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PEN America Cancels 2024 World Voices Festival Amid Further Fallout
The cancellation of what would have been the 20th edition of the free speech organization's sprawling festival came just days after it axed the 2024 PEN America Literary Awards ceremony amid mass withdrawals of books from consideration and continued criticism.
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Manga Goes Dark with Smudge
New imprint from Living the Line books trades on the appeal of cult manga
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Endnotes: ‘Search and Destroy Vol. 1’ by Atsushi Kaneko
An inside look at the publication process for the English translation of a punk update on a classic manga.
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The Rise of Manga Indies and New Imprints
From micropublishers showcasing up-and-coming creators to larger companies adding specialty imprints, there’s lots to discover on the edges of the manga mainstream.
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Manga Fans Can’t Get Enough
Manga is so popular in North America that publishers are expanding to comics from across Asia, as Japanese publishers also invest in marketing directly to the West.
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How Book Publishers Can Combat Misinformation
In 'Attack from Within,' Barbara McQuade explores disinformation and the need to report, and defend, the truth. Her publisher, Seven Stories, is taking note—even as fact-checking remains scarce in book publishing.
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Poetry Foundation Offers Aid to SPD Presses as the Search for New Homes Continues
The Poetry Foundation is funding a new grant program to help presses, while more than 70 former Small Press Distribution clients have found new distribution partners.
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Oakland’s Poet Laureate Receives Rainin Arts Fellowship, Plans Anthology with New Indie Press
Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga, honored for her theater innovation, is co-editing a bilingual anthology with Oso Perezoso Press, launched by indie publisher J.K. Fowler.
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Zodiac Academy Authors Launch Publishing Venture
Sisters Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti will rerelease their self-published Zodiac Academy romantasy series in paperback under their newly formed company, Dark Ink Publishing. On April 23, Dark Ink released 'Restless Stars,' the ninth and final book in the series, with an announced print run of 80,000.
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Norton Sues Follett, Alleging Millions in Past Due Payments
In an April 17 complaint, the publisher alleges that Follett Higher Education could owe the publisher more than $9 million by May 1, for both print and digital content.
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