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Geography never made a printing capital. Why Lyon thrived and the Garonne towns failed came down to paper, fairs, and law.
CraftLiterary Agency Structure and Which Books Get Published
The internal hierarchy of a literary agency shapes which manuscripts reach publishers. Talented books often fail for structural, not literary, reasons.
CultureWhat the Booker Prize Reveals About Literary Translation
The global circulation of a major literary prize exposes deep patterns in whose literature gets translated, funded, and read worldwide.
CraftHow a Magazine's Business Model Shapes Its Blind Spots
The stories a magazine never runs reveal more about its economics than its editorial values, a structural account of why certain journalism never gets made.
BusinessAI in Publishing: From IP Fear to Growth Plan
Publishers have spent two years treating AI as a legal threat. The smarter ones are starting to treat it as a revenue question instead.
BusinessREV Media Group Takes 7 MDA d'Awards 2026 Honours
REV Media Group swept seven prizes at MDA d'Awards 2026, including Publisher of the Year. A look at what the wins say about Malaysian media.
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Commercial funding warps peer review in specific, traceable ways. Academic funding has its own failure modes. Here's how each one actually breaks.
BusinessPlaystack to Stay Separate From GameSpot, Fandom
Playstack's CEO says new ownership won't fold the publisher into games media brands like GameSpot and Fandom. Here's what the structure means.