Unbound seeks to draw in more women writers

Crowdfunding publisher Unbound has launched Women in Print, a campaign to encourage more female writers to submit their ideas for books. Unbound has published 43 books, two magazines and a box set of photos to date, of which 32 were by male authors, 12 by female authors, and two by male and female collaborators. The publisher said that of the last 100 submissions it received in both fiction and non-fiction, 33 were from female authors and 66 were from male authors. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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