Jonathan Karp on the Future of Publishing
In last Sunday’s Washington Post, Jonathan Karp makes some interesting statements about the future of publishing in his article Turning the Page on the Disposable Book He starts with an accurate assessment of the immediacy of publishing and its ramifications: Like most publishers, I want multitudes of readers to ...
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July Issue of Words Without Borders
The new issue of Words Without Borders is now online: In the spirit of Independence Day and Bastille Day, we salute freedom fighters of all stripes with writing about revolution. In the pulsing heat of Che’s Havana and the gray chill of Lenin’s Moscow, on ravaged battlefields and blasted domestic fronts, writers ...
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Words Without Borders Job Opening
We usually don’t post things like this, but this is a fantastic opportunity that I’m sure some 3P readers will be interested in: Literary Website Editor Words Without Borders, publisher of international modern literature in translation on the Internet, seeks a web-wise editor with managerial abilities ...
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NPR Brings the Serious Book Coverage
Never in my life did I expect to see NPR do something like this: National Public Radio has expanded the book coverage on its website, adding weekly book reviews, and has hired six new book reviewers—including a graphic novel reviewer—and added more features to an already existing lineup of author podcasts, ...
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Reading the World 2008: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
This is the fourteenth Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of June—is ...
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Latest Review: The Lost Daughter
Our latest review is of Elena Ferrante’s The Lost Daughter. This is the third Ferrante book Europa has published. The first—The Days of Abandonment—is part of this year’s Reading the World program and helped launch Europa Editions a few years back. This review is written by Monica Carter, who works ...
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Reading the World 2008: I'd Like by Amanda Michalopoulou
This is the thirteenth Reading the World 2008 title we’re covering. Write-ups of the other titles can be found here. And information about the Reading the World program—a special collaboration between publishers and independent booksellers to promote literature in translation throughout the month of June—is ...
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