I've worked with books and writers since finishing my MA, and I interned for around six months (five of which were spent sleeping on a friend's sofa—thanks Sam!) before getting my first job in publishing. It was a London-based non-fiction publisher in their publicity team. It was a great experience and I
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The publisher, which runs a number of online newsletters and magazines, tackles subjects like cryptocurrencies and oil investing. But that doesn't mean the company's employees can't take things a little less serious from time to time. The company's offices inside the Candler Building downtown have a
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2018 was meant to be the “year of publishing women”, after the novelist Kamila Shamsie challenged the books industry to publish no new titles by men for a year, in order to “redress the inequality” of the literary world. In the end, the tiny independent And Other Stories was the only publisher to rise to her
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While the Basic Space seller list is currently limited to just friends and family, Lee is open to referrals and will make certain exceptions, like when Nasty Gal founder, best-selling author and vintage expert Sophia Amoruso expressed interest in joining. “Of course, we allowed her to be a seller and she
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Robert Ashcroft – CEO of pan-European digital licensing body ICE – says the biz is entering a new era of cooperation with digital services, after successfully sealing a raft of new deals. ICE – a joint venture between the UK's PRS For Music, Germany's GEMA and Sweden's STIM collection societies – had
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For the first time ever, China is now publishing more scientific articles than the United States, firmly staking its claim to being the world leader in research and development (R&D). This overshadowing has been a long time coming. The statistics formed part of the US National Science Foundation's (NSF)
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