The publishing industry faces some very challenging times ahead. The coronavirus pandemic and retail shutdown will likely accelerate changes that were already underway, such as the rise of print on demand, publishing industry consolidation, and increasing headwinds for authors and publishers trying to break out new titles. In order to think through what we’re facing, […]
Mike Shatzkin
The state of diversity in publishing (This week in books)
This week! Book! First up, I’m going to be taking a quick one week blog break to focus on revisions on my new novel and my travels (see above). I’ll still be answering emails though, so feel free to reach out for editing. The blog be back the week of February 10. The fallout from […]
What to do when your manuscript is “quiet” (This week in books)
This week! Books! The fallout continued from the implosion of Romance Writers of America. Their annual awards, the RITAs, have been canceled this year. They plan to regroup and retroactively issue the awards for both 2019 and 2020 next year. You haven’t really started going through the submission process until you receive some extremely confusing […]
Amazon and Bezos in the spotlight (This week in books)
This week in Amazon! I mean books! There were dueling Jeff Bezos profiles in two of our finest print institutions. First up, The New Yorker, which looks at Amazon through the lens of its overall impact and potentially monopolistic practices. And while the profile in The Atlantic covers much of that ground, it also takes […]
The new “Hunger Games” book title (This week in books)
This week! Books! It was a distracting week if you pay attention to our unraveling democracy but I still caught some books links this week and will be sharing them with you… now. Well, speaking of dystopias, Hunger Games is coming back! The new prequel now has a title and cover: The Ballad of Songbirds […]
Man Booker longlist released (This week in books)
This week in books! The Man Booker prize is one of the most prestigious awards out there, and its highly anticipated longlist was released this week. One American author made the cut, Lucy Ellman, along with luminaries like Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson. The winner will be announced in September. In other awards […]
