DBS 2.0 Results

76%

Industry Overall

78%

Executive Level

60%

Marketing & Publicity

Book Reviewers

Literary Agents

75% White

Industry Overall

Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander/ South Asian/ South East Indian

Latinx/Latino/Mexican

Black/Afro American/ Afro Caribbean

Biracial/Multiracial American Indian/Alaskan Native/ First Nations/Native American

75% Ciswoman

(not including Agent or University data)

82% Straight

Cis woman

Cis man

Genderfluid/Non-binary/ Genderqueer

Trans man

Trans woman

Intersex

Other

89% Non-Disabled

Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS) 2.0 2019

SURVEYPLANNING: Lee & LowBooks’ team members: Jason Low, Publisher/Co-owner; Hannah Ehrlich, DirectorofMarketing & Publicity; Jalissa Corrie, Marketing & Publicity Manager

SURVEY PLANNING: Low Books’ Director of Marketing

SURVEYPLANNING: Lee & LowBooks’ team members: Jason Low, Publisher/Co-owner; Hannah Ehrlich, DirectorofMarketing & Publicity; Jalissa Corrie, Marketing & Publicity Manager

Survey administered between June 14, 2019 - August 30, 2019

Survey administered between June 14, 2019 - August 30, 2019

COMPANIES SURVEYED:

COMPANIES SURVEYED:

Disney Publishing, Fitzhenry and Holiday House,

PUBLISHERS: Abrams, Albert Whitman & Company, Annick Press, Arte Publico Press, Beacon Press, Bharat Babies, Bloomsbury Publishing, Capstone-Coughlan Companies, Candlewick, Charlesbridge, Chronicle, Cinco Puntos Press, Coffee House Press, DAW Books, Dead Rabbits Books, DisneyPublishing, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Fitzhenryand Whiteside, Groundwood Books, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Heinemann, HolidayHouse, Imogin Group, Just Us Books, Kane Press, Kids Can Press, Lee & LowBooks, LernerPublishing Group, Levine Querido, Macmillan, Mango Media, Microcosm Publishing, Milkweed Editions, The NewPress, Owl Kids, Page Street Publishing, Peachtree Publishers, Penguin Random House, Pomelo Books, Readers to Eaters, Saffron Press, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Tradewind Books, Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

PUBLISHERS: Abrams, Albert Whitman & Company, Annick Press, Arte Publico Press, Beacon Press, Bharat Babies, Bloomsbury Publishing, Capstone-Coughlan Companies, Candlewick, Charlesbridge, Chronicle, Cinco Puntos Press, Coffee House Press, DAW Books, Dead Rabbits Books, DisneyPublishing, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Fitzhenryand Whiteside, Groundwood Books, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Heinemann, HolidayHouse, Imogin Group, Just Us Books, Kane Press, Kids Can Press, Lee & LowBooks, LernerPublishing Group, Levine Querido, Macmillan, Mango Media, Microcosm Publishing, Milkweed Editions, The NewPress, Owl Kids, Page Street Publishing, Peachtree Publishers, Penguin Random House, Pomelo Books, Readers to Eaters, Saffron Press, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Tradewind Books, Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

UNIVERSITYPRESSES: Abilene Christian UniversityPress, Cambridge UniversityPress, Columbia UniversityPress, Cornell UniversityPress, Duke UniversityPress, Gallaudet UniversityPress, Harvard UniversityPress, Louisiana State UniversityPress, Michigan State UniversityPress, Minnesota Historical Society Press, MITPress, Northwestern UniversityPress, Princeton

Diversity in Publishing 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey 2.0 by Lee & Low Books

Diversity in Publishing 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey 2.0

by Lee & Low Books

UniversityPress, State UniversityofNewYork Press, Syracuse UniversityPress, Temple UniversityPress, The UniversityofArizona Press, The UniversityofArkansas Press, UniversityofCalifornia Press, UniversityofChicago Press, UniversityofIllinois Press, UniversityofKentuckyPress, UniversityofMichigan Press, UniversityofMassachusetts Press, UniversityofNorth Carolina Press, UniversityPress ofColorado & Utah State UniversityPress, UniversityPress ofMississippi, Northwestern UniversityPress, NYU Press, UniversityofOhio Press, UniversityofRegina Press, UniversityofVirginia Press, UniversityofWashington Press, The University ofWisconsin Press, Wayne State University Press,

