Self-published writers and digital only publishers will continue to grow their share of the digital content market while traditional publishers over-price ebooks, according to early results of the FutureBook Census, launched ahead of this year’s FutureBook Conference, taking place on 2nd December. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
From 50 percent 'of all US Kindle author earnings,' Author Earnings now sees indie share dive below 40 percent, 'all the way back to early 2015 levels The post Author Earnings: Sharp Downturn in US Indie Ebook Share appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
After selling over 17 million copies of ‘Jesus Calling’ over the past decade, Sarah Young discusses her follow-up 365-day devotional, ‘Jesus Always,’ which is already setting records for HarperCollins Christian Publishing’s gift division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Responding to what it says is the "new economy of publishing," the Authors Guild has introduced a new membership level that is "open to all devoted writers actively pursuing publication." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Impress Books has awarded Magdalena McGuire the Impress Prize for New Writers 2016 for her novel, The Shape of Your Song. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
From literary fiction to middle-grade series, Singapore’s new literary voices are getting louder, and their works finding new homes far away from the tropical city-state. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harrogate author Jackie Buxton has presented cheques of £860.32 each to Breast Cancer Haven and Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre from the sales of her book: Tea & Chemo; Fighting Cancer, Living Life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A man allegedly stabbed author Adrian Greenwood to death in order to rob him of rare books including a valuable first edition of The Wind in the Willows worth £50,000, a jury has been told. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Debut British author K J Orr has beaten off competition from Booker Prize-winning Hilary Mantel to win the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award with BookTrust for 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five young writers aged 14-19 are shortlisted for this year’s BBC Young Writers’ Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
EL James, Paula Hawkins and Patrick Ness have joined for the first time the Hollywood Reporter's 25-strong list of "most powerful" authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's authors and illustrators along with children's programming were deeply woven into the fabric of the 43rd annual New England Independent Booksellers Association fall conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has commemorated its first year housing all seven publishing divisions under one roof on London's Victoria Embankment by unveiling a large-scale mural at Carmelite House, described as a "river of authors" to celebrate its past, present and future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arrow has signed four more books from saga writer Donna Douglas, author behind the "heartwarming" Nightingale Nurses series of books set in an East End hospital in the 1930s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robert Gottlieb in his Midtown Manhattan townhouse. He has mainly spent his career as an editor but has just published a memoir about his life in the world of books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A panel of Turkish authors speaking about censorship in the troubled country have warned that the UK faces "common problems" with Turkey, where right-wing anti-intellectualism has led to a state crackdown on freedom of expression following the failed coup on 15th July. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Winner of the Royal Society Book Prize, Andrea Wulf, is one of four British authors to have made the six-strong longlist for the 2016 Cundill Prize for Historical Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
His Dark Materials author has appealed for EU directive to be introduced in Britain, to block ‘unfair practices that currently prevent authors making a living’His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman has welcomed a “badly need[ed]” new proposal from the European Commission that would protect... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Jojo Moyes is offering her cottage to a writer to “kick-start or even finish” their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Kirkus Prizes, which at $50,000 each are among the most lucrative literary prizes in the country, announced their finalists Tuesday morning. The awards, sponsored by the book review magazine Kirkus Reviews, are given in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]