Gordon Lish Is Still Vibrant After All These Years

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Gordon Lish Is Still Vibrant After All These Years

His infamous writing workshops have been described as grueling and hellish, a form of torture. He used to instruct his students to “seduce the whole
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America's Test Kitchen Readies for Big Changes

The publisher's first cookie book is in the works as well, and another of its successful slow-cooker books will hit shelves the same week that Cooking at
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Phone Book Publisher Dex Media Acquires YP Holdings To Create DexYP

The combined company, called DexYP, will provide local business automation software and digital and print marketing products, supporting local
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Is storied publisher Time a deal target for National Enquirer owner?

Inquiring minds want to know if the National Enquirer's parent company will buy iconic magazine publisher Time Inc. (TIME). According to a recent
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Book Deals: Week of July 3, 2017

He sold North American rights to a three book sci-fi debut called the Stars … Sandro Ferri, publisher at Europa Editions, has acquired world English
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New Utah laws: Higher liquor prices, highway bonds

Cheap liquor, wine and beer have long been best-sellers among Utah alcohol drinkers, but new numbers from Utah's tightly-controlled liquor system
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Read This: No one could decide how erect Playgirl centerfolds should be

But as Playgirl shifted hands and companies, the powers-that-be never … Still, the history of Playgirl offers a fascinating look at publishing, sexuality,
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This Week's Bestsellers: July 3, 2017

Since R.J. Palacio's middle grade novel Wonder pubbed in 2012, it has sold nearly two million copies in hardcover. The release of the first trailer for
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Rebus' biggest mystery: why did publishers reject Ian Rankin?

A letter “naming and shaming” the five publishers who turned down Ian Rankin's first novel with Detective Inspector John Rebus is part of a new
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Favorites Drive 7% Gain in Units

Unit sales in the juvenile nonfiction category jumped 16%; the top 20 bestsellers were dominated by a combination of Summer Bridge Activities and
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Inside Google's cancelled experiment to fix the crappy web

That's the pitch Google sent to select ad publishers last August as it began promoting an experimental service called Google Publish. In the hands of
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GSU Professor reflects on viral tweets from 2016 campaign

Sexton is a creative writing professor at Georgia Southern University, but … Now, Sexton is still tweeting, talking, and writing about the President and
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Publishers Turn To Email For Loyalty And Revenue

The Drum reports on a new type of email platform that is allowing publishers to run content campaigns which drive up revenue and subscriptions,
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New children's book promoting self-worth

A Bahrain-based author is preparing to publish her second children's book after the summer. Following the huge success of her debut book The
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