MY BACK PAGES (MY BACK PAGES: An undeniably personal history of publishing 1972-2022)

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What’s puzzling me is the French title, Dix Pour Cent. How come actors typically pay their agents 10 percent while authors typically pay their agents 15 percent? And how did literary agents manage to increase their share of the cake by 50 percent without any apparent resistance? You have to admire their skill. A fascinating and hugely entertaining personal history of the last half century of British publishing. A must-read for anyone who cares about books and their unique and fundamental role in our lives.” William Boyd He serves on the International Advisory Board of the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Editorial Board of Logos [3] as well as teaching on the publishing courses at University College London, City University of London, and University of the Arts London. And today the landscape is celebrity memoirs, cookery books, fiction and commercial fiction,” he explained. “In the 80s or 90s it was interesting that there was a significant growth in what might be described as literary fiction from the usual bunch of men and some women. I think this growth might have peaked. As kids have become less used to reading long novels, serious fiction may be under threat. Reading habits have changed since novels were the main source of culture in the 19th century.”

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Oxford University Press. (2023). History of the OED. Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://public.oed.com/history/The first buyer was Lynette Owen, the megastar of international rights and editor of the indispensable Clark’s Publishing Agreements: A Book of Precedents [Bloomsbury, 2022]. Charkin’s half century in publishing” (2018). Blogs: The Society of Authors. Blogs | The Society of Authors. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.societyofauthors.org/News/Blogs/SoA-Blog/December-2018/Charkin-s-half-century-in-publishing This means Charkin has closer relationships with his authors than he had in posts at Bloomsbury and Oxford University Press, for example, and is always at the end of the phone when needed. “Because there isn’t anyone else to talk to,” he says, laughing. “Which is why I restrict the number of titles that I publish. So, I have a one-on-one relationship with every author.” I think the single biggest change is more women in the industry, which has worked terrifically well.”

MY BACK PAGES: An undeniably personal history of publis…

Charkin’s time as both head of reference and managing director at Oxford University Press was incredibly influential to the evolution of the Oxford English Dictionary. Known as “the Shark” around Oxford, Charkin cemented himself as an assertive and confident figure looking to improve both the functional and international purposes of the Press. In 1982, he pitched the idea of abandoning manual editing/publication for a more efficient, computerized editing/publishing system. By 1983, Charkin secured a deal with both IBM and ICC to get the necessary equipment and assistance for the computerization of the Dictionary. By 1984, Oxford University had approved Charkin and co.’s project, which confirmed the digitized future of the OED. Many members of the Press wondered if Charkin’s successful ruminations would lead to the end of the Print, worrying that the introduction of the “New OED” project would far exceed the popularity of the original edition. For the next five years, Charkin and co. worked tirelessly to merge the Supplements with the OED in preparation for the 1989 release of the Second Edition. Charkin and the University Press agreed that, after this Edition, they could finally begin expanding upon the long-awaited distribution of CD-ROMs containing OED text. In 1992, this was made a reality, thanks to the efforts of Charkin, alongside John Simpson, Ed Weiner, the Tim Benbow, Julia Swanell and more. The Internet was still not a public tool at this point, making CD availability a big deal for readers and editors alike. This was achieved through the project team’s painstaking effort of manually inputting the whole text of the OED, a personal choice that was made to honour the traditional print-based method. Charkin’s willingness to push the Press in a bigger and bolder direction gave the team confidence to see the digitization project through, an accomplishment that evolved the art of lexicography and paved the way for the future of online publication.With more people working from home, how can our industry justify typical midtown offices? How can senior executives justify large offices for themselves and battery-hen cubicles for lower-level staffers? In Yoddish ‘Mensch’ means a decent and upstanding person. I wanted my business operations to reflect that ethos. Editor’s note: As we publish Richard Charkin’s June column today (June 7), the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center in its 6:33 p.m. ET (2233 GMT) update shows the United Kingdom as fourth in the world for COVID-19 caseloads behind the United States, Brazil, and Russia. The UK is confirmed with 287,621 cases and 40,625 deaths. In fatalities, this puts the market second in the world, behind the USA’s 110,425 total. BBC News’ rolling updates report Scotland showing no deaths in 24 hours for the first time since the pandemic’s onset. Another shift covered in the book covers is the growing diversity in publishing and the benefits this brings – though the industry still has a long way to go.