Jacaranda Books and Andersen Press will join forces to host an author reading event with Kwame Alexander, as part of its Black History Month celebrations. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 07:18:24 UTC ]
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The two parties, which are locked in a libel and defamation suit, have each filed counter motions asking the court to rule immediately in their favor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chipping Norton Literary Festival will pay the authors who appeared at this year’s event just under £100 per hour of work as part of its new profit share scheme. The festival, which was first held in 2012, previously paid authors their accommodation, subsistence and travel expenses, but not an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales of traditionally published books in the US fell by almost 6% in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period the year before. Overall sales for trade fiction and non-fiction, children, higher education, professional and university presses were down 5.8% from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jay Keefe wrote a memoir about recovering from alcoholism and realizes, upon publication, that it a huge personal risk it was, albeit one with rewards. The post Exposing Yourself As a First-Time Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'A lot of new material' "Being an author myself again has made me a better agent I believe," Andrew Lownie tells me. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversy continues to dog Red Hen Press after managing editor Kate Gale's HuffPo article last week: three prominent members of its advisory board have resigned, and authors publishing with Red Hen are speaking out. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and bestselling author who sought to humanize people with brain disorders by portraying their bizarre lives not as litanies of freakish behaviors but as examples of resiliency, has died. He was 82. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'An unacceptable restriction on authors’ livelihoods' No publisher would agree, at an author’s request, to forgo publishing another author’s book on a particular subject. So why should an author assume a similar obligation? But it happens all the time. Of all the contract-reform issues... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing has signed a psychological thriller, Abigale Hall, by the winner of Faber and Faber Creative Writing MA Prize, Lauren A. Forry. Managing director of Black & White Publishing, Campbell Brown, acquired World English rights for the publication from Sandra Sawicka... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Utah’s Torrey House Press, started by Mark Bailey and Kirsten Johanna Allen in 2010 to publish books about the environment and conservation, is becoming a nonprofit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair has teamed up with PubMatch to launch Global Rights 365@LBF: An exclusive offering from The London Book Fair, facilitating year-round rights business for LBF participants. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has brought forward the release date of The Joy of Tax by Richard Murphy – the creator of ‘Corbynomics’ – and is exploring plans to launch the book at the Labour Party Conference next month. Murphy [pictured] is a chartered accountant and is the author of Labour leadership contender... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The real beneficiary of the DIY book boom is the publishing industry itself. The post Self-Publishing Is Good for You … and Authors and the Book Industry appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A simple WordPress blog named #NoHaceFaltaPapel didn’t exist a year ago. Well now it’s a publishing company whose El Español is responsible for the largest crowdfunding campaign for journalism to date. ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Stories has delved into its own archive to put together a book about children’s illustration, which it will publish with Walker Books in October. Drawn from the Archive: Hidden Histories of Illustration is edited by Sarah Lawrence, Seven Stories’ collection director, who looks at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, author of 'Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition' (Da Capo, 9780306824203), will appear on 'Today' on Tuesday, August 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign group Authors United has written to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to ask it to investigate Amazon, which it says has “gained unprecedented power over America’s market for books”. The letter, signed by 575 authors including Scott Turow, Nelson DeMille and Nora Roberts and submitted... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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General Ann Dunwoody, author of 'A Higher Standard, Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four-Star General' (Da Capo Press, 9780738217796), will appear on CNN’s 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' on Friday, August 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sherry Gore left behind a life dominated by tragedy and sorrow when she became one of the few people to join the Amish from the outside. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Espiner will begin her role as m.d. of Orion next month, it has been confirmed. Espiner, who is currently at HarperCollins’ imprint The Borough Press, was announced as the new m.d. of Orion earlier this year as part of a shake-up of senior management at the Hachette UK company. She will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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