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IPA puts censorship in the spotlight


Publishers and free by many in publishing for 5,822 from 118 public “The governments of
speech advocates had “a elevating China, in universities; 2,500 media Poland and Hungary are
nest of tripwires” to avoid, particular, to full workers have been sacked; becoming increasingly
human rights lawyer Mark membership. 140 media organisations problematic.”
Stephens CBE told an Several sessions at the have been shut down, as Bangladesh is another
International Publishers seminar referenced Turkey, have 30 publishers and 18 country in the spotlight.
Association (IPA) seminar where press freedom has magazines; there are 80 Dr Razia Rahman Jolly,
at the London Book been in significant decline writers in prison, but only whose publisher husband
Fair yesterday, writes since the political three are in prison for their was murdered for his
Ed Nawotka. crackdown following the books, while the others are work, said: “I am wearing
Stephens offered an attempted coup in 2016. there for alleged this wristwatch in which
overview of several trouble Maureen Freely, president membership of terrorist my husband was
spots around the world, of English PEN and organisations.” murdered… It’s symbolic
noting that that the big translator of Orhan Pamuk, Kristenn Einarsson, ceo that you cannot stop time,
question was whether to said: “The people who have of the Norwegian but I am carrying out his
“engage in dialogue with a been dismissed from their publishers association and work. I was trained and
country that engages in jobs, had their passports chair of the IPA’s Freedom work as a physician. But
censorship or to leave it confiscated, and can no to Publish committee, for the last year-and-a-half
alone”. This question is longer find work include pointed out that there were I have been carrying on his
particularly relevant to the 116,250 people dismissed threats to free speech in publishing house. Now I
IPA, which is still criticised from public service; another other European countries — too am at risk.”

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Brexit: no gurantees from Minister


Rona Fairhead, minister of state at the Department for The Commonwealth was mentioned positively several times
International Trade, could offer little in the way of firm as a potential growth area for British publishers by Fairhead,
guarantees to British publishing, with free trade agreements citing common language and legal systems that made doing
with non-EU countries not even being formally negotiated, business 20% cheaper. Working parties will meet throughout
let alone signed, until after the main EU agreement is in the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting next
place next year. “The aim is to have a clear picture by week, when 51 national leaders will converge on London.
October,” she said. However, Gonzales pointed out that trade with New Zealand,
Fairhead told the London Book Fair seminar that she for example, was roughly equivalent to that with Romania.
could not rule out the possibility of British exports of The event was chaired by PA ceo Stephen Lotinga, who
books piling up on quaysides in 2019/20. unveiled the PA’s 10-point blueprint for British publishing,
Miriam Gonzalez, former EU trade negotiator, lawyer, setting out what publishing wants in the Brexit process,
prominent Europhile and wife of Sir Nick Clegg, said that including zero VAT on ebooks, a commitment to freedom
the current EU negotiations were the only ones she had of speech and freedom to publish, and “to maintain access
ever known in which the concept of goodwill had had to be to global talent and ideas”.
formally incorporated as a way to get an agreement.
Lis Tribe of Hodder Education, president of the
Publishers Assocation, commented: “We can’t have books
New Winterson
stuck in the docks and clearing customs… that would be a Cape and Grove Atlantic have announced a new novel,
disaster”, and added that the trade wanted “access to the Frankissstein, by Jeanette Winterson. Rachel Cugnoni
best talents from around the world” as well as the gold at Cape signed UK and Commonwealth rights from
standard on copyright maintained—“and not to be set Caroline Michel at PFD; Elisabeth Schmitz bought North
aside as part of a free trade agreement”. American rights from Alexandra Cliff at PFD.The novel is
Tribe said that publishers had been concerned when told in part through Mary Shelley’s eyes as she imagines
Frankenstein and his creation, as well as presenting a
Theresa May started to talk about a post-Brexit divergence
modern day, consumerist dystopia.
with the EU’s Digital Single Market; Fairhead responded
that “We want to keep Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of a world

HP “virtual warehouse”
of open access to digital.”
Discussing process, Fairhead revealed that the
Government was trying to roll over 40 existing EU trade
agreements with third nations, but that no future trade service
agreements could be signed until after the transition period
with the EU was over. There are 14 trade and investment HP Inc is to introduce HP Piazza, a set of cloud-based
groups working now with other countries, and she urged services offering publishers a “virtual warehouse” for the
publishers to get in touch with her department directly to management, automation, distribution, print, and direct
express their concerns. fulfillment of book orders “while holding zero inventory”.
HP said that the service made print more efficient: books
would not go out of print, short run orders could be quickly
To contact London Show Daily at the fulfilled direct to the consumer, and HP Link’s “track &
Fair, please visit us at the Publishers trace” function safeguarded against counterfeiting.
Stephen Jones, Pearson director of global direct
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move from a “print to warehouse” to a “print to order,
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Rights round-up — day 2


Naomi Alderman, author of the Baileys (Women’s) Prize-winning The women have to fend for themselves, provoking the authorities to stamp out
Power (Viking), is moving to 4th Estate in a four-book deal. Helen this undesirable regime. Jonathan said: “Kiran has written an astounding book,
Garnons-Williams, 4th Estate publishing director, signed the UK and rich with the beautiful brutality of its Norwegian setting — a place written
Commonwealth rights deal through Veronique Baxter of David Higham into the skin and souls of its inhabitants — and populated by characters so
Associates. The deal includes two novels (the first is due in 2020), a vivid to me that they have loitered at the edge of my vision for days.”
collection of short stories, and a work of non-fiction. Alderman said: “I’m
incredibly excited to be working with Helen Garnons-Williams, and to Joel Rickett at Ebury has won a heated auction to sign UK and
become part of such a fantastic list at 4th Estate.” Commonwealth rights to Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change
David Roth-Ey, 4th Estate executive publisher, said: “Naomi is one of the Everything by BJ Fogg. The agent is Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein,
most exciting, ambitious and subversive writers working today. Her inventive acting for Doug Abrams at Idea Architects. The US publisher is Eamon
and immersive storytelling brings together deep intelligence and a thrilling style Dolan Books at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “in a major deal”. There are
to challenge us all to see the world — and ourselves — in entirely new ways.” six translation deals in place, with more imminent (the Marsh Agency).
Fogg is a behavioural scientist, psychologist and founder of the Behaviour
Kim Walker of Zed Books has signed world English rights in The Red Design Lab at Stanford University; his students have gone on to create
Years by Bandi, the dissident North Korean author of The Accusation digital products including Instagram. Rickett said: “[Fogg’s] scientifically-
(Serpent’s Tail). The agent is Barbara Zitwer. The new book, extracts from based, road-tested model is breathtakingly powerful and will change so
which have appeared in the New Yorker, is translated by Heinz Insu many lives — starting with the Ebury team, where we’re already adopting
Fenkl, and will be out in autumn 2019. his techniques to change our habits at home and in the office.”

