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  In Publishing News this week   The Independent Book Publishers Association is rebranding their main book awards and adding some new ones, reports Publishers Weekly. They are including...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/05/what-is-real-story.html

  In Publishing News this week   This week has seen rumbles of discontent through the publishing communities. At issue is the freedom to express your opinions and or the truth without be...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/04/the-opinions-of-writers.html

In Publishing News this week, Two reports released in the UK, the UK governments response to AI and The Society of Authors survey on AI show the creators and the government are a long way ap...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/04/what-reader-wants.html

In Publishing News this week,   There was a quick backlash on Social Media when a publisher announced that they would be using an AI to vet submitted manuscripts. They walked it back afte...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/04/is-it-on-bucket-list.html

  In Publishing News This Week,   In a surprise move this week Small Press Distribution closed its doors. This came as a shock to all its clients who just 24 hours earlier were being ...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/04/shopping-for-ideas.html

    In Publishing News This Week,   This week Publishers Weekly reported on the state of publishing in 2023 now that the numbers are in. The sales figures were slightly up on last ye...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/03/writing-good-stuff.html

  In Publishing News this week. I wonder how an organisation becomes so frightened that it gives in to any perceived threat, even by one person. Publishers Weekly highlights the latest book...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/03/speaking-truth-to-fear.html

  In Publishing News this week, This week the London Bookfair started in its new calendar slot as the first of the Western centric Bookfairs. The opening day was busy and Publishing Perspec...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/03/call-yourself-writer.html

  In Publishing News this week,   There is a new scam going around and it is targeting authors and is particularly nasty. Anne R Allen has the details and even though it reads like a cr...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/03/avoiding-sharks-on-your-journey.html

    In Publishing News this week,   Lee and Lowe published their latest survey on the diversity in publishing . Has anything changed since the covid years… only a little. It is a b...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/02/writing-mindset-problems.html

  In Publishing News this week. Just after I posted my blog last week the news broke all over the publishing blogosphere that Findaway Terms Of Service had changed and they were doing an ...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/02/jumping-off-with-your-eyes-open.html

    This week in Publishing News, I thought this was very last century but here it is again… Let’s put clothes on any illustration for children that might even hint that they are na...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/02/living-your-unique-public-life.html

    In Publishing News this week... Another year, another big publisher on the sales block. This time it's Hachette. But there are differences. Their parent company is dividing the gro...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/02/buying-books.html

  In Publishing News this week... The fall out from the Hugo Award controversy has continued (see last week) and now members of the committee have been pushed out the airlock. Locus Magazi...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/02/are-we-really-scoring.html

  In Publishing News this week   There has been head scratching and disbelief in the Science Fiction community over the Hugo awards being held this week in China. Prominent names inexpl...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/01/writing-or-reading-theres-cruise-for.html

  And we are back… sweltering in the sun and through hot nights wondering if we can avoid the plague of jellyfish at the beach to go for a swim.   2024 – Where the predictions for w...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2024/01/trends-predictions-and-more-of-same.html

    In Publishing News this week,   The internet archive is back in the news with their appeal over their lost lawsuit. They want to scan ebooks and make them available for sale. Why...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/12/crazy-writers.html

In Publishing News this week, It’s that time of the year when everyone is shopping for presents. Penguin Random House has been shopping and they’ve just bought Hay House. But are they go...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/12/christmas-shopping.html

  In Publishing News this week,   Richard Charkin, commentator on the publishing industry, is walking the talk by having his press go to Print on Demand with Ingram Spark. With calls ov...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/12/little-gifts-of-change.html

    In Publishing News this week,   I received an email from Google Play telling me about the exciting changes they are making to AI narrated audiobooks- Voices, lots of voices, eno...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/11/taking-time.html

    In Publishing News this week, In a boost for writers living and working in New York State, the governor has just signed into law that freelancers must get paid. This is an importan...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/11/what-is-your-time-worth.html

    In Publishing News this week,   As I write this the American Book Awards is on. This award ceremony has been in the news over the last month with presenter problems and now Publis...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/11/it-is-all-in-mind.html

    In Publishing News this week, A few weeks ago Spotify announced they were trialing audiobook access within the Spotify premium subscription with 15 hours a month free access in the ...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/11/where-is-money.html

  This week in Publishing News. Oh Scholastic, it hasn’t been a good month for your public relations. Today the publishing professionals that work at Scholastic Head Office walked out a...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/11/taking-moment-to-breathe.html

    In Publishing News This Week, Last week I mentioned Scholastic and its diversity boxes which they were making optional in the book fairs to the disgruntlement of their authors. Schol...

https://www.maureencrisp.com/2023/10/it-used-to-be-so-simple-back-then.html