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Jan 95 min read

How Brave Are You? Does Being An Editor Now Mean Altering History?

Classic works by well-known authors like Roald Dahl are being revised by publishers. But does changing the language alter our history?

Aug 19, 20233 min read

Is It a Good Thing That Private Equity Is Now Buying Publishers?

After a failed merger with Penguin-Random House, Simon & Schuster is bought by KKR, a private equity firm. What will this mean to publishing

Apr 7, 20235 min read

Do Book Blurbs Matter? Do You Really Need Them to Sell Your Book?

Book blurbs have been around since Whitman first used one, but do they really matter? Do you really need them to make sales?

Feb 3, 20234 min read

Why Would Some Crazy Guy Try to Steal Authors' Manuscripts?

Fillippo Bernardini worked in the publishing industry when he developed a phishing scam to steal unpublished manuscripts.

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