News from Publishing Perspectives - Why Writers Need Publishers...Or Do They?


Given the number of public attacks on the value of publishers, why have so few writers abandoned their existing publishers? There are some very good reasons. Read more »

Publishers need to deliver value to their author clients. So tell us what is the single most important thing a publisher does for an author? 
The UK Publishers Association released its annual publishing statistics report on the UK market, which found that digital sales are increasing across the industry. 

A-list authors have flocked to read at the National Writer's Series in Traverse City, Michigan. Why? Because organizer Doug Stanton delivers audiences, sales.

Sharjah's Children's Festival drew together Arabic and foreign publishers for cultural exchanges; now annual, it aims to become the Bologna of the Middle East.

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