Does Salman Rushdie’s decision to publish on Substack signal a threat to book publishing?

Will traditional publishers feel the pressure of a high-profile move like Rushdie’s?

Julian Novitz, The Conversation

· Sep 19, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ 10 years later: What it tells us about self-publishing as a strategy

Could the pandemic contribute to a shift that potentially makes self-publishing accepted as a viable and legitimate form of book production?

Elizaveta Poliakova, The Conversation

· Sep 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How systemic racial bias in the UK’s publishing industry disadvantages black writers

Publishers believe that books featuring non-white characters are a riskier investment.

Catherine Harris, The Conversation

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Bernadette Stiell, The Conversation

· Jul 17, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Writers from Pakistan are suffering because their country has stopped the import of books from India

This is a big blow for English language writers, whose books are published in India and then imported for sale in Pakistan.

Irfan Islam, Dawn

· Nov 25, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How does a publishing company persuade people in the 21st century to keep reading the classics?

Hattie Adam-Smith, who publishes the Vintage Classics series for Penguin Random House UK, talks about her mission.

Hattie Adam-Smith

· Nov 16, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How internet influencers became literary sensations – with a very outdated view of women

Internet influencers like Sophie Hinchliffe and Zoe Sugg have shot to literary stardom but they are peddling a very old-fashioned idea of femininity.

Stevie Marsden, The Conversation

· Apr 10, 2019 · 06:30 pm

The unreliable narrative of Dan Mallory aka AJ Finn is a commentary on getting ahead in publishing

What might this torrid tale tell us about the mental and physical health of the publishing industry?

Claire Squires, The Conversation

· Feb 11, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Why the internet has not killed physical books off, and will not any time soon, either

Unlike music, books continue to thrive in physical form, accounting for the lion’s share of sales.

Maxime Crépel, The Conversation

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Dominique Boullier, The Conversation

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Mariannig Le Béchec, The Conversation

· Feb 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

What’s brewing between Indian and French publishing? French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler explains

An interview with the ambassador about plans for translations of French literature into Indian languages and collaborations at books fairs.

Jaya Bhattacharji Rose

· Feb 03, 2019 · 10:30 am

What big data tells us about how a book becomes a bestseller: It’s easier than we think

The best time to release a book to maximise sales? Late October.

Albert-László Barabási, The Conversation

· Dec 05, 2018 · 05:30 pm

India’s non-English literature now has a fast-growing corner of its own on the internet

Where people are writing and reading stories in eight languages: Hindi, Gujarati. Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, and Bengali.

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Mar 10, 2018 · 03:30 pm

You’re wrong, Arnaud Nourry, eBooks are not ‘stupid’

A rejoinder to a statement made by the Hachette Livre CEO in an interview to Scroll.in.

Bronwen Thomas, The Conversation

· Mar 07, 2018 · 05:30 pm