A new organization run by and for disabled publishing professionals is set to launch on July 22 at 8 PM Eastern with a virtual town hall open to the public and all publishing industry professionals. The event, which coincides with Disability Pride Month, will introduce the organization’s founding members, who will be present to discuss the organization’s goals and mission and to respond to questions from the community. The founding members include Ismita Hussain (agent at Great Dog Literary), Sarah Fisk (agent at Tobias Literary Agency), and Erin Madison (marketing manager at Penguin). Learn more about Disability in Publishing.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
