#danblank — Public Fediverse posts
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Something To Talk About
In Publishing News this week The news dominating the last two weeks in publishing is the fall out over the cancelled $2M book deal for Call Me I’ll Hide The Body. When the news broke, the publishing community went into a spin. First there was the bidding war among 14 editors- then there was the advance deal of $2Million! Then the agents walked away from a huge payday for them. The recriminations started. The author is maintaining innocence. Publishers Weekly looks at what the industry can change going forward. There has been some excellent commentary around the whole problem of publishers demanding transparency from authors while using AI in their own offices. Kathleen Scmidt wrote an excellent article on how publishers need to figure out some…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2026/08/something-to-talk-about.html#AIandpublishing #danblank #IBBY #LiteraryEstates #Mortality
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Shopping for Knowledge
In Publishing News this week. In a surprise move, as everyone thought the Baker and Taylor Distributors had a buyer, B and T shut the door and fired everyone. Publis hers Weekly reports that this leaves B and T workers, small publishers and libraries completely in the cold with no sign of…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/10/shopping-for-knowledge.html#danblank #DarcyPattison #elizabethscraig #GabrielaPereira #NovelNovember
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Speaking Up for Reading
In Publishing News This Week Another week, another news story on the Institute of Museum and Library Services, this time it’s an open letter to Harper Collins. Everyone else has made the campaign to save the Institute a priority- why haven’t they? In the UK, a new survey on reading finds…
https://www.maureencrisp.com/2025/04/speaking-up-for-reading.html#annerallen #audio #beccapuglisi #danblank #joannapenn
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