Pan Macmillan has signed a further three novels in Peter James’s Faber is to publish Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs (September), a
bestselling Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series. Associate Publisher companion to TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The author is
Wayne Brookes concluded the seven-figure, world English rights deal former Faber poetry editor and Costa Book of the Year winner Christopher
with Isobel Dixon at Blake Friedmann. The first novel in the deal is due Reid, at the request of the Eliot estate; the illustrations are by Elliot Elam.
in May 2020. Meanwhile, Macmillan publishes the 14th Roy Grace Leah Thaxton, children’s publisher, signed world rights through Peter
novel, Dead If You Don’t, on 17 May. Straus at RCW. According to Faber, Eliot himself conceived the idea for the
collection in conversation with his driver, who came up with the phrase
One of the most fiercely contested pre-London Book Fair auctions has been “consequential dogs”. Reid’s characters include Dobson the Dog Detective,
won by Sophie Jonathan at Picador, which has seen off 12 rivals to sign Vardo Flo the Philosophical Foxhound, and Frazzlesprat, a dog who would really
and a second adult novel by award-winning children’s author Kiran Millwood rather be a cat. Thaxton said: “Christopher Reid is a poet I have long
Hargrave. Picador has UK and Commonwealth rights, in a “significant” deal, admired, and felt the natural choice for this new commission. The fact
through Hellie Ogden at Janklow & Nesbit UK. Auctions are taking place “in that he too is a former poetry editor brings a neat symmetry to the whole.
multiple territories”. Kirby Kim is handling US rights out of Janklow’s New We are thrilled and so very proud to be publishing such an exceptionally
York office. Vardo is based on real events on a remote Norwegian island in fine collection, and with the blessing of Clare Reihill and the Eliot Estate.
the early 17th century, when the men of the island are lost to a storm and the This is a significant moment for Faber, and for the children’s list.”

International Excellence Awards — the winners


The International Excellence Awards were presented at RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL
LBF yesterday evening. Jennifer Powell, Scholastic
SIMON MASTER CHAIRMAN’S AWARD
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHER Asoke K Ghosh
Brill BALTICS ADULT TRADE PUBLISHER
AUDIOBOOK PUBLISHER Dienas Gramata (Latvia)
Penguin Random House Audio (USA) BALTICS EDUCATION PUBLISHER
BOOKSTORE Zvaigzne ABC Publishers (Latvia)
The Uppsala English Bookshop BALTICS CHILDREN’S AND YA PUBLISHER
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES Kake Make (Alma Littera) (Lithuania)
Quirky Kid BALTICS CULTURAL AND LITERARY INITIATIVE
EDUCATIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES Children’s Republic (Estonia)
Ideas Roadshow ACCESSIBLE BOOKS CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL
LIBRARY EXCELLENCE: PUBLISHER
National Library of Latvia Hachette Livre
LITERARY TRANSLATION ACCESSIBLE BOOKS CONSORTIUM INTERNATIONAL
Geopoetika (Serbia) EXCELLENCE AWARD: INITIATIVE
LITERARY AGENT Daisy Forum of India
Deborah Harris, The Deborah Harris Agency INCLUSIVITY IN PUBLISHING
Gloria Gutierrez, Balcells Agency (Spain) Cassava Republic
LITERARY FESTIVAL BOOKSTORE SPIRIT OF CHINA
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People at London Book Fair — day 1

LBF director Jacks Thomas opening the fair.

Celebrating at the CAMEO awards at the Electric Cinema were


(from left) Stefan Ruiz (Eighty Day Productions), Denis Herdman
(Eighty Day Productions), Kirsten Foster (Eighty Day Productions),
Lauren Du Plessis (MiniLab Studios), Book & Screen Week ambassador
and guest speaker Jojo Moyes, Kate Sinclair (the Forge), Richard Noble
(Audible) and Stephanie McLernon Davies (Audible).

Stephen Page, Faber ceo, pictured on the publisher’s stand on the first morning.

Rob Sanders, publisher of Greystone Books in Vancouver, British Columbia,


is pictured with members of his publishing team at the annual Canada House
reception in Trafalgar Square. Greystone has had a mega bestseller in North
America with the English language translation of Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden
Life of Trees. Sanders, as motivation, promised his publishing team that if they hit
75,000 copies sold, he would take them to the south of France. “We sold many
multiples of that, but I couldn’t bring myself to take them all to France, so I HarperCollins held its traditional pre-fair party at Home House. Charlie
decided instead to bring my entire publishing company here to the fair this year.” Redmayne, UK ceo, is with author Lionel Shriver.

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Facebook — ‘We could have avoided a lot of this’


No one would disagree that the rise of AA: The episode with Cambridge
Facebook has had a pronounced effect on Analytica has dominated the headlines, but
our culture. But last month, with the are we learning much new here? Didn’t we
revelations involving Cambridge Analytica already know Facebook has these kinds of
and its alleged theft and misuse of data problems?
Facebook data, the story of Facebook’s role SV: Nobody should be surprised that
in our lives took yet another twist. Andrew Facebook has been giving away massive
Richard Albanese recently caught up with amounts of our data without our permission
University of Virginia Media Studies to third parties. That has been standard
professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of practice at Facebook for years. But until
the forthcoming Antisocial Media: How Cambridge Analytica all of Facebook’s well-
Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Siva Vaidhyanathan known data export problems lacked drama,
Democracy (Oxford University Press), to and characters. Cambridge Analytica gave
talk about Facebook’s sprawling influence
“Almost every us those characters.
in our lives. problem with Cambridge Analytica is a super-sleazy
company run by some of the worst people in
AA: So, first question: how did you find Facebook that’s the world who are working for some of the
Mark Zuckerberg’s apology? happening now worst people in the world. And now we have
SV: It was standard. Everything he said the characters: the reclusive billionaire; the
echoed what he’s said every other time over
is actually a bespectacled Eton-educated villain with the
the last decade when people got upset function of its English accent; the young, disaffected
about Facebook’s abuses. It’s like he’s very whistleblower. It’s a good story. But it would
hurt, as if he’s the victim. I think it’s a
success, not have been nice if people had paid as much
stunning thing that one of the highest its failure.” attention as they are now back in 2010 and
capitalised companies in the world can be 2011, when many of us were raising serious
so unprofessional in dealing with its core problems. It’s questions about Facebook’s data policies and practices. We
like Mark Zuckerberg still thinks that Facebook is could have avoided a lot of this.
primarily about keeping you up-to-date about your
cousin’s new baby. AA: I saw Tim Wu speak recently, and he gave a great
presentation about the rush to capture people’s attention.
AA: There are a number of books out there on Silicon And he pointed to newspapers in the 1830s, when the
Valley, social media, and even Facebook. How would you advertising model was introduced, and the audience
describe the book that you’re bringing out this fall? became the product. He noted that the newspapers in the
SV: I would say mine is the first book that really indicts early 19th century all ran a ton of, well, fake news, to get
Facebook for its role in messing with our lives. I’ve always eyeballs. But eventually, he noted, journalism developed a
thought that there are a handful of companies that are set of ethics. Newspapers got better. Can social media do
unique in the world — in fact, unique in human history. the same thing?
Google is one. Facebook is another. SV: No, not at all. There’s just such a huge scale difference
My book is also distinct from other books about and a huge functional difference. No newspaper is so big
Facebook because it is about Facebook globally. There are that it can’t be managed by a set of human eyes and minds
plenty of accounts of how Trump used Facebook in his over the course of a 24-hour period. No news organisation
campaign, for example, or how Facebook is affecting is so big that it can’t be managed. And a newspaper’s value
American journalism. But I felt the story of Facebook in the marketplace is a function of the quality of that
globally is much more important, because that’s where management. You can’t compare what flows out of the
most Facebook users are today, and where the growth is. New York Times servers or the BBC’s servers to what flows
Take India for example. India today has more Facebook out of Facebook’s servers.
users than the United States, and yet India also has so And almost every problem with Facebook that’s happening
much more potential growth. In the US, somewhere now is actually a function of its success, not its failure. We are
between 60% and 70% have Facebook accounts, while talking about 2.2 billion people constantly posting whatever
roughly a quarter of people in India have Facebook they want. And Facebook — I would include YouTube in
accounts. Facebook still gets a disproportionate amount this, too — is designed to amplify and accelerate things that
of revenue from the US, but I suspect it wants to shift generate reaction, which Facebook calls “engagement”.
away from its dependence on American advertisers, Now, what generates the most engagement? Well, puppy
especially with talk about regulation in Washington DC. pictures do, but also hate speech and conspiracy theories.

