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The Book Biz Tries to Avoid Supply Chain Disruptions
Shortages of truck drivers and trailers, congestion at ports, and escalating transportation costs have put more pressure on the supply chain than any time in recent memory.
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Salman Rushdie to Serialize New Novella on Substack
Salman Rushdie will serialize a new novella, 'The Seventh Wave,' on a new Substack e-newsletter, 'Salman's Sea of Stories,' in addition to releasing new short stories via the platform.
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Indie Publishers Encouraged by 2021 Results
Interviews with five independent publishers found all generally satisfied with sales in the first half of 2021.
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Big Indie Books of Fall 2021
These 20 upcoming releases from small and university presses consider a wide swath of topics and ideas, and demonstrate the robustness of independent publishing.
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Coffee House Press Names New Publisher
Anitra Budd, who has been affiliated with the Minneapolis-based indie publisher for 20 years, is the new executive director and publisher of Coffee House Press, effective October 1.
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Milkweed Editions Announces Disability-Focused Literary Series
Minnesota-based independent publisher Milkweed Editions will launch a series of books centered on neurodivergence and what the publisher calls “different ways of languaging” next year.
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Hachette Book Group's Acquisition Spree Continues
The purchase of Workman is the publisher’s sixth acquisition in eight years—and its biggest.
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Indie Publishers Embrace Success
Like the big trade publishers, many independent publishers had surprisingly good years last year—and they were particularly well-poised to quickly adapt to market conditions.
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Serialized Books Are a Burgeoning Business at Substack
The subscription e-newsletter platform Substack has already made its mark on the media business, but will it do the same for book publishing? Author Anand Giridharadas is helping to test the waters by serializing the first two chapters of his 2014 book, 'The True American,' in his newsletter, 'The.Ink.'
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Quarto Restructures Top Leadership
The global publisher of illustrated books will reorganize parts of its management team as COO Ken Fund prepares to retire.
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Penguin Publishing Group Realigns Marketing, Publicity
Separate marketing and publicity teams for Riverhead and Viking will be created, and the Viking Penguin publicity department will see a series of changes.
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Book Club Picks for August 2021
The summer months may be slowly drawing to a close, but there are loads of books still to read. We’ve rounded up more than August book club selections, ranging from escapist fiction to deep dives into serious issues.
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Publishers See Green in ‘The Green Knight’
A medieval romance in verse by an anonymous author proves a hot publishing property as the long-anticipated adaptation of ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ screens in theaters nationwide.
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Introducing the Binc Foundation Team
Introducing everyone you need to know at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
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How Binc's Personal Touch Helped These Bookstores
The owners of five indie bookstores express their appreciation for the financial assistance, as well as information and resources provided by Binc.
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Oren Teicher Explains Why the Binc Foundation Matters
It's hard to imagine the bookselling community without Binc, former American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher writes.
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The Binc Foundation's Message of Fellowship
The story of the Binc Foundation is one of gratitude, compassion, kindness, and generosity, executive director Pam French writes.
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The Binc Foundation: 25 Years of Supporting Booksellers
As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation has never had a bigger part to play in supporting booksellers and comics stores.