At Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson looks at Bowker's new market research, at grassroots survey efforts, and at questions around ebooks' potential. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
China's Douban is experimenting with crowdsourced translations of English literature, including SF and short stories by David Mitchell. Can it help authors enter the market? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The longlist for the 2013 Polari First Book Prize has been revealed, with two self-published... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Ben Wilson talks to the BBC's Nick Higham about his book charting the British Navy's history Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author David Mitchell and his wife K.A. Yoshida have translated the Japanese memoir The Reason I Jump into English, by then 13-year-old autistic Naoki Higashida. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
While some books on this year's Man Booker prize long list have gotten buzz here in the US, none of them compare (so far) with the success of last year's winner, Hilary Mantel's 'Bring Up the Bodies.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Ether for Authors, Porter Anderson looks at the ties many publishing companies have with Author Solutions, at Amazon debates, and at drinking on the job. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Given the upheaval in digital publishing and many authors' entrepreneurial spirit, can today's literary agents engage their clients' art as they did in the past? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Under the Carib Sun author Ro Cuzon's essay describes journey to becoming a novelist and his experience in the agency-created Rogue Reader self-publishing program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Led by the news that Hugh Howey agent Kristin Nelson has signed self-publisher Barbara Freethy, who has sold 3 million books, the Ether looks at agent mystique. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson takes in recent discussions about metadata and book marketing, a live, crowdsourced writing experiment, book recommendation culture, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hogarth announces The Hogarth Shakespeare: new prose versions of Shakespeare's plays, retold by bestselling novelists from around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Ros Barber recalls the early hostile reaction she received for her award-winning debut novel in which playwright Christopher Marlowe is credited as the true author of Shakespeare's plays. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author of the new Asterix comic book says the Scottish landscape inspired the latest epic adventure Asterix and the Picts. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shakespeare's plays will become contemporary novels, as the transatlantic Hogarth Press, an imprint of Random House, has announced it is commissioning prominent writers to adapt the Elizabethan plays.Shakespeare’s plays will become contemporary novels, as the transatlantic Hogarth Press, an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Richard Matheson, who was 87, has died at home. His family announced his passing in a protected Facebook post; the news was shared by publisher Tor/Forge.Author Richard Matheson, who was 87, has died at home. His family announced his passing in a protected Facebook post; the news was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Porter Anderson takes in the week's online debates on the belief that big publishers' power is diminished, ebook royalties, Amazon Worlds, pay for writers and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has urged a US court to dismiss a case brought against it and its self-publishing arm... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veronica Roth will release four short stories written from the point of view of 'Divergent' hero Four. The first will be released a month before the last book in the trilogy comes out. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Several publishers and authors have told The Bookseller that they are in the process of changing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]