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Publishing’s Bright Future (Really!)
Courtney Maum, humorist and author of the satirical novel 'Touch,' mines her history working as a trend forecaster to predict a coming boom in books.
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The Boy Who Became Joe Finder
Veteran thriller writer Finder was once a child of eight who wanted to write. Then the author Eleanor Cameron became his pen pal.
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A New Concept for Indie Bookstores
Peter Goodman, the board chair of the Independent Book Publishers Association, has a radical idea for how to sell indie books.
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Free the Copyright Office
A bill that just cleared its first congressional hurdle takes a step toward modernizing the Copyright Office and giving it more independence, argues the Authors Guild's Mary Rasenberger.
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Do You Remember the Card Catalogue?
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden looks backward and forward as libraries try to keep pace with rapidly advancing technology.
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Celebrating Independent Bookstores
What’s so special about independent bookshops? Bob Eckstein, author-illustrator of 'Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores,’ shows and tells.
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In Praise of the Coffee Table Book
That beautiful book sitting on the coffee table isn't just for decoration. Open it up.
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Three Tips on How Publishers Can Brand Authors in Our Media-Saturated Times
Bite-size learning is on the rise. Here is how publishers can take advantage.
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Why I Refuse to Charge Writers Submission Fees
The editor of a new literary magazine explains why he doesn't charge submission fees.
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Every Writer Needs an Editor, Especially if that Writer Is Also an Editor
The editorial director of 'Writer's Digest' discusses the difficulty of taking her own advice.
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No, I Can't Drive You to the Airport: A Freelancer's Life
A freelancer establishes herself as a professional writer and starts saying no to requests for her time.
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The Weird Things People Leave in Books
Bologna, paychecks, divorce papers, a taco, and other strange things librarians have found in books.
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How Being a Defense Attorney Prepared Me for Being a Full-Time Writer
A criminal defense attorney turned writer talks moral complexity in fiction.
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Freedom of The Press is Not a Given
A journalist recounts her experience with hard-line censorship in Egypt.
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In Defense of Milo Yiannopoulos's Book
I’ve been continually shocked by the willingness of many in the publishing industry to stifle Milo Yiannopoulos's opinions, writes Yiannopoulos's literary agent, Thomas Flannery Jr.
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Confessions of a Book FOMO Sufferer
A bookseller laments a severe case of fear of missing out on a book.
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Why the Milo Yiannopoulos Book Deal Tarnishes the Publishing Industry
When a major publisher legitimizes old-fashioned hate speech and rebrands lies as alternative facts, our authors lose, our books lose, and our country loses.
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In Memoriam: Dave Dutton
A sales rep remembers iconic Soutnern California bookseller Dave Dutton.
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Dear Publishers: Latinos Read Books, Too
A former New York state assemblyman takes publishing to task for underestimating the U.S. Latino market.
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Milo Yiannopoulos and the Slippery Slope of Free Speech
"If we, as publishers, cannot tell the difference between good and evil, between conscience and profit, between extremist views and the views our founding fathers put forth, we are no better than tabloids."
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