Richard Charkin’s ‘lessons for survival’ include making ‘cash flow and profit more important than prizes and warm feelings.’
Richard Charkin in London: An Updated A-Z of Trade Publishing
Updating his first Publishing Perspectives column published four years ago, Richard Charkin offers a fresh look at trade book publishing.
Richard Charkin’s Frankfurt, Day One: Schadenfreude
Brexit bites as Richard Charkin takes his place in line at Flughafen Frankfurt for the big trade show.
Richard Charkin: A Climate-Crisis Response Checklist for Publishers
Having signed the new ‘Publishing 2030 Accelerator’ for climate action, Richard Charkin offers ‘a checklist, incomplete, possibly incoherent.’
Richard Charkin in London: Text and Data Undermining
‘The whole creative industry would be undermined,’ writes Richard Charkin, by the copyright exception promoted in the United Kingdom.
In the UK: 16,000 Books for Young Ukrainian Refugees
In the UK, Publishers Licensing Services (PLS) and the printing firm Halstan partner to produce Ukrainian-language children’s books.
Richard Charkin in the United Kingdom: Dear Literary Agent
Richard Charkin offers ‘a heartfelt apology,’ writing that he now finds literary agents ‘trusted go-betweens and understanding partners.’
Richard Charkin: ‘Vestigial Organs’ in Medicine and Publishing
Drawing on his medical-student days, Richard Charkin examines some of the ‘vestigial’ traditions in international book publishing.
The Netherlands’ Elsevier and Its ‘Confidence in Research’ Project
The pandemic-era vulnerability of research to drivers of anti-science resistance and fear make Elsevier’s new project timely.
Simon & Schuster’s Jonathan Karp: ‘A Country Divided’
Hoping to see more common ground discovered in a polarized age, S&S’ president and CEO Jonathan Karp offers two titles free.