Etgar Keret presents his memoir: a series of raw and witty stories that document seven years of a father-son relationship. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Days before Amazon celebrates its 20th anniversary, Authors United is asking authors to sign a letter to the DoJ for an investigation of Amazon, and ABA submitted a similar request on Monday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Citing a major uptick in Internet piracy, the Authors Guild has urged Congress to require ISPs to monitor and filter the Internet for pirated works. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild is asking bestselling authors to push back against the industry's reigning 25% ebook royalty rate "on behalf of all authors, as well as themselves.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A lawsuit accusing Author Solutions of seeking to make money from authors, rather than for authors, has been denied class certification by a judge in the US. New York-based law firm Giskan Solotaroff Anderson & Stewart filed a class action lawsuit against Author Solutions in New York in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the debate over whether authors should be paid to appear at festivals, children’s writers have warned that fewer schools are now offering to pay for author visits. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Greenpoint Press, a small nonprofit house founded in 2004 that specializes in personal nonfiction, partners with its authors and, among other things, offering them a 50% royalty rate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a 30-page written opinion, Cote ruled that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to back up their fraud claims. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why must writers from Africa always bear the burden of representing their continent? They should be granted artistic freedom, as other authors areAfrican literature, as it’s called, is enjoying a bit of a moment, with the western media regularly heralding splashes, rebirths, dawns. When I... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
With her prizewinning debut, Claire Fuller could be following in the footsteps of Ian Rankin and Hilary Mantel who found success with their later work – but only with the support of her publisherAs one of the judges for the Desmond Elliott prize for best debut novelist this year, I couldn’t help... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers of shorter works could lose out on revenue as company’s Kindle Owners Lending Library and Kindle Unlimited no longer pay per copy downloadedSelf-published authors could be paid as little as $0.006 per page read under new rules planned by Amazon.Writers who make their works available... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Police and prosecutors in New Jersey are asking people to please not buy a cellphone case that looks like a gun. "It's a terrible idea, and it's very dangerous," New Jersey state police said on Facebook. "We strongly recommend that you do not use this product. "Officers do not have the luxury of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Lucy Beresford is launching an initiative to create a library at one of the London shelters for domestic violence charity Refuge. Beresford said: “I'm launching an initiative called Refuge for Books, asking all my friends in the publishing world to send me a copy of a book for Refuge.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
So much for writing short.Last month, Amazon took a page out of Spotify's playbook, electing to start paying its self-published authors by the page rather than per download. The new model was put into action Wednesday—and it looks like the e-commerce giant may now pay writers no more than $0.006... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors must “take up the challenge” to excel at social media, building communities around their work, while publishers must build “meaningful digital experiences powered by social media, data and technology”, Harkable co-founder Will Francis has told The Bookseller’s Marketing and Publicity... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
28 UK authors will be setting up shop at the the Guadalajara Book Fair, this November 28-December 6, as part of Britain's 'guest nation' literary program. The post UK Sends Young Authors to 2015 Guadalajara Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors are not used enough in marketing and publicity by publishers, writer Liz Fenwick has claimed. Speaking at The Bookseller's Marketing and Publicity conference Fenwick, who is published by Orion, said that she thought in general publishers did not speak enough to authors, or on a regular... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and publishers have just a day left to submit work to the relaunched Sunday Times/Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, which is open to self-published writers this year for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Christy Awards for excellence in fiction were presented Monday at the Christian retail show in Orlando. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the time she spent preparing for the release of her new novel with St. Martin's, Jane Green also had another project in the works—her first cookbook, which she is self-publishing with funding from Kickstarter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]