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AA: You briefly mentioned the calls for regulation of
Facebook and other social media. Do you think regulation
is needed?
SV: Yes. I mean, it’s long past due, right? We should
have been considering ways of reining in the power of
these companies before they became more valuable than
General Electric. Before they became more powerful
than many governments. And before they became more
influential than the BBC. We made a terrible mistake
by thinking of these companies as cute experiments,
or an interesting phenomenon, or great investments, and
didn’t necessarily think through the larger implications of
what would happen if they actually got as big and as
wealthy as we hoped they would. And I think we now
have a real emergency.
The good news is that the European Union will soon
introduce the GDPR, which could substantially alter how
Facebook and Google do their work. And I think the US Book Three- Demon Pirate
and other nations all will have to consider similar data
protection measures to rein in the power these companies
now have over our daily lives. It would be great if we could
jump in and regulate these companies just enough to
maximise the good stuff and minimise the bad stuff.
Unfortunately, that’s going to be hard, and I think we’re
going to lose more than we win for a while.

AA: The printed book as a product is sort of the anti-


Facebook. It’s solitary, and it requires you to actually invest
your time and energy into a longer story, or a sustained
argument. In this age of gadgets, do you think the
disconnected nature of the book, of reading, will actually
become a selling point for publishers?
SV: I do think so. I mean, it will never be how it was,
right? The book had about five centuries of something
close to monopoly control over our attention. That’s over.
But there are still many more people and many more
literate people than ever before.
And I think publishers today are aware of the pretty Releasing September 19, 2018
radical shifts in our information ecosystem. They are
appropriately sensitive to how ideas bubble up, and in my
experience, there’s a lot of sophistication in the publishing
world about social media. That said, I do think we need a
deeper dive into the broader transformation of our mental
universe that has come as a result of companies like Google
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Plotting the Polish book market


Renek Mendun talks about Nielsen BookScan’s plans to measure book sales
in Poland
Is the Polish book market large or Textbooks nationalised
small or healthy or weak? Given the Over the last four years there have
changes in the Polish book landscape, been some major changes that the
it is definitely incredibly resilient; book trade has had to weather. Firstly,
however there are no independent the Polish government nationalised
measurement sources. Individual textbooks in 2014. Before that school
players know their size and their direction of change, textbooks had been part of the consumer market for more
but without up-to-date research of the consumer book than 50 years. This had a major impact on school book
market, it is not, at present, possible to make the best- publishers, wholesalers and most independent booksellers
informed decisions. — who it’s estimated lost around one-third of the consumer
The way to describe the current book trade landscape market in 2015 and 2016. Then, in 2016, Matras, the
would be that Poland is a country full of players, both second biggest bookseller (120 outlets), went bankrupt.
big and small, all in flux. The Polish book industry does These changes have affected the consumer market
not have tools like a database of books-in-print or a tremendously and show the resilience of the trade. The big
BookScan-like service. There’s no stable avid-readers textbooks wholesalers have had a tough time; some entered
survey, no anything in fact. Nobody knows how many the consumer book market space pushing out some
ISBNs are available, who are the heavy buyers and wholesalers there. In retail, the big players are fighting for
whether the total volume of books sold a year is 70m, the space left after the departure of Matras, and we are
100m or 130m copies. observing a huge shift in the make-up of bookselling with

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“The way to Accurate measurement
their owners and/or locations, along with Andre Breedt, managing director of
the addition of many new outlets. describe the Nielsen Book Research, believes that
especially in times of change, accurate
Stopping Sunday trading current book measurement is fundamental to the
More recently, a law has been enacted to trade landscape wellbeing of any book industry. “With
eliminate Sunday trading. As of March 2018 our 25 years of experience in Book
retailers will be closed two Sundays in each
would be that Research, we know that having a
month and then three Sundays from 2019 Poland is a common currency of independent data
and then all Sundays from 2020. This will means that retailers and publishers
affect all of retail, including the big,
country full of operate in a more transparent way and
expensive malls where people in Poland love players, both can make better informed decisions in
to spend their time and money. So a new all aspects of their business. From
dynamic is taking place, with the biggest
big and small, understanding the impact of marketing
brick-and-mortar outlets fretting over their all in flux.” and promotions, to aiding a better supply
potential sizeable loss, while the big online chain and to informing strategic direction
retailers are calculating how big they will means that book industries can best
grow in the absence of an Amazon.pl. serve their readers.”
And so in this state of flux, publishers, wholesalers and Nielsen BookScan hopes to release a preliminary
retailers will be asking: how big are we? What genres are measurement of the Polish Book market at the Nielsen
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The Milo clause and other legal developments


After a contentious decade of litigation, only a year. As of this writing, we’re still waiting on the
handful of cases involving or concerning the second appeal decision — though, observers
publishing industry remain undecided, writes say, however that appeal turns out, barring a
Andrew Richard Albanese — but one case that settlement the case could still be far from over.
did end could have a lingering effect.
Capitol Records vs. ReDigi
Cambridge University Press vs. Patton Can there be — should there be — a market
Welcome to the Diamond Club! During this for reselling digital files, like the secondary
year’s London Book Fair, this case will market that exists for books or CDs? That’s
celebrate its 10th Anniversary — though the question now before an appeals court in
don’t expect any celebrations. New York, after an August hearing in the
First filed in April of 2008 by three academic Milo Yiannopoulos case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi.
publishers — and supported by the Copyright The appeal comes four years after district
Clearance Center and the Association of American Publishers court judge Richard Sullivan found that ReDigi, an online
(AAP) — the suit claims administrators at Georgia State service that enabled consumers to resell legally purchased
University (GSU) systematically encourage faculty to use iTunes files, ruled that the first sale doctrine is limited to
unlicensed digital copies of course readings (known as e-reserves) “material items, like records”.
as a no-cost alternative to traditionally licensed course-packs. The case has been closely watched by the publishing
In 2012, Judge Orinda Evans ruled against the publishers, industry, as ReDigi (and other players including Amazon)
finding that GSU’s copying was fair use. In 2014, an appeals have expressed interest in creating a resale market for
court reversed and remanded the case to Evans. And in her 2016 ebooks. In an amicus brief, the AAP argued that enabling
remand decision Evans again found for GSU, which brought the consumers to resell their legally purchased ebooks would
case back to a second appeal, which was heard in July of last be “catastrophic for the entire publishing industry”.

