Book Aid For Ukraine auctions off publishing goodies raising relief funds
The publishing industry continues to band together against Putin, launching Book Aid for Ukraine. Organised by Hayley Steed, literary agent at the Madeleine Milburn Agency, Book Aid for Ukraine auctioned off over… Read more »
Remote remains option at Random; WFH touted
Holy hybrid! As reported today in industry tip-sheet Publishers Weekly, book behemoth Penguin Random House intends to keep its workplace “remote-friendly” going forward. In a memo to employees, CEO Madeline… Read more »
MELVILLE HOUSE TO CRASH BOOK BY JOHN DEAN OF WATERGATE FAME ON THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING TRUMP AND HIS FOLLOWERS
Watergate legend John Dean and Brooklyn indie publisher Melville House today announce their partnership on the imminent publication of AUTHORITARIAN NIGHTMARE: TRUMP AND HIS FOLLOWERS. The book will be co-written… Read more »
Publishing During Wartime (Those who forget past blogging are doomed to repeat it)
The year is winding down, and we’re officially on hiatus. But, seeing as how internets gonna internet, we’re using this time to look back on some of our favorite posts… Read more »
Publishing during wartime: Chickens, roosting
Milo Yiannopoulos went down in flames yesterday — spectacularly so, in a way that will likely leave him a regular guest on the Bill Maher show but unemployed and radioactive forever… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part IX: The flying monkeys multiply, but so does the opposition
On the day when the Southern Poverty Law Center released a report about a dramatic rise in hate groups that it blamed on “the Trump phenomenon” … on the day… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VIII: Enter the rainmaker?
Over water coolers throughout the book industry, discussion of the Milo Yiannopoulos book deal with Simon and Schuster is still raging. The overwhelming consensus is clear: Shame on Carolyn Reidy… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VII: Enter the Black Bloc, exit discernment
It was no surprise, but one has to wonder what the muckety-mucks at Simon and Schuster thought yesterday when Donald Trump made it official: He’s a huuuuge supporter of hate-speech monger… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VI: The growing resistance
If you want to see how Donald Trump’s not-so-peculiar brand of fascism could successfully roll out across America, you could do worse than making a study of what’s going on… Read more »
Milo Yiannopoulos’s original publisher named PW’s Publisher of the Year