Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk has described himself as being "close to broke" after an accountant at his literary agency was arrested for embezzling $3.4m (£2.5m) from the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors have waded in to defend W H Smith after the retailer was named the worst shop on the UK high street. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has acquired two titles by André Aciman, the author of Call Me by Your Name, upon which the Academy Award-winning film of the same name was based. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman and Robert Webb are among the authors donating thousands of books to Oxfam in a bid to boost sales in the charity's shops and raise money for its work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The critically lauded US author turns his hand to children’s books with a fortuitously timed tale of immigrant experience—and keeps a decades-old promise as a result. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
US-based Authors Guild announced a series of traveling workshops for writers around the country and honored 'VIDA: Women in Literary Arts' with its most prestigious award. The post Authors Guild Honors VIDA, Announces ‘Boot Camps’ for Authors Outside New York appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The streaming company will recompense songwriters not paid enough royalties, but one unhappy music publisher claims ruling is ‘a free pass on wilful infringement’Spotify will pay out $112m (£83.5m) in a settlement agreement, following two lawsuits that claimed songwriters hadn’t been paid enough... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The YA author’s first venture into adult fiction could find a wide readership, finds Alice O’Keeffe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
How are authors' contractual rights with a publisher best handled when the house rolls out a digital subscription offer and promises that its entire content library will be on offer that way? An authors' lawsuit of Cengage is calling the question. The post When Rights Are Alleged To Be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former literary agent Hannah Begbie has won The Romantic Novelists' Association's (RNA) Joan Hessayon Award for new writers for her novel Mother (HarperCollins). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
In ‘To Heal the World?’ conservative author Jonathan Neumann challenges a popular buzzphrase among progressive American Jews, Tikkun Olam, calling it a dangerous corruption of Judaism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling author Marian Keyes is funding a £2,600 place on Curtis Brown’s online six-month writing course for one “talented writer with limited financial means”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Johanna Castillo is returning to her roots, leaving her editorial job for a post as a literary agent. The v-p and executive editor of Atria will return to the deal-maker's life on June 6, joining Writers House as a senior literary agent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The suit claims that Cengage "wrongfully" implemented “a unilateral change to the compensation structure for its authors” when it created a new subscription service. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Liverpool University Press is partnering with Northcote House Publishers for publication of the series Writers and their Work. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
An updated version of Authorfy, the online platform connecting children’s authors and schools, will launch next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Development agency Spread the Word is launching a new annual development programme for London-based writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Daily Mail and Penguin Random House have launched the third year of their nationwide competition to search for a new writing talent. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weeks after publishing his own story of sexual abuse in the New Yorker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is facing an onslaught of accusations of sexual misconduct and misogyny directed at fellow writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A slim, hand-stitched chapbook called 'Against Amazon' has slowly but surely began circulating among independent booksellers. They have Biblioasis, a publisher based in Windsor, Ontario, to thank for that. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]