Don’t miss Writers House agent Johanna Castillo, online at this Publishers Marketplace link today at noon Eastern. The latest guest on our Discuss forum, Johanna will answer your questions about finding and working with an agent, and more. A reminder that these are straightforward typed message board conversations. No cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Johanna will post back.
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Forthcoming: Yang’s Notes on Democracy
Crown announced that it will publish FORWARD: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy by entrepreneur and former presidential and mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on October 5. The book “offers a vivid account of what running for president is really like and a scathing indictment of America’s ‘era of institutional failure.’” Yang reads the audio edition, which will release simultaneously by PRH Audio. Executive editor Paul Whitlatch acquired world rights from David Larabell at CAA.
Today at Noon: Discuss AMA with children’s editor Stacey Barney
Join publisher and editor Stacey Barney online at this Publishers Marketplace link today at noon Eastern, the latest guest on our Discuss forum, to ask questions about publishing and editing children’s books. A reminder that these are straightforward typed message board conversations. No cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Stacey will post back.
Our Next Live Discuss Guest, Publisher/Editor Stacey Barney
Join us Wednesday, July 21 at noon eastern to ask associate publisher at Nancy Paulsen Books for Young Readers Stacey Barney your questions. She joins us as the next of our featured regular guests in the new PM user forum, Discuss. Stacey will be our first editorial guest focused on children’s books, so ask away and feel free to post questions in advance.
Duke Management Petitions To Invalidate University Press Union Vote
The June vote among Duke University Press employees on forming a union resulted in 35 votes in favor and 31 against, with 8 challenged ballots still to be adjudicated. Duke University and the management of the press have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to invalidate the vote to unionize and convene a new election at an unspecified later date. The effort to unionize began in March. Objections in the petition include Zoom issues during the virtual counting process; a change to the ballot count date; and a complaint that the union “failed to include return postage on its initially […]
Editor Pam Dorman on Discuss Tomorrow
Join publisher and editor Pam Dorman at Publishers Marketplace’s online Discuss forum, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 7 at noon Eastern – to ask questions about how to find the right agent, how best to work with your agent, or anything else that pertains to agents. No need to sign up in advance, simply log on to PM, then use this link to get to Discuss. A reminder that these are straightforward typed message board conversations. No cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Pam will post back. You can post questions […]