Hugo Setzer’s Manual Moderno publishes some 40 new titles per year and has an active catalogue of around 400 books in Mexico, a market in which, he says, censorship “is coming very close.”
Self-Censorship in Publishing Today: Book Industry Leaders on a Subtle, Growing Challenge
From the director of the Frankfurter Buchmesse to the founder of a Thai publishing house and a Norwegian publisher who was shot in Oslo: sharp cautionary remarks about self-censorship and its dangers.
Censorship in the Arab World: Debating Its Impact at a Conference in Tunisia
Censorship concerns many in the worldwide book publishing industry today. The Arab Publishers Association conference this month addressed the issue specifically in the Arab world.
What’s Stopping U.S. Writers from Fighting NSA Surveillance?
PEN America has issued a report whose title says it all — Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives U.S. Writers to Self-Censor. But isn’t it within writers to fight back?