Publishing’s Big Stories In 2020
2020 has been a super long and, to put it mildly, difficult year, so it’s easy to hear about something and swear that couldn’t have happened this year because it feels years away, but it did! So jog your memory with this roundup of big news from 2020, from problematic books and publishing’s terrible handling of them to the pandemic’s effect.
5th Grader Publishes 2nd Book; Will Donate Books With Sales Money
The children are doing great! Ayrika Jones, a 5th grader at Glen Iris Elementary School in Alabama, has now published her second book: The Real Meaning of Christmas (Mr. Tomato Series). Her plan for the sales money is to purchase and donate books to 500 Birmingham-area students.
Netflix UK Adapting The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton’s unique mystery The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (published in the US with the title The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) finds the lead in a Groundhog Day situation except he wakes up in a different body every day until he solves a murder. And it’s being adapted by Netflix UK.