France's Allary Éditions and
Sweden's Haute Culture Books promise a return to the "essence" of
publishing, producing books with greater care and exuberance.
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Porter Anderson looks at Ian K. Ellard's
concept of authors sharing profits with publishing-services experts in his
winning essay at The Bookseller, The Toast.
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More from PP:
Literary agent David Godwin
predicts that small publishers in India will soon be forced aside by
monolithic publishing houses run overseas.
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From the Archives:
Filmmakers Ziad Doueiri and Joëlle
Touma talk about the challenges of adapting Yasmina Khadra’s novel about
Middle East terrorism, "The Attack," to the screen.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Hmm. Interesting stuff here. Had to happen. It's a generational thing. Publishers need to take stock of their diminishing market and ask themselves who reads books and why. Remember radio? It's still flourishing. And the 'death of the novel'? Ha! Books will continue to be written and read by the middle of the middle class. Personally, I don't think Eleanor did us great favour. Go figure. ps a great read notwithstanding.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff. Had to happen. The middle of the middle class will always write. And there will always be readers. The publishing industry needs to look to itself and adapt. Remember radio? The Death of the Novel? Pah. Eleanor does us (average intelligent reader) little favour. Go figure. ps her work notwithstanding...
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