Diversity is one of the issues we really care about at Finding Wonderland, and our eclectic reading list reflects that, we hope. That's why it's thrilling to see publishers Lee & Low really pushing the issue--not only promoting diversity in a basic, "diverse books are great!" kind of way, but urging publishers themselves to take a close look at who they're hiring, to get at the root of the "diverse books don't sell" pseudo-truism.
So they've created their own diversity baseline survey for publishers, and they also created a petition on Change.org so that readers and other Concerned Citizens can add their voices to the clamor for more transparency in the publishing industry. Check out the full post here!
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