Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Roundup with PW

PW Salary Survey 2015: A Younger Workforce, Still Predominantly White
Our annual salary survey drew responses from a younger group than in years past, though the industry still is very white, with 89% of respondents reporting as caucasian. more »


Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: In Surprise, Attendance Rises
Despite a sluggish global economy and political turmoil, Frankfurt Book Fair officials reported 140,474 attended the professional segment of the fair, a razor thin increase over the 140,291 who attended in 2014. more »


Life Inspiring Art: Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende’s new novel, 'The Japanese Lover,' deals with love, loss, and aging as the author looks back on a full life. more »



Grand Central Publishing Acquires 'Life & Work' by David Lynch
The book is to be a hybrid memoir/biography by legendary writer, director and artist David Lynch and noted journalist, critic, and author Kristine McKenna. »

ALA Unveils Shortlist for 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Six fiction and nonfiction books including 'H is for Hawk' by Helen MacDonald were shortlisted to win the Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Boston on January 10. »



Amazon Sues 'Fake Reviewers': Amazon is taking legal action against more than 1,000 people it says have posted 'false, misleading and inauthentic' reviews on its website.

Meet 'Golden Boy' Comic Book Writer: Brian K. Vaughan, the author of comics such as ‘Runaways,’ ‘Ex Machina,’ and ‘Y: The Last Man,’ which was just picked up by FX for a TV series, answered questions about his books.

Vintage Book Covers, Animated: A German designer takes 55 vintage covers with titles like 'Heidegger, Being, And Truth' and 'The Strange Story of the Quantum' and animates their bold geometric shapes.

Belarus Bookshop's Publishing Risk: An underground publisher says it is risking regulations to translate Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich’s novels into her home language.

R.L. Stine Reveals Deep, Dark Secret: The prolific author of horror stories for kids in the Goosebumps series admitted: 'I never planned to be scary.'

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