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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: ‘Cutting-Edge Publishing Technologies of the 1970s’

In Feature Articles, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinMarch 20, 20232 Comments

Exclusive: Today, we open our series of excerpts from Richard Charkin’s ‘My Back Pages,’ releasing on April 17 from Marble Hill.

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Richard Charkin in England: On the ‘Desecration of Authors’ Works’

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinFebruary 27, 20235 Comments

‘To tamper with an author’s words when he or she is no longer with us to express an opinion is sacrilege,’ Richard Charkin writes.

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Richard Charkin: A Selective Year-End Assessment

In Feature Articles, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinDecember 31, 20221 Comment

Richard Charkin looks at several book publishing figures and estimates from 2022—and calls for ‘more rigorous analysis of data.’

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Richard Charkin: Hard Times

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinNovember 17, 2022Leave a Comment

Richard Charkin’s ‘lessons for survival’ include making ‘cash flow and profit more important than prizes and warm feelings.’

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Richard Charkin in London: An Updated A-Z of Trade Publishing

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinNovember 7, 20223 Comments

Updating his first Publishing Perspectives column published four years ago, Richard Charkin offers a fresh look at trade book publishing.

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Richard Charkin’s Frankfurt, Day One: Schadenfreude

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinOctober 18, 2022Leave a Comment

Brexit bites as Richard Charkin takes his place in line at Flughafen Frankfurt for the big trade show.

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Richard Charkin: A Climate-Crisis Response Checklist for Publishers

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinOctober 5, 2022Leave a Comment

Having signed the new ‘Publishing 2030 Accelerator’ for climate action, Richard Charkin offers ‘a checklist, incomplete, possibly incoherent.’

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Richard Charkin in London: Text and Data Undermining

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinAugust 29, 2022

‘The whole creative industry would be undermined,’ writes Richard Charkin, by the copyright exception promoted in the United Kingdom.

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In the UK: 16,000 Books for Young Ukrainian Refugees

In News, Opinion & Commentary by Porter AndersonAugust 16, 2022

In the UK, Publishers Licensing Services (PLS) and the printing firm Halstan partner to produce Ukrainian-language children’s books.

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Richard Charkin in the United Kingdom: Dear Literary Agent

In Feature Articles, Opinion & Commentary by Richard CharkinAugust 10, 2022

Richard Charkin offers ‘a heartfelt apology,’ writing that he now finds literary agents ‘trusted go-betweens and understanding partners.’

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