Interview With Walter Tucker, MBA, Founder and President of LiveThe.Biz!

Headshot FinalWalter J. Tucker, MBA started LiveThe.Biz to provide an affordable platform for those interested in the music industry to meet the movers and shakers behind major music brands. This coming Thursday, November 8, the networking organization will host its final and highly anticipated event of this year: The 2018 Music Honors. The honorees are previous LiveThe.Biz panelists who work at the likes of Atlantic Records, Genius, Spotify, and BET, … Read the rest

Interview With Yahdon Israel, Writer and Creator of Literaryswag!

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An important goal for Yahdon Israel, the creator of the Literaryswag and Lit Platform movement and book club, is to bring more fans to the art, not more artists. Many writers and other industry-related professionals attend book events, whereas at a Beyoncé concert, most of the attendees are not singers but fans, he noted. “If the only reason you enjoy something is just because you’re doing it, then you’re really … Read the rest

Highlights of An Evening With Editor Chris Jackson!

Publishing professionals of various ages gathered at New York City’s Solas Bar Thursday night for an evening with longstanding book editor, Chris Jackson. Latinx in Publishing and POC & Natives in Publishing teamed up and hosted the forum, kicking off each group’s first event of the New Year.

Jackson is known for successfully producing both non-fiction and fiction and working with everyone from Bryan Stevenson and Russell Simmons to Jay … Read the rest