A number of high-profile writers, including Susan Hill, Francis Wheen, Trezza Azzopardi, Jane Harris, Allison Pearson, Justin Hill and Joolz Denby, have joined the signatories to an open letter to the Booker Prize Foundation calling on the body to apologise to former honorary vice-president... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 05:29:21 UTC ]
John Lewis' Christmas advert has come under fire as author and former bookseller Jen Campbell highlighted the similarities between the advert and her children’s book Franklin’s Flying Bookshop (Thames & Hudson). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 10:24:18 UTC ]
Victoria Hislop, Caitlin Moran, Mark Haddon and Tracy Chevalier have called on wealthy governments to resettle more Syrian refugees as Waterstones hits its £1m Buy Books for Syria fundraising target. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just because Apple is on the hook for allegedly anti-competitive book sales doesn't mean that Amazon is above reproach. As promised, groups representing both authors and booksellers are calling on the US Department of Justice to investigate Amazon fo... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers need to communicate better with authors, pay them more and utilise writers’ skills to market books, but most writers would still choose to be published traditionally, a survey has found. The Do You Love Your Publisher? survey, co-produced by authors Harry Bingham (in the UK) and Jane... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors have called for Public Lending Right (PLR) to be extended to all ebook loans from libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]