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Macmillan Shutdown Spreads to U.K.
A cyber attack that forced the U.S. division of Macmillan to take its computer systems offline since Saturday and kept the company from taking orders has also affected the U.K. operation.
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Shutdown Leaves Macmillan Unable to Handle Book Orders
The ongoing "security incident" with Macmillan's computer network will prevent the publisher from processing, receiving, placing, or shipping orders through at least June 28.
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Post-Roe, Publishers Scramble to Meet the Political Moment
Sales of books concerning reproductive rights began moving up when the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, and publishers are now working to meet demand following the June 24 decision by the Supreme Court that ended a constitutional right to an abortion.
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Close-Up on: Austin Macauley
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Fiona McCrae Retires from Graywolf Press
The publisher at the head of the pack reflects on how a struggling small press became a literary powerhouse.
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From the Archive: July 2, 2012
As ALA wraps up its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., we look back at our coverage of its 2012 event. Then as now, e-book lending was a divisive issue.
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Lawyers Say ‘Defective’ Virginia Obscenity Claims Should Be Tossed
A pair of closely watched lawsuits in Virginia are now in the hands of a state judge after lawyers for two authors and publishers accused of violating an obscure state obscenity law asked the court last week to throw the cases out.
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Oni-Lion Forge Pushes Past the Pandemic
Over the past two years, the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has faced the challenge of merging two independent comics publishers and dealing with the impact of the pandemic. Now its eyes are on what's on the horizon.
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UNC Press Marks a Century of Publishing in the Tar Heel State
The University of North Carolina Press has much to celebrate as it marks its 100th anniversary.
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From the Archive: June 3, 1939
Viking Press took out a two-page ad in 'PW' in 1939 to keep sales rolling for John Steinbeck’s 'The Grapes of Wrath.'
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Relaunched MTV Books Unveils 2023 Slate
MTV Books, first launched in 1995 in partnership with Pocket Books, is now housed under the Branded Publishing Group at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, and has a renewed focus on its page-to-screen pipeline.
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Forefront Books, FDFI Launch Frederick Douglass Books
Forefront Books has partnered with the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI) to launch a new joint publishing imprint in an effort "to establish a pathway for Black and Brown authors to write and publish a professional book with distribution into traditional retailers."
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Close-Up on: Legacy Lit
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Zando, Crooked Media Launch New Imprint
Zando has partnered with Crooked Media, the progressive media company founded in 2017 by former Barack Obama administration officials Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, on a new books imprint, which has acquired a new novel by Lydia Kiesling.
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D.C. Spotlight: An Eclectic Publishing Region
The Washington, D.C. publishing community is unique, including not only independent publishers but scores of university presses, think tanks, and government agencies.
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D.C. Spotlight: Mr. Smith Arrives in Washington
Clay Smith takes the reins as director of literary initiatives at the Library of Congress.
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D.C. Spotlight: The View from the Library Roof
D.C. Public Libraries director Richard Reyes-Gavilan sees libraries offering much more than books.
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D.C. Spotlight: A Capital Book Business
Almost everything has changed for Washington publishers since the ALA last met in the city before the pandemic.
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Planet Word Is a Different Kind of Museum
The insitution, which opened permanently in the fall of 2021 in Washington, D.C., may be the world’s first museum devoted to language as a concept and not as collected material.
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A New Book Expo? Not By a Long Shot
Many in the industry miss certain aspects of BookExpo, but prospects for the emergence of a new in-person trade show to replace it are uncertain.
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