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Profiles in Publishing: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Name: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Birthdate/Place: July 28, 1929, Southampton, NY Publishers Associated With: Viking Press, Doubleday Claim to Fame: Jackie Kennedy is, quite obviously, most well-known...
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Libraries and Ebooks: An Australian Perspective
This is the first post by our new blogger, Kate McKenzie, based on research she’s done for her Masters in Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. While there are differences...
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Profiles in Publishing: Sylvia Beach
Name: Sylvia Beach Birthdate/Place: March 14, 1887, Baltimore, Maryland Bookseller /Publisher Associated With: Shakespeare and Company Claim to Fame: American-born, Sylvia Beach first arrived in Paris...
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Internviews: The End of the Road for Liz Janetschek
Bye, Trendsetter! Liz, our fantastic fall intern, bid us farewell last week. Like all our interns, we know she’s bound for great things. But before riding off into that promising professional sunset,...
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Profiles in Publishing: Liz Calder
Name: Liz Calder Birthdate/Place: January 20, 1938, London Publisher Associated With: Bloomsbury Claim to Fame: While she began her literary career at Cape, Liz Calder felt bigger things calling by...
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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in Denver, CO
In my last article I gushed about my time at the Denver Publishing Institute, the insight I gained, and the people I met there. It was a wonderful experience for me, and I hope that those of you...
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Profiles in Publishing: Bennett Cerf
Name: Bennett Cerf Birthdate/Place: May 25, 1898, New York, NY Publisher Associated With: Random House Claim to Fame: Cerf began his literary career by being named the vice president of publishing...
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Book-Jobs Not by the Book: Tom Chalmers, Literary Rights & Tech Startups
Tom Chalmers Tom Chalmers is the founder and Managing Director of the recently launched online platform, IPR License, which allows people around the world to post and discover literary rights. Tom has...
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Profiles in Publishing: The Harper Brothers
James and John Harper, the two eldest Harper brothers, founded J & J Harper in 1817. They were joined by their two younger brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, in the mid-1820s. The house’s name...
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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in the Twin Cities
The next stop on our whirlwind national tour of publishing hubs are the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Disclaimer: I have never been there. But based on what research and hearsay...
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Given Publishing Trendsetter’s mild fixation on the under-explored corners of book business, I was immediately intrigued when I heard about Mary Rose Synek. She’s an actor and filmmaker who’s worked...
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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week: 3/4 – 3/8
Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to...
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Not New York: Book-Biz & Publishers in San Francisco
The final stop on our trip out west (by way of the Twin Cities…because direct routes are boring) is San Francisco. Again, I have to preface an article by shamefully admitting that I have never...
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Profiles in Publishing: Sylvia Beach
Name: Sylvia Beach Birthdate/Place: March 14, 1887, Baltimore, Maryland Bookseller /Publisher Associated With: Shakespeare and Company Claim to Fame: American-born, Sylvia Beach first arrived in Paris...
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What is the Long Tail of Publishing?
If you were to graph a retail environment where a large number of different items are sold in relatively small quantities each, you’d get something like this: See the “long tail” tapering off to the...
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Design Candy: 20th Century Polish Books
We’re thrilled to welcome Siobhan Gallagher‘s eye for design to Trendsetter. Here’s what she’s cooked up for us this month: I’m really excited to be able to contribute to Design Candy, and I’m starting...
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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in Nashville
We’re moving back east and heading down south to the vibrant city of Nashville, Tennessee, namesake of the popular TV show, home to a famously large music scene, and, of course, to publishing....
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5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before My First BEA
This post was originally published on May 31, 2012. BookExpo America, as seen by your guardian angel It’s that time of year again: time to just avoid destroying your computer (and perhaps a window) out...
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Design Candy: Celebrity Bookshelves
Warning: this article may result in extreme jealousy. Hover your cursor over the images to read about Siobhan’s picks for trendsetting home libraries of the rich and famous. Diane Keaton First up is...
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4 Days in Literary Heaven: A First-Timer’s BEA 2013 Recap
Marnise was Publishing Trendsetter’s Spring 2013 intern, and kindly agreed to come to New York City for the week of BEA 2013 and give us her take on the whole thing. She currently works as a publicist...
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