#Publishers

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

BOOK PUBLISHING THREAD, 1First Wave: Fashion buyers, the class of people who systematically buy NEW "idea books". The entire book industry organized to sell to them. Books must be "in

Volumes Bookcafe & Bookstore

volumesbooks

Look. We know it’s only July, but can we talk about the 2020 holiday season? Why, you ask? Why kill your summer vibes? Well, last month this unprecedented thing happened

Shane M. Bailey 💬

ShaneMBailey

Some more good news for @johnkrasinski. The comic book industry, like a lot of other businesses, is in peril, particularly the small press, and retailers. I just want to let

Daiz

Daiz42

Hey everyone, remember lootboxes in gaming? You know, the thing that's pretty much universally considered predatory gambling, has even resulted in various legislation around the world and has a bad

Book Publishers NW News

bookpubnw

U.S. Book Show BeginsA thread http://bookpublishersnw.com/2021/05/06/u-s-book-show-begins/ The first U.S. Book Show will be a three-day virtual event presented by Publishers Weekly to serve the book publishing and bookselling community. Fi

Sam Missingham

samatlounge

I know the circumstances aren't great, but I am loving all of the innovation that is happening across the book business. I really hope that a lot of it stays,

Elaine L Westbrooks

UNC_Librarian

Hey folks- I tried to work with Elsevier but we had no choice but to break our big deal.https://twitter.com/unclibrary/status/1248284710020808710 We are free to select what titles we want. No more

Arilin Thorferra

gc_arilin

1/ So, this is going to be a long thread about furry publishing, engendered by someone going off on how furry writers are being taken advantage of by publishers who

Small Press Distribution

spdbooks

With the onset of COVID-19, SPD finds itself in a difficult position. Although we are currently able to operate safely on a skeletal staff, sales have decreased by upwards of

Shelf Love: The Podcast for Romance Nerds

ShelfLovePod

Great discussion (which I read a transcript of) about #a11y in romance. I used to work on publishing accessibility as part of my day job so I have thoughts!https://twitter.com/rombkpod/status/1301150642593955840 First

Johanna

Hohojanna

OK, this is still the current situation.... ebooks I cannot buy so my students can access them during this crisis. Guess whyEbook 1= £800 Ebook 2= £480 Ebook 3 =

Kathleen Jowitt

KathleenJowitt

This seems like a particularly good day to celebrate small presses, self-publishers, and all the delightful diversity of the independent publishing world. (Not the ones who don't pay their authors,

OKH

ooikokhin

Books are not expensive. Our wages are low. If publishers sell at $20 (the price of two meals in U.S.), no way our local bookstores can sell lower than RM80

Werthead (2020 Fan Writer Hugo Nominee)

Werthead

Still bewildered that at a moment when DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is at the absolute zenith of its popularity, there is virtually zero tie-in fiction being produced for it (bar a

Anita Daher

anitadaher

Dear readers. So many authors have temporarily waived fees for virtual presentations during these pandemic times. So many authors and publishers have offered excerpts from books, sometimes several, sometimes entire

Joan Haig

joan_md_haig

Hands up if you are an #childrensauthor with a #smallpublisher #indepedentpublisher #indiepublisher and might like to join forces to shout about it?... Or if you are in the #childrensbook world