Rose (a.k.a. Melisse Shapiro), an early advocate for self-publishing as well a bestselling author and book marketer, died unexpectedly on December 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Many celebrities’ books are actually written by others, the UK writers’ union says, and it’s time they were acknowledgedThe Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on celebrities and the publishing industry to properly acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly those aimed at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-10 16:42:22 UTC ]
Vicky Ball expressed delight on X at selling two novels at an event – then catapulted up Amazon’s book chartsAn aspiring author who went viral after selling two books at an event has described seeing her novel climb up Amazon’s bestseller charts as “amazing” and “unbelievable”.Vicky Ball, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-12-07 11:51:19 UTC ]
I wrote What It’s Like in Words in my dressing room in the St Martin’s theatre in the West End whilst playing Miss Casewell in The Mousetrap, and over nine months and approximately 300 shows it occurred to me how similar the processes of writing and acting are. They may appear binary forms of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-04 09:55:59 UTC ]
Many writers are open to having their works used to train AI models, provided that they give permission and receive fair compensation and credit, according to a survey of 13,574 members of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society in the U.K. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Writers of adult books, children’s books, international publishing, and creativity in general will be featured at London Book Fair 2025. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Adam Ridgway: An Array of Talent n an early announcement from the 2025 edition of London Book Fair today... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-27 23:15:18 UTC ]
Uri Levine, a cofounder of Waze and the author of 'Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution,' argues that unicorn companies and bestselling books have a lot in common. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Spotify for Authors, an analytics and promotion platform for the company's audiobook division, will offer demographic data about listeners, author profile pages, and redemption codes for reviewers, among other features. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in FrenchA biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.Elon Musk: Investigation into a New... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-23 16:00:01 UTC ]
Ever since Plaskow' trailblazing monograph 'Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From a Feminist Perspective' was published in 1990 year—boldly asserting that the Torah was written by men for men and it was time to claim women's place at the mountain—Plaskow has almost always been described as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
In this edition of our monthly thematic roundup of BookLife titles, we feature books on world and military history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
A compensation survey by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and Gotham Ghostwriters found that 50% of ghostwriter respondents charged $10,000 to $20,000 for their last nonfiction proposal, and 25% charging at least $100,000 for their last nonfiction manuscript. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominees discuss the wry maturity and singular strangeness of two writers whose work inspired their own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
USC professor Percival Everett wins the National Book Award for Fiction for 'James,' a retelling of 'Huckleberry Finn' from the character Jim's point of view. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-11-21 21:14:19 UTC ]
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 03:36:15 UTC ]
"This is the kind of book that's hard to imagine until you're reading it: it doesn't seem possible, and then it is." Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-19 13:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has become the first Big Five publisher to strike an AI licensing deal, which authors and agents appear to be approaching with caution, skepticism, and a measure of hope. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book Santa’s Husband: the book’s publisher, HarperCollins, was offering $2,500 (non-negotiable) for the right to use... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-18 13:36:53 UTC ]
McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, focuses on an egocentric, self-destructive white male novelist, played by Robert Downey, Jr. The fictional Jacob McNeal—think Mailer or Roth at their worst—wins the Nobel Prize early in the play, but he’s guarding a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2024-11-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
Following a successful slate of U.K. releases and U.S imports, author Cynthia Murphy will pen new YA thrillers under a three-book deal with Delacorte Press. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-14 05:00:00 UTC ]