Jeremy Lin has inspired a lot of rabid fans, magazine features, and six-figure book deal offers. But he's also fueled a new breed of lightning-fast ebook authors. Alan Goldsher, author of "Linsanity: The Improbable Rise of Jeremy Lin," is one of the fastest (and slickest). In the days before web publishing, upstart sports stars, even those with searing 10-game streaks like Jeremy Lin's, were viewed largely in hindsight, their legacies captured in book form only after the immediate excitement had passed. But the rapid ascent of Lin has inspired ebook authors trying top climb the Amazon ranks just as quickly. While big publishers court the New York Knicks' 23-year-old point guard to write his memoir (industry sources say his advance could be in the neighborhood of $500,000), at least seven Lin Kindle books (Lindles?) have already been released. Several of the ebooks repurpose publicly available biographical information on Lin or interviews conducted before he hit the big time. Lin didn't sit for For Linsanity: The Improbable Rise of Jeremy Lin by ESPN: The Magazine contributor Alan Goldsher. But that didn't stop Goldsher from writing a 15,000-word manuscript in 72 hours. In an email interview with Fast Company, Goldsher explained the frenzied process of putting together Linsanity while weighing in on the future of the instant ebook. FAST COMPANY: How long did the entire process take, between the time you came up with the idea to when the ebook was published? ALAN... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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Octopus Publishing Group imprint Cassell has acquired the first book by ex-Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, discussing the effect of isolation on mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Almost evenly divided between fiction and nonfiction, the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize longlist features issues of gender, identity, mental health and medicine. The post Wellcome Book Prize Announces Its 10th Anniversary Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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In a shift, American readers have become more interested in books about mental health than about diet and exercise, according to data released by bookstore chain Barnes & Noble. The data, collected around the New Year's season, seems to indicate that readers' annual resolutions are focusing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Hachette UK has acquired the Sheldon Press, a specialist medical, mental health and self-help imprint of the Christian knowledge publisher SPCK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A major publisher opening a regional office in the north of England; closer collaboration between indie publishers and indie bookshops; thriving book trends including feminism, vegan cookery, publishing around mental health, and feelgood fiction; and continued growth for audio are among the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An odyssey through the landscapes of winter became a meditation on mental health and the human condition for writer Horatio Clare. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Tyndale Momentum nabs the first book by Tim Tebow’s mother; a Giants star inks a deal with Zondervan, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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New books by Pope Francis, Tim Tebow, Joyce Meyer, and more are publishing in September. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Crown Publishing’s WaterBrook imprint will publish ‘This is the Day,’ a new motivational book by Tim Tebow, on September 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Atlantic Books has signed The Natural Health Service by political journalist Isabel Hardman. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Penguin Random House and Hachette titles dominate the World Book Night 2018 list, which this year has a spotlight on mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Daphne Merkin’s new book, This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression, is at once an exploration of her own mental health and a memoir of her experiences growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family with a complicated, domineering mother. “My mother was only nice to me when I was sick,” Merkin... Continue reading at Slate
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Film-maker Taika Waititi and Prime Minister John Key are among a dozen Kiwis who have shared their insights into mental health in a book published by Onslow College students. Continue reading at Stuff
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We preview the season’s most notable titles, which include a memoir by Tim Tebow, a new devotional by Sarah Young, historical accounts of atheism and biblical translation, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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‘Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms’ by Tim Tebow will be published on October 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Orion is publishing the darkly comic sketches of a 22-year-old illustrator exploring struggles with mental health, following a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired A Beginner’s Guide to Losing Your Mind by Emily Reynolds, to be published under the Yelllow Kite imprint in 2017. Assistant editor Maddy Price acquired UK and commonwealth rights in a pre-emptive deal from Robyn Drury at Diane Banks Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Racing ain't cheap, and teams are seldom in a position to turn down money. This leads to some off-the-wall sponsorship deals. Crypto-currencies. Taylor Swift. Jesus. And, for a few glorious years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, "Dianetics," in a campaign bankrolled by the Church of... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Summersdale's recently-launched health imprint Vie will publish a memoir by British psychiatrist Linda Gask this September. The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist's Memoir of Depression chronicles Gask's own experiences of depression. Despite spending her career helping other people's mental... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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YA author James Dawson is writing a guide to mental health for young people with clinical psychologist Olivia Hewitt. Mind Your Head, which will be published by Hot Key Books in 2016, will give tips on managing emotional wellbeing and finding support for mental health issues. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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