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Yiannopoulos vs. Simon & Schuster adding an explicit “morals clause” to its boilerplate that
It was kind of fun while it lasted, but it ended exactly the would enable the publisher to cancel publications in the event
way we all expected for the former Breitbart editor — in an an author is revealed to have behaved badly. And some US
embarrassing flameout. Well, OK, not exactly like we expected. publishers, Publishers Weekly has learned, have in fact already
The case began last July, when Milo filed a $10 million adopted such a clause. I propose we call it the “Milo clause”.
lawsuit against Simon & Schuster (S&S) accusing the But are such clauses a good idea? Legal experts question
publisher of wrongfully terminating its contract to publish whether morals clauses are even necessary — as S&S
his book Dangerous after learning of his comments that argued in this case, publishers already have wide latitude
seemed to condone paedophilia. From the outset, the suit to cancel contracts.
was widely seen as a publicity stunt. But it threatened to, at But making book contracts contingent on good behaviour
the very least, embarrass S&S officials. In the end, however, — even in cases where bad behaviour is alleged, and not
it was Milo who took a pie in the face. even necessarily proven — would be a slippery slope,
After strong initial sales, the self-published version of lawyers say. “Book publishing is not sports marketing,”
Dangerous quickly disappeared, as Milo’s 15 minutes of explains New York-based publishing attorney Lloyd
fame ticked down. Then the hilariously vicious editorial Jassin. “A book contract is not the same thing as an
notes on Milo’s manuscript went viral online, after they were endorsement deal for sneakers. The sneaker manufacturer
entered into evidence. Milo’s lawyer later quit. And the judge is borrowing interest from the sports figure to enhance its
had no qualms about brusquely slapping down Milo’s ill- brand. Book publishers are messengers. They make someone
prepared and off-base attempts at self-representation. In else’s message public. There shouldn’t be morals clauses in
February, Milo quietly dropped the suit. book publishing agreements unless you are publishing
But Milo and his case may still leave a mark on the book bunny books for kids, or to support a religious or political
business. At last year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, S&S CEO viewpoint. Something is awry when publishing professionals
Carolyn Reidy conceded that the company was considering attack the messenger, not the message.” ■

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Authors of the Day: Market Focus


Today’s Authors of the Day
are from the Market Focus
countries. Nicholas Clee
caught up with Kristina
Sabaliauskaite, Mihkel Mutt

Photo: Gabriela Liivamägi


and Nora Ikstena in the run
up to the Fair.

Photo: Monika Penk


Kristina
Sabaliauskaite
(Lithuania)
NC: Give an introduction Kristina Sabaliauskaite Mihkel Mutt Nora Ikstena
to you and your work.
KS: The quartet of historical novels Silva Rerum, set in I am ironical-satirical and essayistical-intellectual (some have
1659-1797 through the story of four generations of one said I resemble Huxley before his “Perennial Wisdom”). I used
noble family, tells the story of the Lithuanian-Polish to write on socio-cultural and interpersonal issues, marriage
Commonwealth, once one of the biggest European empires. problems. Many of my characters were/are urban intellectuals
This is a journey through the opulence of the Baroque, or artistically inclined dropouts. In my latest novels I have
escapism of the Rococo and the optimism of the documented the arrival of the free-market economy and
Enlightenment, but also through plague and fires, battles open society in Estonia, as well as post-Soviet hangovers.
and terror. It looks inside the manor houses in the Nordic Apart from writing I have always held some kind of job
woods, palaces of European capitals — including London (literary adviser in theatre, Foreign Office analyst,
— universities, convents, ballrooms and bedrooms. It is all journalist), and for the last 20 years I have edited various
seen from the perspectives of the quite unusual characters: cultural publications — not only to make ends meet, but
erring Jesuit professors, Jewish doctors, mad princes, out of curiosity. Not so young as I was, but still going.
stubborn nuns and rebellious matriarchs, soldiers and NC: What are your hopes for your visit?
tradesmen, and one beautiful peasant married into the MM: First of all I hope to meet people and talk, talk, talk
noble family. I wanted to create a multi-layered text which about the present and the future, both in politics and in the
the reader could explore depending on his or her cultural field, Europe and globally. There’s nothing like first-
knowledge, but also read it as a captivating story. hand experience and chance conversations for a writer. I am a
NC: What are your hopes for your visit? freak of history, and British history is a special case. Of course
KS: It is a great responsibility to be the Author of the Day I look forward to blowing my own trumpet and telling people
— we have fascinating talks and discussions scheduled, and that in my latest novel the protagonist, a middle-aged Estonian,
my mission will be to entice everyone to start exploring wants to circumcise himself spiritually and become a Brit. I’d
Lithuanian literature and culture. It may have been also like to lecture the old Europe about the significance of the
previously impenetrable due to the language and the lack of far away Eastern Europe, about which you know nothing.
translations, but Lithuania is the land that gave to the world
Adam Mickiewicz, Nobelist Czeslaw Milosz and twice Prix Nora Ikstena (Latvia)
Goncourt winner Romain Gary — and our contemporary NC: Give an introduction to you and your work.
Lithuanian literature is fascinating. We have a multicultural, NI: My novel Soviet Milk, published in the UK by Peirene
dramatic history going from being the great European empire Press, is my 20th book. And the most important one. It’s a
into becoming the oppressed nation, but then surviving and very personal, real story about a mother’s and daughter’s
regaining liberty. I tell some of that story in my Silva Rerum complicated life under the Soviet regime in Latvia from
novels, for which I hope to find a British publisher. 1969 to 1989. It was very important for me to tell this
story, not only for readers in Latvia, but also across the
Mihkel Mutt (Estonia) borders. It is a story about cage and freedom. About
NC: Give an introduction to you and your work. endless love. About life that is larger than literature.
MM: I have written in practically all genres except long NC: What are your hopes for your visit?
epic and poetry. My 40 books include novels, short stories, NI: I hope this will be a good start for Baltic literature to
travelogues (Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea, Norwich, become better known among audiences. The smaller you
Aberystwyth), memoirs, plays, essays. I have also translated are, the harder it is. We are devoted to our languages —
plays by Arnold Wesker, Tom Stoppard, Eugene O’Neill, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian. That is our real home. We
David Pownall and others. I write regular newspaper have stories to tell. We have experiences to share in
columns, mainly about politics. literature with the whole world. ■

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‘I walked into a historian’s d


In his new book, A Literary
Tour de France (Oxford
Content services and University Press), renowned

technology solutions
historian and Harvard
University Librarian
Emeritus Robert Darnton
offers a rich, fascinating
look at the book trade in
pre-revolutionary France.
Andrew Richard Albanese
HTML5 recently caught up with
Darnton to talk about this Robert Darnton
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extraordinary work, and the “Sure enough,
state of the book business
then and now. there were
Brissot’s letters
EPUB AA: This is incredible stuff.
Tell us a little about the — surrounded
genesis of this book. How is by 50,000
it that we can know so much
about the book business in others, all of
NIMAS pre-revolutionary France? them by people
PDF RD: In 1965, I walked into
AI & NLP
a historian’s dream: an concerned with
archive of 50,000 letters that
had lain unread in an attic in
printing and the
WCAG
Neuchâtel, Switzerland for book trade.”
two centuries. The
manuscripts came from the Société typographique de
Neuchâtel [STN], one of the largest publishers and
wholesale book dealers of the 18th century. I stumbled
across them by following up a footnote when I was a
graduate student at Oxford — I was seeking information
about one of the most prominent leaders of the French

Cenveo Publisher Suite just got Smarter. Revolution, Jacques-Pierre Brissot, the head of the
Girondist party, who published his books with the STN
before 1789. The footnote suggested that some of his

Smart Suite v2.0 letters might be in the Neuchâtel library. So I wrote to the
library’s director, and in reply he said they had 119 letters
by Brissot. After joining the Society of Fellows at Harvard
in 1965, I was free to do research abroad, and I headed
straight for Neuchâtel. Sure enough, there were Brissot’s
letters — surrounded by 50,000 others, all of them by
people concerned with printing and the book trade:

Learn more authors, printers, paper makers, typographical workers,


smugglers, peddlers and booksellers of all shapes and sizes.

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After embarking on a biography of Brissot, I changed my
mind and started studying the world of books. The history
of the book is now an important academic discipline, but at
that time it hardly existed and didn’t even have a name.

AA: We think the book business can be rough today, but


describe for us the world of books for a young travelling
rep in the 1700s?

