US Prepares To Take On Penguin, S&S Merger
Witness lists include bestselling author Stephen King as well as all Big Five CEOS and a host of agents and editors.
The Picasso of Publishing
New frontiers. Challenging the status quo. These are lifelong career ambitions for Vitek Tracz.
Harper Collins Union Calls One-Day Strike
The union is looking for higher pay, improved family leave benefits, a greater commitment to diversifying staff, and stronger union protection.
ALA Conference Draws 14K Attendance
Librarians arrived last weekend in Washington for a wide-ranging professional education program that reflected ongoing political and cultural issues.
A Textbook Life, By An Author
Over the same period that Dr. Berk has researched and written her body of work, not only publishing and related technology have changed dramatically but also society and culture.
ALA Annual Conference Returns to Washington
“The pandemic took a toll on the library community and library workers,” PW’s Andrew Albanese notes. “The profession needs to consider the future of working conditions for librarians and library workers.”
Cryptocurrency and Cryptic Copyright
A smart contract isn’t really a contract – it is simply a bit of self-executing code, according to Paul Sweeting. “It’s not the equivalent of a contract of sale or a license contract that is written down by lawyers and signed by both parties and notarized,” he says.
No New BookExpo Coming
Feeling nostalgic for the days of BookExpo? No one else in the US book world is either.
Podcasting Comes to Hollywood
Alexia Bedat advises podcast creators to learn the lessons of Hollywood contracts and to seek deals that build on the unique strengths of the new medium.
More Big Numbers for Audiobooks
74,000 audiobooks were published in 2021— a 6% increase in output over 2020, according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey.