Author Archives: Edward Nawotka

Edward Nawotka is the Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. A former foreign correspondent, he has covered the book business exclusively since 2000, serving as daily news editor for Publishers Weekly and columnist for Bloomberg News.

American Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize

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The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for ‘achievement in fiction on the world stage.’

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Penguin to Pay $90m to Settle Ebook Lawsuit with States, Consumers

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Penguin has proposed to pay $82 million to states and consumers, and another $8 million to lawyers, to settle the class action lawsuit alleging ebook price manipulation.

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Going to BookExpo America? Got a Great Story? Tell Us.

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Publishing Perspectives will be attending BookExpo America in New York. If you’ll be there and you have a great story to tell, email us to set up an appointment.

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Happy 5th Anniversary Publishing Perspectives!

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On May 20th, 2009, we published our first article here at Publishing Perspectives, and five year’s later, we’ve published more than 4,000 articles in all.

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Qantas Airline Publishes Short Books Tailored for a Flight

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Australian airline Qantas has custom published a series of books by bestselling authors to give to their elite milage passengers and that can be read in a single flight.

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So Long City, Books are Going Country as “Farm Lit” Hits Big

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According to author Emily Matchar, the declining popularity of chick lit has given rise to fresh genres for women, such as farm lit and Amish romance.

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Innovation Taking the Publishing Business Beyond Borders

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Smart publishers are thinking of their business as global instead of local. This may come as a surprise to some who see it as a novelty instead of the norm.

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SURVEY: Goodreads After Amazon, Yeah or Nay?

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Seven weeks have passed since Goodreads’ announced it was selling out to Amazon. At the time, many cried for a boycott. Have you followed through?

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Dan Brown’s “Inferno” Translated in an Underground Italian Bunker

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The translators of Dan Brown’s Inferno, who worked in isolation for months, speak out on just how far their publishers went to to keep their work secret.

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SURVEY: Is Sexing Up Classic Lit a Step Too Far?

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Clandestine Classics adds explicit sex to novels by Jane Austen and others where none existed before. It is a cynical ploy to generate sales or just a bit of harmless fun?

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