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beings, the kind who rarely appear in history, scrambling
to make a living by providing readers with the printed
word. It’s similar to the world Balzac described in his
great novel, Lost Illusions, yet populated by real,
flesh-and-blood characters whose lives could now be
reconstructed in great detail. In A Literary Tour de
France, I follow a travelling sales rep who got on a horse
in July 1778 and spent five months visiting every Preview select IMF publications
bookshop on his route, an enormous circuit through
all of eastern, southern and central France. During this
on the Global Economy, Asia,
trip, he kept a diary and corresponded with the home
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professional representative of a publisher. And the
booksellers he met also have dossiers in the STN
archives stretching from 1769 to 1789. So, it was
possible to combine a horizontal view of the system in
1778 with vertical views of the businesses of dozens of
booksellers. By systematically studying their orders, I
could discover what books circulated, and even produce
a retrospective bestseller list.

AA: Can you tell us a little about what was popular


among readers in pre-revolutionary France?
RD: Yes, I was able to compile statistics on 1,145 titles
— enough, I believe, to have a clear idea of literary
demand as it actually existed in a society about to
explode in the first great revolution of modern times. I
could confirm that the Enlightenment did indeed
penetrate deeply into the ancien régime, along with
literature of a kind that has since been forgotten —
exotic travel books, sentimental love novels, popular

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histories, moralistic tales for children, reference works,
popular science and a great many libellous tracts about
the private lives of public figures. Works such as The
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despotism. Books like these did not lead to the
Revolution in a direct, causal manner, but they
contributed greatly to the radicalisation of public
opinion before 1789.

AA: I found the role of piracy and smugglers in the


book to be especially rich, and fascinating. Publishers
fear a different kind of piracy today, in the digital age,
but can you talk a little about piracy in the 1700s?
RD: Copyright did not exist before 1789, except in
England (the statute of Anne, 1710). But pirates could be
punished for violating “privileges”, which functioned as INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
primitive copyrights within individual countries, although
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f Continued from page 17 “I follow a pirates, there was relatively little respect
publishers in Holland and Switzerland for the original text — pirates cut and
were not subject to French law. These
travelling sales abridged as they pleased, lowering the
pirates were canny businessmen. And they rep who got on price by eliminating what they called
pirated French books and marketed them “typographical luxury”.
in France with the complicity of French
a horse in July
booksellers, especially those in the 1778 and spent AA: You’re an author, a leading historian
provinces who resented the domination — of literary and publishing history, and
and the high prices — of the Parisian five months you ran the Harvard University library
publishers. And there was an enormous visiting every system during a fascinating period of
underground system that supplied technological change. What’s your take
booksellers and worked quite effectively, bookshop on on the state of publishing, and for that
despite occasional disasters. his route.” matter, libraries today?
RD: I don’t believe in jeremiads about
AA: How prevalent were these pirated “the death of the book” and “the
books in the market? obsolescence” of libraries. More books are published in
RD: I studied the smuggling industry and the print each year than the year before, and the sale of
underground trade in detail, because in my estimation it ebooks has levelled off. Our libraries are crowded with
conveyed more than half the books that were in readers. We have seen that at Harvard, where I directed
circulation. Also, the underground was full of colourful the library system for eight years, and public librarians
characters and I had great fun reconstructing the have witnessed it everywhere. But libraries have acquired
trajectory of their careers. For booksellers in the 18th new functions, especially as gatekeepers and preservers
century there were no returns, and the trade was of material from the internet, and librarians have
monopolised by guilds. The Paris guild dominated the developed new skills, many of them technological,
publishing industry, and even had the power to reinforce pedagogical and vocational. And thanks to new
its monopoly by inspecting shops and shipments, and the institutions like the Digital Public Library of America
policing of literature involved extensive censorship, [DPLA], which we developed here at Harvard in 2010,
along with specialised police inspectors. Put it all the great majority of the population has free access to
together — no copyrights, no returns, guild monopoly, much of our cultural heritage. I believe that librarians
censorship, policing — and you can see why pirates today are among the most underappreciated and
flourished outside France. In fact, piracy was so widely underpaid of all the public servants in the United States.
developed that you might think of it almost as a
counterpart to the way information circulates outside AA: Publishers today remain concerned about the
the commercial trade today by means of the internet. impact of technology and the internet, and of course
copyright and intellectual property laws. What’s your
AA: You ask publishers today about their main take on how the book business is handing the
challenge in the internet age, and they will often say, transformation to a digital, networked world?
discoverability. How did French publishers and authors RD: I admit to some sympathy for the pirate publishers
market and get the word out in the 1700s? of the 18th century, but I know that publishers today
RD: One thing about 18th-century publishing and the must insist on the strict observation of copyright law.
book trade that surprised me was the intensity of the But copyright now covers the life of the author plus 70
flow of information, mainly through the mail. The STN years, which makes it impossible for organisations like
received a constant stream of letters from booksellers the DPLA to provide access to most of the literature
everywhere in France, and the rest of Europe, who from the last century. I don’t think that adequately
accompanied their orders for books with shop talk, serves the public good.
gossip and general observations. Important publishers And though we have gone through several phases in
dispatched sales reps who gathered information from our views of the internet, I still see it as a force that
oral exchanges. And marketing involved the circulation makes possible the democratisation of access to
of prospectuses, catalogues and notices in journals. knowledge. We now have serious concerns about issues
There was no lack of information — but much of it was like privacy, and the manipulation of politics through
false. In fact, pirate publishers would often announce the misuse of technology. Nonetheless, we now have it
they were reprinting a book merely to test demand, or to within our power to realise what was only a utopian
scare off other pirates. Defying the legitimate publishers dream at the time of the Founding Fathers.
in Paris, pirates opened up a large, downscale market If I could recommend two changes, I would advocate
that would become known as “le grand public” in the for creating a more flexible copyright law, and that we
19th century. Sometimes authors sold the same work to take steps to prevent the monopolisation of information
different publishers under different titles. And among by commercial giants like Google and Facebook. ■

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Lifetime Achievement: Sara Miller McCune


“I founded SAGE Publishing in 1965, just one “Instead, our goal is to be the leading publisher of
month before my 24th birthday and with only new ideas and content that supports education
three and a half years of experience in the and scholarship.”
publishing business because I wanted to improve In 2016, McCune showed the world just how
the publishing industry, and the direction it was committed SAGE is to its mission — and how her
heading,” Sara Miller McCune told Publishers lifetime achievement will extend beyond a
Weekly in October, 2016. “It was a bold step that lifetime. “I have heard it said before that SAGE
quickly grew into a mission.” Bold indeed, writes Publishing is known for being fiercely
Andrew Richard Albanese, and now, some 53 independent and I’m proud to say that this is
years later, the London Book Fair is honouring absolutely true,” McCune told Publishers Weekly,
McCune, the visionary publisher and founder of noting that she has put in place an estate plan that
SAGE Publishing, with the LBF Lifetime Sara Miller McCune will guarantee SAGE’s independence indefinitely.
Achievement Award. In a statement, McCune said “SAGE will not be sold to a large corporation,
she was “extraordinarily honoured” to be receiving the award, and or have to answer to shareholders and instead will one day become
grateful to the London Book Fair “for recognising the critical work owned by a charitable trust that will secure our continued
that an independent academic publisher can achieve when its independence,” McCune revealed. “I want the people who are
commitment to a noble mission is unwavering”. currently working for and with us (and the people who will work
And what a career it has been: in more than five decades, SAGE for and with us in the future) to understand that we’re not just
has become a major global publisher, with offices across the globe. about profit. We’re about education, and we’re also about using
And through the era of “merger mania” as McCune calls it, SAGE knowledge to make the world a better place.”
has remained committed to its independence — and its focus on The award was presented yesterday at an invite-only event in the
the things that matter. “Our goal has never been to be just one of Conference Centre. Miller McCune will speak at the Research and
the leading publishers for books and journals,” McCune explains. Scholarly Publishing Forum today. ■

We believe in education and its contribution to the


building of social capital and beneficial social change.
Sara Miller McCune
Founder and Executive Chairman of SAGE Publishing

2018 Winner of London Book Fair


Lifetime Achievement Award in
International Publishing
Sara in 1965

When Sara Miller McCune founded SAGE in 1965, she was driven by a
belief that education and scholarship can help create a healthy society. Sara today
To realize this vision, Sara immersed herself in the academic world in
which she wanted to publish and developed a deep understanding of
the community’s needs.

