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September 3, 2021
Critical Mass
Alex Shephard
Can Salman Rushdie and Substack Revive Serialized Fiction?
Most of the big tech attempts to “disrupt” the book have failed.
June 16, 2021
Critical Mass
Alex Shephard
A Trump Memoir Would Be a Huge Seller, but No Major Publisher Wants to Buy It
The big publishing houses routinely push out political books that are less than truthful, but the former president’s lies seem to be a bridge too far.
November 13, 2020
Critical Mass
Alex Shephard
Can Book Publishers Afford to Publish Donald Trump?
A Trump post-presidency memoir would be a mega-bestseller. But is the industry prepared to deal with the fallout?
August 12, 2020
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Women Who Still Can’t Vote
Why the work of the Nineteenth Amendment is far from over
July 14, 2020
Critical Mass
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Jr. Wages a Culture War on the Publishing Industry
He evidently believes that he can make more money self-publishing—especially if he portrays the move as a rebuke of liberal elites.
July 31, 2018
Rachel Syme
The Tough Issue
The Bold Type
Won’t Tackle
The show makes writing for a living look easy, as a faithful mentor guides its heroines through a glamorous world.
February 28, 2017
Alex Shephard
Barack and Michelle Obama are about to get paid.
October 20, 2015
Jason Pinter
Why Did Ted Cruz Spend $122,000 on His Own Books?
Campaigns and publishers both profit when candidates buy their own books
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