Dec 23rd, 2008 · Long ago, it was considered revolutionary to have a copy of the Bible written in the common language of the people. The world's leading Bible publisher is taking that idea further. Representatives of the publisher are travelling across the country in a big bus, inviting people to help write a new edition of the Bible, one verse at a time.
Dec 22nd, 2008 · Every year, Time publishes a list of its most influential people of the year. Muqtada al-Sadr and Lloyd Blankfein received nominations, and President-elect Barack Obama is person of the year. Who else would you add to the list?
Dec 20th, 2008 · Big publishing companies such as Random House are in the midst of cost-cutting, layoffs, and corporate restructuring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has stopped acquiring manuscripts for the rest of this year. Host Scott Simon speaks to Charlotte Abbott, contributing editor for Publishers Weekly, about the woes of the book industry in the the thick of the holiday-shopping season.
Dec 8th, 2008 · The nation's third-largest newspaper publisher filed for bankruptcy today. The Chicago-based Tribune Co. owns eight metro dailies, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun.
Dec 5th, 2008 · No one thought that publishing would be spared from the current economic turmoil. But recent news of layoffs, reorganizations and salary freezes has stunned the book world, which was already grappling with challenges to its traditional business model.
Nov 21st, 2008 · What's fit to print? For Barney Rosset, the answer is an invariable "anything." His Grove Press was known for printing books other publishers wouldn't touch — and for legal crusades that changed American censorship law.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Before Tuesday's presidential election, most polls gave Democrat Barack Obama a wide lead over his rival, Sen. John McCain. Following Obama's victory in the presidential election, Mark Blumenthal, editor and publisher of Pollster.com, offers his insight.
Oct 29th, 2008 · Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports says Comcast and other cable operators appear to be trying to profit from the upcoming transition from analog broadcast TV to digital, and that Comcast is forcing consumers to upgrade or accept fewer channels for the same price.