Madeleine Millburn, a literary agent from London, offers her view on which international markets offer the most opportunities and how digital publishing has impacted the rights business. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
After several years in limbo, Rugged Land is back as a media company with interest in print and digital publishing, television, and film. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One literary agent's story at this fourth iteration of the international conference was about selling 2,000 English-language titles into the Chinese market. Going the other direction? Not so easy. The post Illustrations, Design, and Above All Stories: China’s StoryDrive Asia 2016, Part 2... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Twenty-eight percent told us they don't know if they're ready' for digital publishing in the next two years, says Mark Gross, whose Data Conversion Laboratory sponsor the 'dynamic publishing' study. The post How Dynamic Is Your Publishing? A Cloudy Moment in Content Management appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tumblr's former director of publisher outreach and a mainstay in New York's digital publishing and literary circuit will serve as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's executive director of audience development beginning June 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A discussion on Wednesday between two publishers, a literary agent, and the executive director of the Authors Guild floated the possibility of a single royalty rate across book formats. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Northern & Shell puts 2015 losses down to cutting prices of Star and Express titles and significant investment in digital publishingRichard Desmond’s Northern & Shell fell to a £25m loss last year after embarking on costly tabloid price cuts and boosting investment in digital... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is going on with ebooks? The decline in trade ebook sales in the U.S. is certainly one of the big questions hanging over the publishing industry as publishers gather for the 2016 London Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publishing may be the cheaper alternative, but only if it doesn't alienate your audience. The post For Associations Balancing Print vs. Digital, Understanding Your Membership is Key appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After three years behind a paywall, The Sun has had to flip its content strategy to win back the traffic and SEO history it's lost in the interim, to compete in the free-access world. That's meant bringing in more people experienced with digital publishing and creating a centralized team... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dissident tales from pseudonymous author Bandi, still living in the country, are very rare fiction to emerge from the secretive dictatorshipA collection of short stories written under a pseudonym and smuggled out of North Korea is on its way to becoming an international literary sensation, with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kalem Literary Agency remembers legendary Spanish literary agent Carmel Balcells and her contributions to international authors, writing and agenting. The post On Carmen Balcells: Remembering the Role of a Literary Agent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Omaira Rodríguez is Uruguay's only literary agent, tasked with selling rights abroad and increasing the international awareness of authors from her country. The post Omaira Rodríguez is Uruguay’s Lone Literary Agent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The average book’s length has grown from 320 pages in 1999 to 400 pages in 2014, a shift some blame on digital publishing. The post Is Digital Publishing to Blame for Books Getting Longer? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[Sponsored Content] Just a few years ago, it looked as if digital publishing would push print aside and that publishers would be able to avoid paying the high costs of paper, printing and postage. But print refused to die. Why? The post A Look Ahead: Print and Digital Periodicals appeared... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clark, a literary agent at Curtis Brown Ltd. and speaker at PW’s upcoming Global Kids Connect Summit, talked us about what U.S. children's titles seem to be working well abroad right now, and the biggest mistakes publishers make in their approach to their foreign rights business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nobody knows what the future of the media industry will look like - we can only extrapolate from its current state and hope nothing too disruptive ruins our bets in the meantime. To help us make those bets, TheMediaBriefing recently hosted the ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile is said to be the future of digital publishing. So, what’s the best way consumers can get the news while on their mobile devices? That’s the question Jordan Cooper spent a year asking. The answer he found: Wildcard. Wildca ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown and Conville and Walsh are to host a Twitter based event dedicated to "de-mystifying" the publishing process for prospective authors, called Discovery Day Online. Following the literary agencies’ Discovery Days in 2012 and 2013, held at Foyles Charing Cross Road, Discovery Day... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role It’s my job to support the authors I represent through the whole publishing process. This includes everything from working with them editorially and pitching their work to editors, to negotiating contracts on their behalf. What do you like best about your role? As a brand... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"The gold rush is over," writes Auckland-based author Gary McLaren, seeing it as a natural market phenomenon that, "the supply of new books was eventually going to exceed demand" in digital publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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