Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe, author of "Pork Chop: 60 Recipes for Living High on the Hog" (Chronicle Books, 9781452113678) will appear on the CBS’s "The Talk" on Wednesday, June 18. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The German ebook self-publishing market is exploding and here are 6 reasons why smart English-speaking writers should take advantage of the opportunity. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taylor Trade’s editorial director, Rick Rinehart, will appear on "Weekend Edition Sunday" on Sunday, June 15, to discuss his grandmother, the mystery author Mary Roberts Rinehart. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Paul Pope, Colson Whitehead and Roz Chast are among more than 100 literary figures presenting at the 9th annual Brooklyn Book Festival, slated for September 21, 2014 at the Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild released a statement in response to the Second Circuit's affirmation of Judge Harold Baer's October 2012 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kenneth Turan, author of "Not to be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film" (PublicAffairs, 9781586483968 ) will appear on the "Diane Rehm Show" on Tuesday, June 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spain's Pentian crowdfunding platform for books offers a new business model: paying 50% of profits from book sales to backers of the book and 40% to the author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last April, writer, designer, and literary agent Dede Cummings had a dream that convinced her that she needed to do something to improve the environment. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has launched InkedIn, a new online community for S&S authors that lets them hold one-on-one or group discussions on publishing related topics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thom Shea, author of "Unbreakable: A Navy Seal’s Way of Life" (Clovercroft Publishing, 9781940262376), will appear on the "Sean Hannity Show" on Thursday, June 5. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More people are buying more books than ever, and more people are making a living by writing them. Why do millionaire authors want to destroy the one company that's made this all possible?As an author of ten novels legacy-published, self-published, and Amazon-published I'm bewildered by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dynamite Entertainment has agreements to publish graphic novel adaptations based on the books and characters of acclaimed novelists Brandon Sanderson, Dean Koontz, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher and the late Ernest Tidyman, author of the Shaft novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the success of Anna Todd's After series, the wildly popular stories starring the boy band will be published at the end of the year Is fan fiction something to be feared? And where did it all begin?Simon & Schuster have inked a deal for worldwide rights to One Direction fanfic.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookExpo America's uPublishU Author Hub created self-published authors' own 'footprint on the convention floor' for the first time, setting a strong precedent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Kinney says he plans to open a bookstore in his town of Plainville, Mass., aimed at breaking even within five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A.J. Baime, author of "The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780547719283), will appear on NPR’s "The Takeaway" on Tuesday, June 3. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
With X-Men: Days of Future Past and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man 2 taking top box-office this month, one might presume that the co-creator of all these classic superheros is sitting by a pool somewhere sipping mai tais. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jessye Norman, author of "Stand Up Straight and Sing!" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 9780544003408) will appear on "PBS Newshour" on Friday, May 30. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A panel of veteran literary agents discussed the ways in which they now approach their jobs in the Thursday BookExpo panel “Beyond Authors: Self-Publishing & the 'New' Agents.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Neil Patrick Harris, Anjelica Huston, Tavis Smiley, and Lisa Scottoline all spoke at the opening breakfast at BookExpo America 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]