PubTalk Live 7-11-20 with Zoraida Córdova and Gretchen McNeil

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host Zoraida Córdova and Special Guest Grechen McNeil.

Zoraida Córdova

https://zoraidacordova.com/

Twitter: @zlikeinzorro

Instagram: @zoraidasolo

Gretchen McNeil

https://www.gretchenmcneil.com/

Twitter: @GretchenMcNeil

Instagram: @gretchen_mcneil

Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

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--News--

Print sales up 2.8% in the first half of 2020: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/83829-print-units-post-surprising-increase-in-first-half-of-2020.html

The National Book Awards ceremony has gone virtual: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/83831-2020-national-book-awards-ceremony-will-be-virtual.html

THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED sold more than 780,000 copies in its first week: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/media/john-bolton-book-best-seller/index.html

Ingram increasing capacity: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/manufacturing/article/83779-ingram-upgrades-printing-shipping-networks.html

Sir Patrick Stewart's memoir: https://apnews.com/c11abfc193cc4636cffb6a913b7f4a23

Open letter in Harper’s Magazine decrying “cancel culture:" https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/

Mailchimp launched By the Books: https://mailchimp.com/presents/by-the-books/

Comedian Phoebe Robinson is launching Tiny Reparations Books: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/phoebe-robinson-launch-new-book-imprint-1302472

Dana Canedy named the senior vice president and publisher of Simon and Schuster: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/08/888846267/dana-canedy-is-first-black-person-to-head-a-publishing-giant

Out of Print's book-themed masks to benefit booksellers: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/83730-sale-of-book-themed-masks-to-benefit-binc.html