University Press, State University of New York Press, Syracuse University Press, Temple University Press, The University of Arizona Press, The University of Arkansas Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, University of Illinois Press, University of Kentucky Press, University of Michigan Press, University of Massachusetts Press, University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Colorado & Utah State University Press, University Press of Mississippi, Northwestern University Press, NYU Press, University of Ohio Press, University of Regina Press, University of Virginia Press, University of Washington Press, The University of Wisconsin Press, Wayne State University Press,

UniversityPress, UniversityofNewYork UniversityPress, UniversityPress, UniversityofArizona UniversityofArkansas UniversityofCalifornia UniversityofChicago UniversityofIllinois UniversityofKentuckyPress, UniversityofMichigan sityofMassachusetts UniversityofNorth UniversityPress ofColorado UniversityPress, sityPress ofMississippi, UniversityPress, UniversityofOhio UniversityofRegina sityofVirginia UniversityofWashington ofWisconsin

BOOK REVIEWJOURNALS: Bayviews, Booklist, Foreword Reviews, The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, LibraryJournal, Publishers Weekly, School LibraryJournal

REVIEWJOURNALS: LibraryJournal, LibraryJournal

BOOK REVIEW JOURNALS: Bayviews, Booklist, Foreword Reviews, The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal

Words, Park Literaryand Media, Philip G. SpitzerLiteraryAgency, Pippin Properties, Inc., P.S. LiteraryAgency, Red Fox Literary, Red Sofa Literary& Red Sofa Books, The Rights Factory, Root Literary, Sandra Dijkstra LiteraryAgency, The SeymourAgency, Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc., The Science Factory, Spencerhill Associates, Stonesong, Stuart KrichevskyLiteraryAgency, Inc., Talcott Notch LiteraryAgency, Transatlantic Agency, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Upstart CrowLiterary, Wernick & Pratt AgencyLLC, Westwood Creative Artists, WM Clark Associates, WordWise Media Services, Writers House, Zimmermann Literary

Words, Park Literaryand Media, Philip G. SpitzerLiteraryAgency, Pippin Properties, Inc., P.S. LiteraryAgency, Red Fox Literary, Red Sofa Literary& Red Sofa Books, The Rights Factory, Root Literary, Sandra Dijkstra LiteraryAgency, The SeymourAgency, Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc., The Science Factory, Spencerhill Associates, Stonesong, Stuart KrichevskyLiteraryAgency, Inc., Talcott Notch LiteraryAgency, Transatlantic Agency, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Upstart CrowLiterary, Wernick & Pratt AgencyLLC, Westwood Creative Artists, WM Clark Associates, WordWise Media Services, Writers House, Zimmermann Literary

Literary and Spitzer Literary Agency, Literary Agency, Literary & Literary Agency, Seymour Agency, Krichevsky Literary Agency, Literary Agency, Crow Literary, Agency LLC,

REPORTING AND DATAANALYSIS byBoston Universitystaff:

Laura M. Jiménez, PhD (Lead); Dr. Elena Forzani; Dr. Christine Leider; BetsyBeckert, graduate student in the Language and LiteracyDepartment ofWheelock College ofEducation & Human Development

REPORTING DATA ANALYSIS by Boston University staff: Laura M. Jiménez PhD (Lead); Betsy Beckert, graduate student in the Language and Literacy Department of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

REPORTING AND DATAANALYSIS byBoston Universitystaff: Laura M. Jiménez, PhD (Lead); Dr. Elena Forzani; Dr. Christine Leider; BetsyBeckert, graduate student in the Language and LiteracyDepartment ofWheelock College ofEducation & Human Development

UNIVERSITYPRESSES: Abilene Christian UniversityPress, Cambridge UniversityPress, Columbia UniversityPress, Cornell UniversityPress, Duke UniversityPress, Gallaudet UniversityPress, Harvard UniversityPress, Louisiana State UniversityPress, Michigan State UniversityPress, Minnesota Historical Society Press, MITPress, Northwestern UniversityPress, Princeton

UNIVERSITY PRESSES: University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, University Press, MIT Press, University Press,