This tradition of forging and maintaining strong connections with our


academic partners in order to understand and support them is one that we
embody at SAGE today and helps us to create high quality, evidence-based
teaching, learning and research resources that are used across the world.
LONDON SHOW DAILY WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL 2018

Manga author takes off


Enormously popular in Japan for more than now has over three million
a century, manga today is a global publishing views,” she recalled in a recent
phenomenon, with millions of fans all over the interview for Copyright
world, writes Christopher Kenneally. While the Clearance Center’s “Beyond
audience for comic books in the United States lies the Book” podcast series. “I
primarily with boys and men, manga titles called can tell you that the YouTube
“shojo manga” (after the Japanese for young decision impacted my career, and where I am
woman) have long enjoyed a significant audience today,” Sophie-chan declared. “If it wasn’t for
among girls and women. Women artists, too, that enormous support maybe I wouldn’t have
have figured prominently, writing and drawing believed in myself that much. I needed all that
stories of adventure, romance and fantasy. encouragement and excitement from my fans
For 2018, Los Angeles-based manga publisher Sophie-chan to continue this journey.”
TOKYOPOP has thrown a spotlight on the Safa Al Ani and her family left Iraq in 1995,
international women of manga. This month, TOKYOPOP releases four years after the first Gulf War and while Saddam Hussein still
the second volume of Ocean of Secrets from the artist known as ruled there as dictator. She grew up moving from country to country
Sophie-chan, who was born in Iraq and now lives in Canada. across the Middle East and in Africa. “I loved writing stories and
Before the first Ocean of Secrets volume appeared in May 2017, I loved drawing as well so I found something that combines both,
Sophie-chan had already gained a global following after posting which is comics, or in Japanese, manga. The environment didn’t help
drawing instruction videos on her YouTube channel, eventually much, and manga is not even a career choice that you can go to.
attracting more than 33 million video views and 400,000 So, it was very challenging for me to actually pursue that dream,”
subscribers. “After watching a few drawing videos out there, I Sophie-chan said. “But even after I graduated [from university]
thought, I’m giving it a try. My art wasn’t that great, I thought, but with a degree in engineering, I still wanted to do it. It was there in
somehow it went viral and I kept posting. One of my tutorial videos the back of my mind that I wanted to become a manga artist.”
Ocean of Secrets recounts the adventures of Lia, a teenaged
orphan who becomes lost at sea and is rescued by runaways

Come Visit Us! on a magical ship. The tales continues on a mysterious floating
kingdom riven by intrigue and sorcery. “I have a very strong
Stand 2C30 connection with Lia because she was the very first character I
made seven years ago. Lia has been with me since I started off
with this book,” Sophie-chan said. “Lia is the type of girl who
would sacrifice her life for the people she loves and stand in
the way of danger to protect her people.”
Sophie-chan’s own childhood and adolescence, both peripatetic
and perilous, emerges in her work, though autobiography is not
a dominant motif. “I’ve been introduced to so many cultures
and people, and different environments,” she explained. “My
art follows the Japanese style, so I can’t say I have expressed
all of these experiences, but I believe the emotions were fully
portrayed in both the artwork and the story.
“I’m really in love with fantasy. It’s always about a story about a
kingdom in a faraway land — in a fairy tale — that I love to tell,”
admitted Sophie-chan. “I love the style and emotions that you can
portray through manga. It extends to many categories, just like
movies, for example, and some of them are not appropriate, or
may not be suitable for a younger audience. If you’re into crime
or thriller, then, or horror, for example, you can still go there.”
Kae Winters, TOKYOPOP marketing associate, says the
The Original Version, Restored and Revised™ publisher is excited to be publishing the next chapter of Ocean
of Secrets. “Her incredible talent and unique spin on the shojo
Worldwide bestseller. The copyright-protected
genre have been captivating readers since the first book was
edition that makes all others obsolete.
released last year,” Winters says, “and now volume two
Nigel J. Yorwerth • nigel@publishingcoaches.com expands the world even more for eager fans.” ■
Stand 2C30 (upstairs) next to SCB Distributors
© The Mindpower Press Christopher Kenneally is director, Relationship Marketing, for Copyright
Clearance Center and host of CCC’s podcast series “Beyond the Book”.

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A great time to be independent


Is this a golden age for independent publishing? This was a point well made at our recent
From where we sit at the Independent Publishers Annual Spring Conference by Hachette UK CEO
Guild (IPG), our sector certainly seems to be in David Shelley, who started out in publishing at
very good health in 2018, writes Bridget Shine. IPG member Allison & Busby. Two of his points
Membership of the IPG now exceeds 600 were particularly resonant: firstly that working
companies. From large to small and old to new, for an independent is a brilliant way to learn the
the range of publishers in our community is more ropes of publishing fast; and secondly that many
diverse than ever. Last year we welcomed more indies are inherently creative, free-spirited and full
than 100 new members, and 40 more have joined of energy. As he pointed out, small and big
already in 2018. publishers face many of the same opportunities
We lose members too, of course, often through and challenges, and have much to learn from each
buy-outs, and recent notable departures have Bridget Shine other. There are lots of ways we can all work in
included Summersdale and Jessica Kingsley harmony in publishing — especially on big-
Publishers, both to Hachette. We are always sorry to see members picture things like diversity — but it is important that smaller
leave, but there is a constant flow of new publishers to succeed publishers play to their strengths too. There is a final advantage in
them. And the fact that independents get snapped up by bigger independent publishing: collaboration. At our conference we were
businesses is testament to the success and appeal of our sector. reminded of the remarkable generosity of our members in sharing
The achievements of our members were plain to see at our 2018 their advice and experience. The IPG was founded on a sense of
Independent Publishing Awards, which attracted the biggest and camaraderie — reinforced by that, independent publishing has a
best field of entries yet. From a dozen brilliant winners emerged the lot to look forward to. ■
overall Ingram Content Group Independent Publisher of the Year,
This is an edited version of a talk given by Bridget Shine to the Book
Maths — No Problem! It is a classic example of the independent
Society in March 2018. Bridget Shine is chief executive of the Independent
breed. It knows its niche market inside out, it is hugely ambitious, Publishers Guild. For more about the IPG, visit stand 6E70.
and it is punching way above its weight.
Our members have had a remarkable run of success in many
other awards, including the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which www.tnq.co.in

has been won by IPG members in six of the last 10 years. Across

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the UK trade, as measured by Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer
Market, independents grew their sales by 2.7% last year — way
ahead of the overall market growth of just 0.2%. In channels not
measured by BookScan, such as specialist or academic markets
and direct sales, growth is at least as strong.
Why are independents doing so well? There are dozens of
reasons, but one of the most obvious is the relentless focus on
customers and content. Most of our members are right at the heart
COST OF
of the specialist markets they serve, and understand exactly what PAGE MAKING
content their readers want and how they want it. Rising
international sales have been another welcome boost lately.
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But perhaps the most important reason for our members’
success is attitude. Independent publishers think on their feet and
have a can-do approach. They respond to gaps in the market
quickly and take risks in their publishing. This can be a nerve-
racking way of working, but it’s exhilarating too.
Independent publishing isn’t a bed of roses of course. Like all
publishers, our members face a lot of challenges, including Brexit,
Open Access and budget cuts in schools and Higher Education.
There are other difficulties that are particularly relevant to
independents, like cash flow, and attracting and retaining good
staff. Likewise, we don’t pretend that success is unique to our Page Central
members. Bigger publishers have resources and benefits of scale www.pagecentralhub.com
that are the envy of SMEs. But the agility and freedom of
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Amazon Publishing UK — infectious energy


