Could not agree more with @DerekKrissoff (and I hadn’t actually thought of this industry in that way before): “Celebrating #publishing as the making of stuff feels like a way to help...an industry...where disinvestment is a constant threat.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/derekkrissoff/p/making-things?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Could not agree more with Derek Krissoff (and I hadn’t actually thought of this industry in that way before): “Celebrating #publishing as the making of stuff feels like a way to help...an industry...where disinvestment is a constant threat.” open.substack.com/pub/derekkri...

Making things

An eye-popping investigative story out today from the Harvard Crimson: "Harvard University Press Employees Say Director Drove Down Acquisitions and Morale" https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/2/harvard-university-press-investigation/ #publishing #academicpublishing #universitypresses

My friend Joan Didion wouldn’t have wanted her therapy notes to be published | Letter

Responding to an editorial about the publication of Notes to John, Clare Reihill writes that the late American writer never left anything to chance Your editorial is right to state that Joan Didion, “that most reticent of…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/02/my-friend-joan-didion-wouldnt-have-wanted-her-therapy-notes-to-be-published

#JoanDidion #Books #Culture #Publishing
@indieauthors

May Classes For Writers

You’ve probably noticed that we really upped our design game at WMG Publishing in the past year. Some of that is due to the new designers we’ve brought on board, but some of it is because Stephanie Writt has a lot of design experience using modern tools like Canva. In combination with Dean, whose done […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/05/02/may-classes-for-writers/

#craft #publishing #writing
@indieauthors

#writer #writers #writingcommunity #blog #blogging #publishing #politics #Substacks #Trump If you can't taste the Democracy killing poison in Trump's Kool-Aid there's something wrong with you. https://halbrown.substack.com/p/if-you-cant-taste-the-democracy-killing

Do we really need more male novelists?

There may not be obvious successors to the likes of Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie among today’s hotshot young writers. But is a new publisher dedicated to ‘overlooked’ male voices necessary? ‘Where have all the literary blokes gone?” is a question that has popped up in bookish discussions and…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/02/men-bminority-authors-and-readers-conduit-books

#Books #Culture #Fiction #Publishing
@indieauthors

Do we really need more male novelists? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/02/men-bminority-authors-and-readers-conduit-books #Publishing #Culture #Fiction #Books

Lovely #publishing story about “#magazine dedicated to those who will never quite be able to adapt to the iron-bound rules of Convention”

Meet the 1940s secretary who used office time to produce first lesbian magazine https://buff.ly/YQgoFFD

#lavenderpress #creativity #LGBTQ

I haven't seen this shitshow mentioned on Mastodon, so I am bringing it to your attention.

It seems that the #crowdfunding #publisher #Unbound has folded, leaving everyone else out of pocket – authors and pledgers alike.

The same two people who so mismanaged Unbound then set up a new publishing company, #Boundless, and "acquired" Unbound's IP, so they can continue to publish books without any obligation to pay their old company's debts. Authors and purchasers are thus left out of pocket.

I wonder what their next (perfectly legal, TYVM) venture will be called.

https://archive.is/RENLc

#publishing #bookstodon #writingcommunity

Stop just dreaming about your book and self-publish and edit it with our help at Jumble Publishing and Editing (https://jumblepublishing.com).
Image: Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) #jumblepublishing #publishing #selfpublishing #editing #sebastianoricci #artworks

My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack. Is It Good Literature?
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/is-it-good-literature?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity

Happy Arrival of the Modest Royalty Check Day to all textbook authors who celebrate #publishing #academia

Celebrating ninety years of Penguin Books!!!

Loving our new window art by our own Jack, and these delightful Penguin Archive editions, which criss-cross decades of publishing history.

#books #livres #Penguin90 #bookshops #librairies #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookstodon #WindowPainting #Painting #Peindre #Publishing

From the Book Industry Study Group, spotted on Calishat Snaps: Find a Rights Holder. “As of Spring 2025, this search tool is a work in process. We have collected imprint ownership and contact information for more than 3,500 imprints, including hundreds of imprints that are difficult to find elsewhere because they are inactive or defunct. We know there are many imprints and companies we have […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/01/bisg-find-a-rights-holder/

New book prize to award aspiring writer £75,000 for first three pages of novel

The Next Big Story competition, run by writing school The Novelry, is encouraging entries from would-be authors ‘historically overlooked by the publishing industry’ A new competition is offering £75,000 to an…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/01/new-book-prize-to-award-aspiring-writer-75000-for-first-three-pages-of-novel

#Books #Culture #Awardsandprizes #Publishing #YannMartel
@indieauthors

We're thrilled to say that HAPI will soon be receiving IP address updates with details of changes via theIPregistry.org. The Hispanic American Periodicals Index is encouraging #libraries to register for FREE access to https://theIPregistry.org.
#Library #publisher #publishers #publishing

My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writingcraft tips and #bookmarketing links is up. Is It Good Literature?
https://buff.ly/nnJbFYc
#writingcommunity