Publishing

"I have been made redundant. I've lost my job," was the shocking news I received when I bumped into a former colleague recently. The news was delivered with a stoic smile, but the pain of this loss of a successful career was palpable, "I'm too young for retirement, I've still got so much to give." Her eyes welled up, my eyes welled up.  Read more

US book publishing generated $29.3bn (£25.7bn) industry-wide in 2021 compared to its 2020 revenues of $26.1bn (£22.9bn), an increase of 12.3%, according to the Association of American PublishersThe national trade association of the American book publishing industry; AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies (AAP), with more people buying from bookshops.  Read more

Publishing is facing "industry-wide burnout" according to a survey conducted by The Bookseller, which revealed 89% of staffers responding to the survey had experienced stress during the course of their work over the last year, while 69% reported burnout.  Read more

'I still feel slightly amazed and incredibly lucky that I get paid to do the thing I love most in the world, which is to read!'

Who knew that publishing could be so thrilling? Writing is a solitary activity-a lot of sitting around and typing quietly. Editing isn't the stuff of great drama, either. But the business of books has increasingly become a hothouse, generating controversies, Twitter feuds and scrambles to save face as existing power structures are challenged.