It was early the week of Thanksgiving 1959 when William Koshland, an executive at the publishing house, Alfred A. Knopf, handed a thick, unwieldy stack of paper to Judith Jones. It was a cookbook, he ...

They say you should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes before you judge them, but how is the average person supposed to refrain from judging the super-rich when they can’t afford groceries, let alone ...

A recent book on her career in publishing makes the case that the great American novelist should also be seen as a pathbreaking editor. Toni Morrison, 1977. In 1979, Toni Morrison addressed the ...

BookBaby has just announced that they have a new editing service available to self-published authors. They will copy edit a 60,000-word eBook for under $1,200, which is 50% lower than other competing ...

There are a few occupational hazards to being an editor in children’s publishing. One is how often people feel compelled to tell you their book ideas—sometimes in unexpected (and unwelcome) ...