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Opinion & Commentary

Here you’ll find insights, perspectives, and opinion from leaders and influencers in the global book publishing industry.

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Richard Charkin: Brexit Ushers British Publishing Into New Territory

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinFebruary 10, 20213 Comments

A ‘sea change in trade book publishing,’ writes Richard Charkin, accelerate as Brexit puts the UK industry’s EU exclusivity into a new light.

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Richard Charkin: ‘Thank Goodness for the Rule-Breakers’

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinJanuary 4, 20216 Comments

‘Maybe there are lessons to be learned from rule-breaking,’ writes Richard Charkin, with a new memoir as his case in point.

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Richard Charkin: A ‘Chasm’ Between Academic and Trade Publishing

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinDecember 7, 20202 Comments

‘The last 20 years have seen an ever-growing chasm between academic and trade publishing on the technology front,’ writes Charkin.

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Charkin To Bezos: ‘Our Industry Should Salute You, and Kick Back’

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinNovember 16, 20209 Comments

In his column today, Richard Charkin’s ‘Dear Jeff’ letter captures the publishing industry’s perennially conflicted viewpoints on Amazon.

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Richard Charkin: A British Publisher at Harvard Business School

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinSeptember 21, 2020Leave a Comment

Almost 30 years ago, another Cambridge was where Richard Charkin learned about ‘the need to see things through others’ eyes.’

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Richard Charkin: COVID, Nonfiction, and the Past as ‘a Foreign Country’

In Feature Articles, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinAugust 31, 2020

Richard Charkin looks ahead to what kinds of nonfiction trends we may see once the coronavirus is better contained.

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Richard Charkin: Book Clubs and Other Cannibalization Scares

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinJuly 27, 2020

‘We’d be cannibalizing our own business,’ is usually wrong, writes Richard Charkin in London. He advises publishers to say yes first, worry later.

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Richard Charkin: Ten Publishing Things That Will Never Be The Same

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinJune 7, 2020

Richard Charkin even takes aim at publishing’s parties as he reviews some of the practical lessons of the pandemic–and revisits the hairstyle of his youth.

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Richard Charkin on Publishing’s COVID-19 Challenges: Open Up New Channels Now

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinMay 18, 2020

Coronavirus Worklife: ‘Forget all the failed attempts at finding synergies with multimedia,’ says Richard Charkin to publishing’s leadership. ‘Try again.’

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Richard Charkin: Let’s Hear It for Book Rights Sales People Worldwide

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinApril 24, 2020

‘Rights departments of publishing houses invariably seem the poor relation of the sales team,’ says Richard Charkin. The pandemic is a prompt to reconsider.

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