In a season of kneejerk tweets and reckless declarations, I wish you the peace of knowing that you stopped to think. No one else’s gospel matters. Write your own, that’s the one we need now. Read More
‘Serve More’: FutureBook’s Bracing Message
Speakers at the 2016 FutureBook Conference in London emphasized putting disruptive technology to work for book publishers and readers, not fearing it. Porter Anderson Read More
Escapism is for Readers; Writers Stay in Place
Starting November 8, your readers have become different. However they may lean politically, is escapism what they need from writers? Read More
Political Overtones at the 2016 National Book Awards
In an evening filled with references to the US general election, the National Book Award ceremony brought to the fore joy as ‘an act of resistance.’ Read More
Translation: Bodour Al Qasimi on ‘New Impetus for Arab Publishing’
‘A culture without translation is a culture without windows,’ the UAE’s Bodour says. ‘A direct reflection of the challenges we face.’ Read More
PEN America on Diversity Issues and Banning Books in the USA
Young readers’ access is limited not only by local challenges but also by ‘soft censorship,’ asserts PEN America’s new report—and ‘diverse books’ may be the first to be yanked. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson The US Will Be ‘Majority Minority’ By 2044 Reporting “a persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools… Read More
Unbound's Jason Cooper: 'Too Many Titles in a Small Space'
‘The need for extreme success is now a requirement rather than a boon,’ says the UK’s Jason Cooper in the run-up to Frankfurt’s conference on The Markets. Read More
'Promise, Energy, Surprise': Download A Free White Paper on 'The Markets' 2016
The pivotal international publishing regions to be featured at Frankfurt Book Fair on October 18 in The Markets: Global Publishing Summit. Learn about them in this free download. Read More
Cuba's Book Embargo Tackled by Trade With White House Petitions
Key players in the American publishing community are unified in their call for a lift of the US book embargo of Cuba; a public petition is also up. Read More
A Few Words With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s John Joseph Adams
In the long-running tension between pure entertainment and meaningful science fiction and fantasy, anthologist John Joseph Adams says, ‘We can have both. It just takes more work.’ Read More