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Here we post provocative questions and food for thought on the current state of publishing to our readers. Weigh in with your opinions and read what others have to say.

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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Was Chinua Achebe the “Father of African Literature?”

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Was Chinua Achebe truly ‘The Father of African Literature’ or does that designation serve a purely non-African agenda?

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Can a Literary Festival Supersede Politics? Tenacious PalFest Tries

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In its sixth year, the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is expanding beyond Gaza and taking a roadshow across all of historic Palestine.

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Is Interactive Fiction Finally Reaching Critical Mass?

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Several new high profile interactive fiction titles have been released so far this year, suggesting that publishers and readers may finally be ready for the medium.

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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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Is UK Publishing Too “White, Middle-Class” to Be Truly Global?

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UK publishing is a global business selling to a diverse, global audience — one that is not reflected by those who work in the industry.

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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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If Microsoft Takes Over Nook, What Next?

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Microsoft is said to have offered Barnes & Noble $1 billion to buyout the Nook Media business. Where would that leave the retailer going forward?

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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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Would You Spend $9,000 on a Book? Taschen Thinks You Will

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Taschen publishes books that last, including Sebastiao Selgado’s Genesis, in editions ranging from $70 to $9,000.

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