While self-publishers have many resources to choose from in their home language markets, selling rights abroad is altogether more difficult. Ahead of tomorrow’s Author Day, Porter Anderson looks at how indie writers can go global. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency is launching a six-month mentorship programme for aspiring authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-05 22:15:47 UTC ]
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The photographer and author Stuart Goodman has died of coronavirus aged 73, it has been confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 20:40:02 UTC ]
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On Thursday, the best-selling author pledged $500,000 to a new campaign: #SaveIndieBookstores. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2020-04-02 20:17:14 UTC ]
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Many authors live in a perpetual state of anxiety. Anxiety our books won’t sell. Anxiety we won’t get a new deal. Anxiety our reviews will suck. So it goes without saying the past few weeks have taken those anxieties to a whole new level. This is reflected in the posts I’m reading every day in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 16:47:27 UTC ]
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DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children's books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-31 18:51:09 UTC ]
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The Internet Archive says it is performing a public service by making its scans of print books available to all, but critics call it an 'attack' on copyright. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Simon Trewin has partnered with Writing.ie – a resource site for unpublished authors – to launch a weekly one-hour show on Facebook Live. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 16:09:51 UTC ]
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Pages & Co author Anna James has created an online and interactive middle-grade book club called The Bookwanderers Club, supported by her publisher HarperCollins Children's Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 10:05:59 UTC ]
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Avon is putting on a virtual festival to showcase its authors during the Covid-19 crackdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 01:10:07 UTC ]
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Join author Steph Cha and Joe Ide for a streaming conversation about new L.A. noir. The March 30 event will be live. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-25 19:15:02 UTC ]
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Chicago authors are spotlighting the unique plight of two local indies that both closed to walk-in traffic on March 16: one bookstore that was only officially open for one day, and another that had changed ownership two weeks earlier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus is to publish the debut novel of Nicole Kennedy, a former city lawyer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 14:35:00 UTC ]
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As schools close, parents are turning to children’s book writers and illustrators on social media to help with teaching kids stuck inside. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2020-03-23 13:30:37 UTC ]
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PW spoke with authors whose forthcoming books cover the often uneasy ground where the U.S. and Mexico meet. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The trade has pulled together to launch a series of emergency measures to support authors and booksellers affected financially as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 17:45:38 UTC ]
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In response to the coronavirus outbreak and government advice to socially distance, authors, readers and booksellers are thinking of new, exciting and creative ways to launch their books and keep readers engaged after in-person-events get cancelled. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 11:27:40 UTC ]
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“Nobody Will Tell You This but Me,” a memoir by Bess Kalb, traces her family history from the Russian pogroms to the American dream. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-03-17 09:00:08 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Tallent explains the affliction that kept her from publishing for two decades. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-13 13:36:26 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair was due to recognise the work of translators yet again, and before its postponement had anointed Katy Derbyshire its second Translator of the Fair. She reveals the highs and lows of the job Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-13 12:01:15 UTC ]
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Using some or all of the clauses in the model contract, the Authors Guild said, will help ensure that writers receive the rights granted them under current U.S. copyright and contract law. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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