God help us if publishers become “the morals police”
For Publishers Weekly, Rachel Deahl reports that book publishers are pressing for “morality clauses” to be included in deals with new authors. In the most immediate sense, this is a… Read more »
Milo Yiannopoulos’s lawsuit against his publisher goes down in flames
Let’s check-in on everyone’s favourite bigoted right-wing jerk, Milo Yiannopoulos. The former senior editor at alt-right site Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos gained notoriety for his offensive stances on… well, practically everything, including feminism, homosexuality,… 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 »
With Brexit imminent, British publishers worry over their futures on the European market
The headline reads “Brexit will usher in a dark chapter for new British authors, warns publisher,” but two phrases that could send chills down one’s spine make up the lede… Read more »
Make no mistake: Free speech is under heavy attack
Yesterday, former Breitbart news editor Ben Shapiro showed up to speak at the University of California, Berkeley. It was many things: a pointless provocation, a field day for newsroom thesauruses, and the inaugural installment… Read more »
Linda Sarsour “will not submit to fear”
In February we reported on the efforts of Linda Sarsour—“working woman, racial justice and civil rights activist, every Islamophobe’s worst nightmare, and mother of three”—to raise money for the Jewish… Read more »
Bill O’Reilly can’t go on, Bill O’Reilly’ll go on
It’s been kind of a mixed week for founding Fox News mainstay Bill O’Reilly. On the one hand, he got to meet Melville House author The Pope, whose people were quick to clarify “that no official… Read more »
And lo, it was called Saturday; and it was very good
Hello out there, everybody! First and perhaps most important: congratulations. Another instance of that most bewildering and horrendous of human institutions, the dreaded “week,” has passed, and you, you brave and… 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 »
Milo Yiannopoulos’s original publisher named PW’s Publisher of the Year