‘I don’t care what a bunch of 19-year-old gender-studies students think’
Owers says he won’t take on authors for the sake of it. “If what they’re arguing is of no merit, or is pure provocation with no real…
The scandalous Gilded Age female tycoon who became America’s ‘Empress of Journalism’
This was Frank Leslie, short, dark, bearded and already a household name – a highly successful publisher and pioneer in print technology. Soon Frank had abandoned his…
Rice pudding with Wordsworth and Wollstonecraft: the supper-club that tried to change the world
“Those who think much, for the most part, write little – those who write much, generally, think little,” offered Samuel Paterson in a collection of essays published…
When woke becomes racist: publishing’s insidious pigeonholing of black writers
She is anxious not to criticise an industry that loved her debut so much it went to a six way auction in the UK, and is at…
Publishing must shun the Twitterati, not give in to their demands
Perhaps authors have lost their guts, or their creativity, in recent years. Upon finding out that the publishers Maunsel and Company and the printer John Falconer had…
Catalogues and brochures hit by glossy paper supply crunch
Shopping catalogues and holiday brochures could be in short supply this Christmas owing to lack of glossy paper. British paper manufacturers have shifted production to cardboard to…
Publishers eating up smaller rivals threatens diversity of authors
It comes as the Biden administration tightens its grip on large mergers to enhance competition and limit corporate power. A buyout of S&S from entertainment group ViacomCBS…
Meet the small publishers standing up to groupthink
In the past few weeks it has been easier to buy a copy of Mein Kampf than a book by Kate Clanchy. Last month it was announced…
Hunt for the book thief in literary whodunnit
The scammer was dubbed “The Spine Collector” in a magazine investigation, which tried unsuccessfully to reveal their identity. In 2019, Ms Atwood’s publisher, agent and several others…
Publishing needs to change – online screaming fits don’t help
Cancel culture, at its worst, can sound like the adult version of telling tales. Instead of working things out through intellectual debate, people across the arts seem…
The Week publisher eyes newspaper takeovers as shares hit new high
Nevertheless, the publisher’s extraordinary resurgence leaves it in sight of a place in the FTSE 100 only seven years after it underwent drastic restructuring and its survival was…