Publisher's Weekly finally updated their annual salary & jobs survey and the results are grim and not surprising at all.
Read the whole thing but I'm pulling this graph of the racial makeup of publishing.
Notably, nonwhite respondants were very skeptical that this small push for diversity will continue.
If we want to change publishing we need to prove the efforts are worth it and BIPOC books SELL.
we also need to push publishers to PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES.
HarperColling Union is STILL on strike. theyve been striking for over a month and Harper execs seem to just be waiting them out.
Big pub is owned by some of the richest families in the world, none of this is a surprise. but that doesnt mean we cant fight back.
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Holy crap, those numbers are as bad as tech in Silicon Valley: https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2021/04/silicon-valley-women-black-latinx-tech-workers.html
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