When Maria Mutch needed advice on how to handle PR of her debut memoir, she found guidance and solace through Grub Street Writer's Launch Lab in Boston. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Emily Spivack, author of 'Worn Stories' (Princeton Architectural Press, 9781616892760), along with Simon Doonan, who contributed an essay to the book, will be on 'Weekend Edition Saturday' on Saturday, August 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scarry's son Richard Scarry Jr. recently found a manuscript by his father and completed the illustrations. The book will be released on Aug. 26. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 1,000 writers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland have signed a letter to Amazon saying that the company has made Bonnier-published books less available and manipulated Amazon's recommended reading lists. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
About 25% of the sales of a Holt memoir by a debut author have been in Iowa's bookstores, due to the heroic efforts of a Decorah bookseller Kate Rattenborg. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Austrian, Swiss and German authors have sent an open letter of protest to Amazon, protesting the use of 'authors and their books as a bargaining chip to exact deeper discounts.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the material from Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' was used as a basis for the famed children's book series, but many of the more intense scenes were considered inappropriate for children. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
McFly band members Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter say they are thinking of introducing more... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephan Eirik Clark, author of 'Sweetness #9' (Little, Brown; 9780316278751), will appear on NPR’s 'Fresh Air' on Monday, August 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the weekend, the 'New York Times' reported on a letter of protest, from authors in Germany, about a terms dispute between Amazon and the local publisher, Bonnier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Stay' follows a teenage cellist, Mia, who must decide whether to die or move forward with life after becoming injured in a car accident. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
American titles hit the top of the bestseller charts across European markets in July. Diana Gabaldon’s "Written in My Own Heart’s Blood" came in at #1 on Germany’s fiction list. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Lee Child has come out swinging in the manner of Jack Reacher on The Passive Voice website... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blue Ash Publishing will give authors the "education resources" of the Writer's Digest community, alongside the distribution power of BookBaby's sales network. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marybeth Hicks, author of 'Teachable Moments' (Howard Books, 9781476757438), will appear on Fox News Channel’s 'Hannity' on Wednesday, August 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lindsey Kelk a the bestselling British Chick-Lit author and participated in HarperCollins' virtual Romance Festival. Here she reflects on the experience. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The tussle between Amazon and the publishing conglomerate has been raging since spring. Heres an update on the fightA corporate boxing match broke from the ring and swelled into all-out rumpus last weekend, as readers and authors took sides in Amazon and Hachettes fight over the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has responded to an open letter by Authors United, signed by 900-plus authors in support of Hachette, with their own open letter, Readers United. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Compares Hachette dispute to past paperback fears, but partially quoting George Orwell is a risky moveAmazon has hit back following an open letter from more than 900 authors criticising its licensing dispute with publisher Hachette, which was published as an ad in the New York Times.However, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Amazon Book Team urges KDP authors and others to email HBG CEO Michael Pietsch to tell him what they think of the publisher’s attempt to what Amazon says is its effort to keep ebook prices artificially high. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]