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Allies of former President Donald Trump are trying to rip up the traditional book publishing paradigm in politics by setting up a publishing house of their own. And they have the ex-president helping them do it.

The British may not be the most assiduous readers, writes Dominic Selwood, but they can be proud of their literary heritage  Read more

Years ago, a novel-writing teacher of mine liked to ask her students, "What is the feeling you want to leave the reader with, when they finish this piece?"  Read more

When the Association of American PublishersThe national trade association of the American book publishing industry; AAP has more than 300 members, including most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies released its final industrywide sales report for 2020 last month, it showed another basically flat year, with sales of $25.71 billion, down 0.2% compared to 2019. The small decline was in keeping with the overall pattern over the past five years.  Read more

Following through on its pledge made in June 2020 to audit the diversity of its contributors, Penguin Random House's initial report found that the demographics of its authors, illustrators, translators, and other creators "do not reflect U.S. reader demographics when it comes to race and ethnicity."