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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