Hey, Pubs! is a post series here on The Book Deviant that I’m hoping will call attention to flawed practices in the book publishing industry.
Although this topic may seem obvious, apparently it’s not so for publishers.
This post is going to introduce an example, and then I want to explain why publishers need to start listening to their readers. Because really, a lot could be avoided if they did.
Hey, Pubs! is a post series here on The Book Deviant that I’m hoping will call attention to flawed practices in the book publishing industry.
About a year ago, a well known author made a blog post claiming that trigger warnings were spoilers, and that they weren’t necessary. I made this (very old) post as a short response, and figured I should elaborate on reasons why they need to be normalized, and how they’re important.
Hey, Pubs! is a new post series that I’m hoping will call attention to flawed practices in the book publishing industry.
Ever notice a trend in the queer books publishers are putting out there? Like, maybe, that they literally only put out stories about gay or trans kids. Where are my genderqueer kids? Bi? Pan? Ace? Why aren’t kids seeing themself yet in these books?
Hey, Pubs! is a new post series that I’m hoping will call attention to flawed practices in the book publishing industry.
With an amazing rise of diverse novels being published, it’s been hard not to notice the amount of harmful ones that come along with the inclusive ones. And, there’s an easy way to get around publishing them…but publishers (and authors?) don’t really seem to care that much.
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