Publishing Some publishers might return to printing their own books. Supply chain issues and long wait times for book

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Surprises An award-winning Spanish female crime writer is in fact three men. They are all TV scriptwriters using a pseudonym.

Traditional Publishing Where have all the midsize publishers gone? Longtime industry journalist Jim Milliot says there is a dearth of