Publishing Perspectives

Storybird: A 2 Million-strong "Breakdancing Circle" By offering writers ready-made art as inspiration, Storybird has attracted 2 million users and is turning traditional children's and YA publishing workflow on its head. Read more »
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Should Publishers Open Bookstore Cafes? They Are in Korea In what's become a trend, Korean publishers are opening popular bookstore cafes. Should more Western publishers follow suit or is bookselling no longer part of their DNA? Read more »
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Can Brazil Build 39 Libraries Per Day Until 2020? Brazil's is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built, or 39 per day. Read more »	The "Beautiful and Interesting" Intersection of Dogs and Tattoos Photographer Paul Nathan's two new books document two of New York's visually fascinating, yet opposing, subcultures: high-fashion dogs and tattooed Brooklynites. Read more »
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dotbooks: Germany’s Digital Vanguard Meets Old-School Editing After 20 years’ experience in German publishing, Beate Kuckertz has turned to a new challenge: starting a digital-first publisher in the print-focused German market. Read more »