The UK's 2018 bestselling fiction, nonfiction and children's titles for 2018 are honored by Nielsen in its annual ceremony in London. The post The UK’s Bestselling 2018 Authors and Illustrators Feted at London’s ‘Nielsen Honors’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recent Authors Guild survey showed that median income for fulltime writers in 2017 was $20,300. The numbers get worse from there. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Eccles Centre at the British Library is joining forces with Hay Festival on the Centre's £20,000 Writer’s Award, which will become the Eccles Centre and Hay Festival Writer’s Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bluemoose Books has revealed it will only publish female writers in 2020, with co-owner Kevin Duffy lamenting how “women over a certain age are overlooked in the publishing world”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a copyright flare-up, California's Internet Archive finds itself on the wrong side of the English-speaking world's two largest author trade organizations. The post Authors Guild and Society of Authors Allege Copyright Infringement by the Internet Archive appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Library has launched the Emerging Writers Programme to support unpublished writers, with literary agency A M Heath one of the scheme's supporters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Retailer insists Authors Guild report that criticised the online giant for contributing to tumbling writers’ incomes used flawed figures, but Guild stands by findingsAmazon has called the conclusions of a recent report into US author earnings flawed, after the Authors Guild suggested that the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recognizing the Brexit deadline that follows March's London Book Fair, the Author of the Day events include three writers from the Continent. The post London Book Fair Names Its 2019 ‘Author of the Day’ Lineup appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new Authors Guild survey, larger than in the past and with input from other writing organizations, brings into question how authors are compensated and how the issue is assessed. The post New, Larger Authors Guild Survey: Falling Incomes for US Writers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cornerstone has acquired a high-concept debut by Andrew Hunter Murray, a writer on BBC's "QI" and one of the team of writers at Private Eye, in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Burningham, the picture book author and illustrator whose books included Would You Rather and Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car, has died aged 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Guild survey finds writers’ incomes have fallen dramatically in five years – with literary novelists worst-hitA major survey of American authors has uncovered a crash in author earnings described as “a crisis of epic proportions” – particularly for full-time literary writers, who are “on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Burningham, who was married to fellow children’s writer Helen Oxenbury, created beloved picture books including Mr Gumpy’s Outing and Avocado BabyJohn Burningham, the children’s author and illustrator behind some of the 20th century’s most enduring children’s books, has died at the age of 82.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The decline in earnings are largely because of Amazon’s lion’s share of the self-publishing, ebook and resale market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK chair Gail Rebuck has paid tribute to Stephen Johnson, the former m.d. of Exclusive Books and Random House South Africa, who died earlier this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling thriller author LJ Ross has established a crime writing award worth £2,500 to celebrate the North East. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The last year was a great one for literature, and from early signs, 2019 could actually be even better. There's no shortage of anticipated books coming out over the next several months, from debut authors and from those who already have a few books under their belt. Here are 11 authors who look... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Atlantic Books imprint Corvus has acquired a debut upmarket mystery set in an elite Catholic boarding school for girls in the 1990s. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Susan McNally, author of The Morrow Secrets trilogy, has died at the age of 64. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Cathy Newman and Jonathan Coe have urged customers to take their business to the high street this Christmas season after suffering stock shortages of their titles on Amazon.co.uk. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]