Publishing industry

Each year, The Economist publishes a special edition in which it encapsulates the state of the world as expressed by numbers. These articles are authoritative, accurate, well-researched, and comprehensive. I couldn't hope to emulate them in a review of the world in publishing.  Read more

After a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, PW's annual salary and jobs survey is back, albeit later in the year than usual. This year's survey gathers data on 2021 and includes many standard questions, while also looking at how the pandemic has impacted certain publishing practices.

The only time I think about my gender is when I'm forced to," says Sara Gran, author of the popular Clare DeWitt mystery novels and, as of 2020, founder and owner of Dreamland Books. "People like to say that publishing is female dominated, and it is, at the lower levels. But the people who own the companies are still male, still almost 100% white.  Read more

On November 7, Judge Florence Pan released her memorandum opinion blocking Penguin Random House from acquiring rival Big Five publisher Simon & Schuster-and in the final analysis, after a year of legal wrangling and a three-week trial that captivated the publishing industry, it wasn't a close case for her at all. In an economical 80-page decision, Pan found the U.S.  Read more

The crashing of the pound in recent weeks has hit costs for Frankfurt Book FairWorld's largest trade fair for books; held annually mid-October at Frankfurt Trade Fair, Germany; First three days exclusively for trade visitors; general public can attend last two. attendees this week, but publishers and agents insist there is a silver lining for rights and export sales to the US.