“This is the best I’ve felt about the state of publishing in a long time,” Barbara Jones, Director of ALA, said to the crowd as David Horowitz wrapped up the last discussion question at the final installment in YPG’s censorship panel series. Last week’s panel on censorship in children’s books and young adult literature...
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There’s nothing quite like the feeling of walking into your local bookstore—and here in New York, we’re lucky to have dozens of amazing bookstores, both large and small, to visit in person when we’re craving new books to feed our already overflowing shelves. What goes into the business of running a brick-and-mortar bookstore in...
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KIDS EDITION: BANNED BOOKS? WHO NEEDS ‘EM? As we all know (and have heard about in our censorship panels throughout the year) censorship is an issue that affects all areas of the publishing industry and all readers…perhaps kids more than anyone else. Whether it’s books being taken off school shelves or stores refusing to...
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On Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 during lunchtime, 31 YPG members met at Penguin Random House downtown headquarters for May’s BBL, Guns for Hire: Ghostwriters & IP Developers in a Changing Publishing Landscape. Moderator and YPG Planning Committee member Karl Jones, an associate editor at Grosset & Dunlap/Cartoon Network Books, introduced the four panelists—Wendy Loggia,...
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“It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a ‘bad’ book is a good one, the answer to...
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As the publishing landscape changes, so does the concept of authorship. Many publishing houses are expanding imprint-drive intellectual property development and tapping work-for-hire authors to build worlds and develop voices. At the same time, divisions reliant on ghostwriting for celebrity authors and licensed publishing programs continue to grow and change. Come hear agents, editors...
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Over lunchtime at Penguin Random House’s downtown headquarters on Wednesday, February 25th from 12:30-1:30pm, YPG’s February BBL: Behind the Scenes at the Speakers Bureau brought in Natalie Duncan from HarperCollins, Tiffany Tomlin from Penguin Random House, and Scottie Bowditch from Macmillan to shed some light on their roles in directing the in-house speakers bureaus of...
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In light of the Paris shooting at Charlie Hebdo for controversial political cartoons, we in the publishing industry have the unique opportunity to take an honest look at our role and responsibility to encourage free speech and free expression. How much danger are we comfortable with? What is the role of editors with respect...
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Have you ever been curious about how publishers represent their authors for speaking engagements—shaping the national conversation on and off the page? Come meet the experts behind a burgeoning field in author services: The Speakers Bureau. Join us, Wednesday, February 25th from 12:30-1:30pm at Penguin (375 Hudson, Room 5053). You’ll hear from a professional...
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On Friday, November 21st, 2014, YPG members met in HarperCollins’ still relatively new downtown office to celebrate girl power. Okay, so November’s Brown Bag Lunch wasn’t technically related to the Spice Girls’ feminist mantra, but it was related: the panel was called “Smart, Strong, and Funny? Yes Please!” and we were there to discuss...
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