Nicholas Clee caught up with Laura Deacon, Romance, 47North (sci-fi and fantasy) and
editorial director at Amazon Publishing UK, Thomas & Mercer (crime/thriller).
in the run-up to the Fair to talk about the NC: Some of your bestselling authors sell
publisher’s plans for the coming year. you their books directly. How great an
awareness of Amazon Publishing is there in
NC: Some people are unaware of the the agent community?
distinction between Amazon Publishing and LD: Our submissions are balanced in authors
the self-publishing service. Could you explain? coming to us directly and agented titles. Like any
LD: Amazon Publishing is separate to Kindle other publisher, we work closely with literary
Direct Publishing. At Amazon Publishing, we agents and obviously key events such as London
work closely with agents and authors, publishing and Frankfurt Book Fairs help strengthen our
both digital and print books, currently under Laura Deacon many existing agent relationships and forge
four fiction imprints. Our UK team has editors new ones. Our editorial team have a wealth of
and colleagues who handle marketing and PR. Some of our experience in the wider industry, with many of us having worked
authors start out self-publishing and then move to us, and in some of the larger publishing houses, so we have carried some
some do both. Mark Dawson and Keith Houghton are examples valuable agent relationships with us to Amazon Publishing.
of authors who publish very successfully under both umbrellas. NC: You arrived at Amazon Publishing after experience
NC: What are your imprints? Do you mirror Amazon working at HarperCollins and Penguin Random House (PRH).
Publishing US or are there differences? What similarities and differences have you encountered?
LD: Given the country size and the fact we have a smaller LD: Each and every publisher is different in some way. As
team in the UK, we publish under fewer imprints here, but an editor my primary focus is to support and champion the
under the same imprint names: Lake Union Publishing authors on our list, to ensure they feel someone’s with them
(commercial, literary and book club fiction), Montlake every step of the way and to reach as wide an audience as
possible. This focus has been the same wherever I’ve worked.
The dedication and energy of the team at Amazon Publishing
is infectious — every single team member is passionate about
our books and our authors. I absolutely love that feeling of
coming together to support a submission, and working
A daily serving of news and views collaboratively and creatively to make it a bestseller!
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with strong characters. I also enjoy some literary tomes and
thought-provoking non-fiction. I’m fascinated by how
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to see an author turn a genre on its head and do something
different. One of the first questions I ask myself upon receiving
a submission is, “Do I want to recommend this to other people?”
www.bookbrunch.co.uk If the answer is yes, then genre is irrelevant, that book is for me.
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to name here! A few I’m really looking forward to publishing
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At home to all—Macmillan at 175


Our 175th anniversary gives us a special moment to  And just as Harold Macmillan sought out
reflect on our family origins, remember the iconic authors from the Caribbean and Africa, or
authors we have published over those years, admire founded the Nippers series to bring working
treasures from our archive and wonder about how class voices to literature in the 1960s, so we are
two brothers, the sons of crofters on a remote proud to progress an inclusive agenda in 2018,
Scottish island, could have started all this, writes from sensational debuts such as Tomi
Sara Lloyd. There is so much that Daniel and Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone to Kate
Alexander Macmillan passed down: a joy and Clanchy’s England, a poetry anthology written
passion about reading, for sure, inspired by their by UK school children who speak more than
book loving mother Katherine Crawford 30 languages between them (out in June).
Macmillan; a strong moral sense that associated And we continue to look for new vehicles for this
books with social progress; and an extraordinary ever widening talent pool. Macmillan has a history
entrepreneurial zest. of experimenting with new formats: from Water
But, whilst single-minded, commercially savvy and far-sighted, Babies and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which brought new
the brothers did not execute their vision without conversation and illustration styles to children, to the eye-catching and sophisticated
consultation. Perhaps my favourite discovery about the history novelty of today’s picture book lists; from the Globe Octavos of
was learning of the “Tobacco Parliaments” which Alexander the 1860s, to the vivid and eye catching designs of Pan paperbacks
hosted at the company headquarters in Covent Garden during the more than 70 years ago, recently redesigned for the 70th
1850s and 1860s. “At home to all and sundry”: here, authors and anniversary of that unashamedly commercial imprint; and, more
thinkers, from Thomas Hughes, Thomas Huxley and Herbert recently, the founding of Bello, one of the first digital only imprints
Spencer to Charles Kingsley, Holman Hunt and Alfred Lord launched by a publisher, back in 2010 — we constantly seek new
Tennyson, came together to talk ideas, discuss the politics and ways to capture the attention of those ever distracted readers. ■
social issues of the day and formulate new ways for books and Sara Lloyd is digital and communications director at Pan Macmillan.
writing to expose issues, inspire creativity, stimulate debate and
further education. I can imagine the smoke-filled room, the
scraping of chairs and the hum of conversation, the clink of glasses,
as I smile to myself about a time when a meeting could be defined
by the “Tobacco” that was consumed.
Whilst smoking is no longer part of the agenda, bringing people
together to celebrate ideas and provide inspiration certainly is. Our
imprint showcases — last month both Picador and Two Hoots —
brought authors, illustrators, poets, journalists, customers and
other friends together to perform, talk, drink, celebrate and no
doubt dream up new projects. Through events such as the Shore
to Shore poetry tour in support of Independent Bookshop Week
and the Macmillan 175 Innovation Prize for Independent
Bookshops, we enact our belief in the power of community and
conversation to broaden the impact of literature on people’s lives.
And of course we haven’t stopped there: our digital channels
connect authors and readers in all sorts of new ways, from
Bookbreak, our YouTube channel, fronted by BookTubers for an
avid audience of millennial minds, to our recent collaboration with
digital reading platform The Pigeonhole for Ken Follett’s A
Column of Fire, we are always looking for new ways to connect
with readers.
 In its day, Macmillan’s Magazine, launched in 1859, was the
first monthly literary magazine to be produced by a publisher, and
was conceived by the brothers as a platform for discovery of new
talent. Today we continue to seek the best new talent through wide
and varied means, from our editors’ attendance at creative writing
workshops, or spending time on Twitter, building early
connections with potential debut authors of the future, to the
scrutiny of digital trends to find social media driven sensations
such as Joe Wicks.

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NORTH AMERICAN
Responsibility in publishing
BUSINESS AT Springer Nature is issuing its first Responsible
Springer Nature’s ambition is
to be the most progressive and
respected publisher of research
and education materials. As
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books, we are known for
publishing important work
from the research community
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security, global health, the
digital transformation and countless more. Our business exists
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this important work. Research investment and output is

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GDP and hitting $1,520 billion in 2015.

