Making educational materials available to all, regardless of students’ disabilities, is the aim of the Benetech ‘Global Certified Accessible’ accreditation.
CEO Talk: Sargent on Rowohlt and ‘Fire and Fury’
At Frankfurt’s annual CEO Talk, Macmillan CEO John Sargent took questions from journalists on ‘Fire and Fury,’ Rowohlt, and other topics.
Download: Thursday’s Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 Show Daily
The spectrum of international publishing was on display on the first day of the fair, from the CEO Talk with John Sargent to the new audiobook conference, and women writers from the Asia Pacific region.
Macmillan’s John Sargent Is Featured at Frankfurter Buchmesse’s CEO Talk
Praised for his handling of Trump’s attempt to ‘intimidate a publisher’, Macmillan CEO John Sargent will speak at the Frankfurter Buchmesse this year.
Trump Books Travel, but German Rights Directors Say Interest Rarely Runs Both Ways
The growing list of political Trump books published in the States this season are seeing strong foreign rights sales into Europe.
Wattys Open for Nominations With New Diversity-Driven Category
The winners of the annual Wattys competition at Wattpad may get the best prize of all: a chance to work on film, television, book and/or digital video development of their stories.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content; Macmillan, Binc Open Diversity Scholarships
In recognition of the Singapore Book Council’s 50th anniversary, the Asian Festival of Children’s Content names Singapore its ‘Country of Focus.’ And in the States, Macmillan and Binc open a second year of diversity-driven bookseller scholarships.
BookExpo’s Roundtable With CEOs Cites Stability, Growth, Promise for Books Ahead
The market is ‘robust and solid,’ the BookExpo audience hears from three of the biggest books CEOs in the world. It’s just the consumers who keep changing.
Macmillan’s Wednesday Books Names January Wattpad Novel Release Date
With more than 905,000 reads at Wattpad to date, the first installment of author Kara Barbieri’s ‘Permafrost’ trilogy has a January release date, potentially the next platform-born Big Five YA bestseller.
Macmillan’s Second Major Political Book of 2018: James Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty’
A treatise on making moral decisions in an immoral age–or the excuses of a man Donald Trump calls a “slimeball” who “always ends up badly and out of whack”–the new James Comey book is from Macmillan, which published ‘Fire and Fury’ earlier this year.