A top editor and executive at two publishing houses, she was an advocate for other women in publishing, and for equal pay in an industry that had long been male-dominated.
Category: Book Trade and Publishing
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Francine Pascal, Creator of ‘Sweet Valley High’ Book Series, Dies at 92
The series and its many spinoffs have sold more than 200 million copies and revolutionized the world of young adult publishing.
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Robert Gottlieb’s Books Go Up for Sale
Bibliophiles and film fans leafed through hundreds of books that once belonged to the eminent editor Robert Gottlieb.
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Robert Gottlieb’s Books Go Up for Sale
Bibliophiles and film fans leafed through hundreds of books that once belonged to the eminent editor Robert Gottlieb.
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Inside High Valley Books, the Fashion Bookstore in a Brooklyn Apartment
Bill Hall, the proprietor, has assembled a vast collection of hard-to-find fashion books and magazines coveted by designers and influencers.
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Strasbourg for Book Lovers
Bibliophiles will find plenty of centuries-old tomes, graphic novels, modern works and more in this French city, which also happens to be this year’s UNESCO World Book Capital.
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How Yu & Me, a Popular Chinatown Bookstore, Rebuilt After a Fire
A fire left Lucy Yu’s literary hub in Chinatown gutted. She was determined to rebuild it.
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What Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ Gets Right About Flannery O’Connor
Those familiar with her menagerie of grotesques, her views of Southern society, her tortured faith and inner contradictions will get what his film is doing.
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In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice
Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country’s leader calls for China to adopt a “childbearing culture.”
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O.J. Simpson’s Book Publisher on the Interview When He ‘Confessed’ to Murder
Years after Mr. Simpson was acquitted, he wrote a book and gave a shocking interview. The whole endeavor cost the publisher, Judith Regan, her job.