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  • Politics

What’s at Stake: The NEA and the Literary Ecosystem

  • Brent Cunningham
  • January 26, 2017
As a poet I get it: talking about “literary infrastructure” is boring. Who wouldn’t rather talk about poets, poems, or aesthetic movements? When we start hearing a lot about the…
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Knopf’s Hidden Half

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • April 13, 2016
For most of Alfred A. Knopf’s 100-plus-year history, Mrs. Knopf’s role in the success of her husband’s company has gone unrecognized. Now, though, she is getting her due: Blanche Knopf…
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Publishers Risk Losing Writers

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 10, 2015
Rude rejection letters could cost publishers the next big author, warns Hannah MacDonald, founder of September Publishing. MacDonald told colleagues at the FutureBook conference that publishers need to be kinder,…
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Publishers Earn More than Authors on E-Book Sales

  • Ian MacAllen
  • July 15, 2015
Authors are earning less on e-books than on physical ones, and the villain isn’t necessarily Amazon. According to the Author’s Guild, a professional organization for writers, publishers are now taking…
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In Defense of Publishers

  • Ian MacAllen
  • July 9, 2014
The rise of digital self publishing has rekindled old arguments about the value of publishers. Authors often criticize publishers as merely providing packaging for their hard work. At BookRiot, Susie Rodarme explains…
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“The Devil’s Checks Never Bounce”

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • April 9, 2012
Salon takes a closer look at Amazon’s (quiet) practice of giving grants to small publishers and literary nonprofits, questioning whether Amazon is “backing book culture or buying off critics.” “At…
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Genre Writing Shifts in the Industry

  • Sam Riley
  • September 12, 2011
The Millions has an interesting essay on why literary authors are transitioning into the world of genre-writing. Whether the cause be jumping on the most marketable bandwagon, or pressure from…
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