PubTalk Live 2-8-20 - with Erica Wright and Alex Segura

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 Erica Wright and Special Guest Alex Segura.

Erica Wright

https://ericawright.typepad.com/

https://twitter.com/eawright

Alex Segura

http://www.alexsegura.com/

https://twitter.com/alex_segura

https://www.facebook.com/alexseguraofficial

Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

www.sarahnicolas.com

@sarah_nicolas on Twitter

@presidentSarah on Instagram

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--News Items--

Lee and Low Diversity in Publishing 2019 survey: https://blog.leeandlow.com/2020/01/28/2019diversitybaselinesurvey/

Barnes and Noble and Penguin Random House's "Diverse Editions:" https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/05/media/barnes-and-noble-diverse-editions-trnd/index.html

Sarah: The 2020 Audie Awards Finalists: https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2020-audies

Mary Higgins Clark: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remembering-mary-higgins-clark-queen-suspense-180974112/

2020 youth media awards: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/01/american-library-association-announces-2020-youth-media-award-winners

2020 PEN America Literary Service Award: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/patti-smith-pen-literary-service-award-947673/

Macmillan met with #DignidadLiteraria: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/82320-dignidadliteraria-macmillan-meet-to-discuss-industry-bias.html

$300 million from KDP Select program: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/82303-kdp-authors-earned-over-300-million-in-2019-amazon-says.html