Selling To The North Expenditure on scientific content is a tiny proportion of this,


and yet academic publishers play a crucial role in the research
American Market process. That’s why it is so important to us to ensure that we
add as much value while being as efficient as we can, to take all
the measures necessary to assure the integrity and soundness of
the academic record, and to make it freely available as quickly
as possible. Our business is rooted in this responsibility and, as
a new CEO who joined Springer Nature in 2017, I have
Promote Your enjoyed meeting some of our 13,000 staff in recent months
and finding that, like me, many are also motivated by this and
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Our employees and our authors expect us to show respect for the
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expected from all our employees and business partners,
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As one example, diversity and inclusion has been a strong focus
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important for us to get this right. Fifty-six percent of our staff is intelligence, and emotional health,
and achieve their goals.
female — which compares well with our benchmark companies
— and we have colleagues from 50 countries. But, like our
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rounding error in a country that spends more than $50 billion
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cultural industry that operates on slim margins, and would go a
long way to fuel investment in Canadian learning resources.
In their action, the Ministries point to Alberta (Education) vs.
Access Copyright, a 2012 Supreme Court of Canada decision, as
having removed their obligation to pay for educational copying.
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e intensifies
arriving at the mandatory rates
payable by K-12 schools, the
Copyright Board closely
examined and applied both the
Supreme Court’s Alberta
(Education) decision and the
change to fair dealing in the
Copyright Modernization Act.
After making a considerable
deduction to account for fair
dealing, the Copyright Board
determined that K-12 schools Kate Edwards
copy more than 150 million
pages of published works annually that do not qualify as fair
dealing and require compensation.
The status of tariffs certified by the Copyright Board is at
the heart of this dispute, a question that was examined by
the Federal Court of Canada in Access Copyright vs. York
University, along with the legality of York’s copying guidelines.
In a clear and carefully considered 2017 decision, the Court
determined that the guidelines do not “withstand the application
of the two-part test laid down by the Supreme Court of Canada,”
and that “there is no opting out” of tariffs approved by the
Copyright Board. Given that the copying guidelines adopted by
Ministries of Education are virtually identical to those scrutinised
during the York trial, and that approved tariffs are in place for
the period outlined in the suit, the legal action appears both
aggressive and frivolous, intended to deplete the already
limited resources of a vital cultural sector.
Not surprisingly, the education sector has appealed the York
November
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decision. What is surprising is these new lawsuits being filed
during the lead up to the appeal.

Where are we going?


I am often asked by international colleagues about the
prospects for the long-awaited parliamentary review of the
Copyright Act, and whether that process will solve Canada’s MIAMI, FLORIDA
copyright mess. While the Association of Canadian Publishers
and our industry colleagues will participate fully in the review,
we do not believe that this process will restore a functioning
marketplace, at least not any time soon.
Over the next year, testimony will be heard, briefs will be
submitted, competing positions will be debated, and a report
will eventually be presented to Parliament. If recommendations
for legislative change are included in that report, they will likely
be made mere months before a federal election, leaving writers
and publishers to withstand another election cycle and endure
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Amazon re-invents the book shop


Over more than two decades, Amazon has this one”. What book browsers may only
shaped the customer shopping experience, casually observe is a somewhat ingenious
first on the web and then, on the street. Each reversal of skeuomorphism.
time, books have led the way, writes “Skeuomorphism is a common concept in
Christopher Kenneally. the design world. It’s the act of making
Company founder Jeff Bezos first launched digital objects represent their real-world
Amazon as an online bookstore in 1995. counterparts,” Hu explained. “Apple’s iBooks
Then, in 2015, he opened the first Amazon app is a typical example of skeuomorphism,”
Books “physical” store in Seattle. The she said. “If you open the iBooks app, you’re
incipient bookstore chain has since grown to presented with a digital wooden shelf. Yes,
13 locations; Amazon Books arrived in New the books are facing outward, not the spine
York in August 2017 to the Time Warner Cherie Hu like in a traditional brick-and-mortar
Building on 34th Street. Last summer, Bezos bookstore, but even just that concept of
also acquired Whole Foods, a US-based supermarket chain, displaying books on a shelf makes it more familiar to users
moving Amazon firmly into brick-and-mortar. of Apple devices, because it imitates the physical world.”
With the media and retail sectors already turned upside As simple and obvious as the Amazon Book store layout
down by a string of digital innovations from Amazon, the may appear, Amazon is only able to execute such a design
company seems positioned to turn markets inside out as with authority because it can draw on a deep well of
well, according to New York-based journalist and blogger customer data. “Understanding the consumer is an ongoing
Cherie Hu. On a Christmas Eve shopping visit to the issue for brick-and-mortar stores of any kind,” noted Hu.
bustling Amazon Books in Columbus Circle, Hu said, she This challenge holds true, she continued, “whether you’re
realised that Amazon had flipped the table on the analogue talking about bookstores or stores selling any sort of
environment of traditional bookselling. physical object or physical gear”.
“The way that I chose a book in that physical bookstore “Intimate knowledge of the consumer is really difficult
was the same way I would choose a book on Amazon,” she [for them] because historically they are not digital-first
explained. A writer and analyst covering the music industry businesses — which Amazon is,” Hu said. “What was really
for Fortune and Billboard, among others, Hu received the compelling to me is that the success of Amazon Books on
Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business this particular day and my satisfaction as a customer after
Journalist of the Year in September, only months after the fact suggested that Amazon could provide added value
graduating from Harvard University with a degree in in a physical environment that its competitors just simply
statistics. [The Reeperbahn Festival — based in Hamburg, could not, because they are not in the business of gathering
Germany — is a European doppelganger for Austin’s South data about their consumers.”
by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival.] In the music industry, the digital streaming service
In a post to her weekly online newsletter Water & Music, Spotify has played a disruptive role similar to Amazon, and
Hu described how Amazon’s legendary reliance on consumer likewise, said Hu, it has relied on skeuomorphism in its
data had reshaped the shopping experience, with important digital apps. “Having that skeuomorphic element is still
implications for media and entertainment business. important,” she asserted. “For instance, at least on mobile,
“I was fascinated by how the physical experience was the way that Spotify integrates with Genius, the lyrics site,
imitating the digital experience,” she told me in a recent lets you swipe through the lyrics from left to right, which is
episode of Copyright Clearance Center’ podcast series similar to the liner note experience — just pulling those
“Beyond the Book”. “What Amazon does in the bookstore notes physically out of a vinyl record cover.”
is to take certain features from their website, print all the Like Amazon, too, Hu observed, Spotify has begun to
information on a card and place it underneath every single influence music beyond the digital. Summer music festivals
book. You’ll see a rating — [so many stars] out of five stars. already market the experience as akin to a “real-world
For select books, if, say, 95% of users rated it more than four playlist”. Increasingly, she predicted, digital leaders will use
stars, you’ll also see that piece of information. There’s a the power of data to influence the physical world. “That
whole shelf dedicated to books that have been reviewed power won’t come from conforming to what was already
more than 10,000 or 15,000 times, if you’re interested in there before, but rather continuing to innovate, continuing
tapping into what more people are talking about these days.” to set new paradigms — not just in the digital sphere, but
Indeed, the physical experience throughout Amazon physically, too,” she said. Which leaves us to wonder:
Books closely mimics the experience online, Hu noted. All Where will digital lead analogue next? ■
books face “cover out” on the shelves. Displays around the
Christopher Kenneally is director, Relationship Marketing, for Copyright
store often have an arrow pointing from one book to Clearance Center and host of CCC’s podcast series “Beyond the Book”.
another, suggesting that, “if you like this book, you may like He may be reached at chrisk@copyright.com.

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