Ignore the Doomsayers: The Book Industry Is Actually Adapting Well
Numbers show that the publishing industry is handling the rise of e-readers better than what folk knowledge might suggest. More »
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Peter Osnos is a journalist turned book editor/publisher. He spent 18 years working at various bureaus for The Washington Post before founding Public Affairs Books. More
Numbers show that the publishing industry is handling the rise of e-readers better than what folk knowledge might suggest. More »
Whether in fiction or nonfiction, audiences are gravitating towards media that makes America's enemies knowable. More »
Let's give PBS NewsHour the credit it deserves and needs. More »
Green's patience and intuition made him a valued editor at Knopf for more than four decades. More »
Depending on where you buy the columnist's new book, there's up to a $15 price variance -- one that hurts not just publishers and writers, but readers, too. More »
The two supposedly irrelevant institutions both got an awful lot of attention over the past few weeks. More »
Digital and print-on-demand technology has made self-publishing much easier. But for every self-published work that gains traction, the overwhelming majority of books don't. More »
E.L. James' saucy novels sold 25 million copies in just four months--a benchmark that Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy didn't hit in four years. More »
Is it really is possible to do so many things at once -- columns, daily blog posts, television appearances, Internet videos, books, and speeches? The journalists of old certainly focused their efforts more. More »
The president's secret telephone recordings offer the world insight into his private views. More »
So much has been written recently about the shortcomings of journalism, you would imagine that we are living in a virtual vacuum of information about world events. But is that really true? More »
Like Obama, the former presidential candidate was admired for his eloquence -- and went from obscurity to celebrity after he gave a speech to the Democratic convention. More »
Three terrific UK media outlets provide news to appeal to an audience with a serious interest in what is happening in every aspect of our immensely complicated world. More »
In the fight between Apple, Amazon, the government, and publishers to set prices for electronic books, independents were overlooked. Now, they're banding together and voicing complaints. More »
Starting from modest origins, the international arbiter has evolved into a well-respected -- and essential -- journalistic force. More »
Despite challenges faced by the publishing industry and past predictions, the written word has not seen its last day More »
Technology increasingly allows viewers to skip advertisements all together. Yet networks are pushing back, and filing lawsuits, to maintain their revenue model. Which will win out? More »
The Ford Foundation recently pledged $1.04 million to Los Angeles' struggling daily. We might be looking at the future of newspapers. More »
The investigative news non-profit was a bold experiment in traditional reporting in the time of digital upheaval. Five years later, it's still a viable organization. More »
A recently published book about the legendary editor may not please all critics, but it contains fundamental insights about a man and his journalism philosophy. More »
