Budget shortfall may close the book on Mamdani’s library funding promise

After vowing on the campaign trail to give libraries up to 0.5% of the city’s budget, Mayor Mamdani in his preliminary ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

‘A Sub-What?’ FAQs on the Mysterious Book Subvention

Editor’s Note: Previously, this series on scholarly publishing has offered advice on approaching an editor, getting a book contract, and writing a “timely” book. I received a contract for my monograph ...
The Atlantic

Taylor Swift Is a Perfect Example of How Publishing Is Changing

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Michael Tran / AFP / Getty. The day after Swift announced her book, David Shelley, the CEO of Hachette, one of the “Big Five” book publishers, said something at ...
The New York Times

Book Review: ‘My Documents,’ by Kevin Nguyen

Four half siblings balance the mundane (internships) and the terrifying (internment) in Kevin Nguyen’s “Mỹ Documents.” By Ruben Reyes Jr. Ruben Reyes Jr. is the author of “There Is a Rio Grande in ...