The author Russell Hoban, published by Bloomsbury, died last night at the age of 86. Hoban is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The £2,000 Educational Writers' Award 2011 has gone to Moon: Apollo 11 and Beyond... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook will "imminently" launch a plugin for publishers and public figures to ask their readers to subscribe on Facebook directly from their own Web sites. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury is to offer online services to help unpublished authors learn about the publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unpublished author Jamie Crook has won this year's Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary for his... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Four titles that bring "the natural world to life for 5-11 year-olds" are represented... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Books published by Abacus and Frances Lincoln took the prizes in the published work categories of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 10:12 The US Authors Guild has accused Amazon.com of "boldly breaching its contracts" with publishers by signing them up to its new Kindle Lending programme without permission. It claimed it is doing this to drive sales of its Kindle... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers and authors are better educated and earn more on average than the rest of the U.S. workforce, according to a study by the National Endowment for the Arts, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The study, Artists and Art Workers in the United... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 31/10/2011 - 08:00 Yale University Press will be nosing around authors' bookshelves with the publication of Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books next month, with authors including Philip Pullman, Jonathan Lethem and Junot Díaz... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
This story first appears on FOLIO: sister site, minonline. Meredith Corp. chairman/CEO (since July 2004) Steve Lacy announced that the board of directors approved a $1.02-to-$1.53 per-share increase in the quarterly dividend paid to investors and authorized the repurchase of $100 million of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new social reading app called Subtext today launches on the iPad with a selection of books laden with annotations from authors and researchers. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 11:35 Vampirates author and long-time children's book publicist Justin Somper has set up Author Profile, a training company aimed at helping authors navigate the media and social networking. Writers including Damian Kelleher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster, Random House and the Hachette Book Group said they would allow authors to access book sales data online, a service Amazon began providing last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 16:37 The Commonwealth Writers prizes have relaunched today (19th October) with a new community website aimed at connecting and inspiring new authors. The new site is a free-to-join forum for aspiring writers to get advice from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Releasing a book on one of the worlds largest publishing marketplaces could help your company. Here's a quick guide to the basics of self-publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Steinberger of Perseus, which will offer distribution and marketing to authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 22/09/2011 - 15:46 Agents who wish to publish their clients work must offer them a detailed explanation of what they will personally gain from the arrangement and obtain their full and written agreement, the president of the Association of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 16/09/2011 - 08:31 Waterstones proposed higher discount, flat rate terms for publishers, put forward in exchange for scrapping promotion fees, could hit author royalties, according to agents and the Society of Authors. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Google Book Search Settlement in tatters, its fragile alliance splintering, and the parties now on a pretrial schedule, the Authors Guild last week expanded its infringement claims by suing a consortium of university libraries over a digital library initiative. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]