LITERARYAGENCIES: Aevitas Creative Management, AKALiterary Management, Andrea Brown LiteraryAgency, BarryGoldblatt Literary, The Bent Agency, Bookends, ALiteraryAgency, The Book Group, Bradford LiteraryAgency, CheneyAgency, CookeMcDermid, Corvisiero LiteraryAgency, Curtis Brown, Ltd., Donaghy LiteraryGroup, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC, Einstein Literary Management, Erin MurphyLiteraryAgency, Folio LiteraryManagement, Frances Goldin LiteraryAgency, Inc., Full Circle Literary, Fuse LiteraryAgency, Gallt and ZackerLiteraryAgency, HSG Agency, The Irene Goodman LiteraryAgency, Jill Grinberg LiteraryManagement, LLC, Jean V. NaggarLiteraryAgency, KimberleyCameron & Associates, LLC, The Knight Agency, KTLiteraryAgency, LLC, Laura Dail LiteraryAgency, LiteraryWunderlust LLC, Liza Dawson Associates, MacKenzie Wolf, Marie Brown Associates, Marsal Lyon LiteraryAgencyLLC, Massie & McQuilkin LiteraryAgents, Nelson LiteraryAgency, LLC, NewLeafLiterary& Media, Inc., Painted

LITERARYAGENCIES: AKALiterary LiteraryAgency, BarryGoldblatt ALiteraryAgency, LiteraryAgency, CheneyAgency, LiteraryAgency, LiteraryGroup, MurphyLiteraryAgency, LiteraryManageLiteraryAgency, LiteraryAgency, ZackerLiteraryAgency, LiteraryAgency, LiteraryManageNaggarLiteraryAgency, KimberleyCameron KTLiteraryAgency,

Holiday House, Imogin Group, Us Books, Kane Kids Can Press, Lee & Low Books, Literary Wanderlust LLC, Lerner Publishing Group, Levine Querido, Macmillan, Mango Media, Microcosm Publishing, Milkweed Editions, The New Press, Owl Kids, Page Street Publishing, Peachtree Publishers, Penguin Random House, Pomelo Books, Readers to Eaters, Saffron Press, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., Tradewind Books, Workman Publishing Co., Inc. Associates, LLC, The Knight Agency, KT Literary Agency, LLC, Laura Dail Literary Agency, Liza Dawson Associates, MacKenzie Wolf, Marie Brown Associates, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency LLC, Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents, Nelson Literary Agency, New Leaf Literary & Inc., Painted

LITERARY AGENCIES: Aevitas Creative Management, AKA Literary Management, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Barry Goldblatt Literary, The Bent Agency, Bookends, A Literary Agency, The Book Group, Bradford Literary Agency, Cheney Agency, CookeMcDermid, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Curtis Brown, Ltd., Donaghy Literary Group, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC, Einstein Literary Management, Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Folio Literary Management, Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc., Full Circle Literary, Fuse Literary Agency, Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency, HSG Agency, The Irene Goodman Literary Agency, Jill Grinberg Literary Management, LLC, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, LLC, The Knight Agency, KT Literary Agency, LLC, Laura Dail LiteraryAgency, LiteraryWunderlust LLC, Liza Dawson Associates, MacKenzie Wolf, Marie Brown Associates, Marsal Lyon LiteraryAgencyLLC, Massie & McQuilkin LiteraryAgents, Nelson LiteraryAgency, LLC, NewLeafLiterary& Media, Inc., Painted

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SPECIAL THANKS to the following for survey question vetting:

SPECIALTHANKS to the following for survey question vetting:

Disability questions: Ace Tilton Ratcliff, Disability Justice Specialist, Stay Weird, Be Kind Studios

Disabilityquestions: Ace Tilton Ratcliff, DisabilityJustice Specialist, StayWeird, Be Kind Studios

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity questions: Dr. Caitlin Law Ryan, Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, English Education, History Education, and Reading Education at East Carolina University; Kate E. Kedley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education at Rowan University; Dr. Craig Young, Associate Professor of Teaching & Learning at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; Laura M. Jiménez, PhD, Department of Language and Literacy, Chair, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

Sexual Orientation and GenderIdentityquestions: Dr. Caitlin Law Ryan, Associate Professor, LiteracyStudies, English Education, HistoryEducation, and Reading Education at East Carolina University; Kate E. Kedley, Ph.D., Assistant Professorin the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education at Rowan University; Dr. Craig Young, Associate ProfessorofTeaching & Learning at Bloomsburg UniversityofPennsylvania; Laura M. Jiménez, PhD, Department ofLanguage and Literacy, Chair, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee at Boston UniversityWheelock College of Education & Human Development

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Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS) 2.0 2019