Two authors share the literary agent advice they discovered when they figured out their agents weren't their perfect match and how to break peacefully. The post When Your Agent Isn’t a Good Fit by Jera Brown appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at 'Writer's Digest'
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Publishers say the plan to abolish competing exam boards as GCSEs are scrapped in favour of new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Good founder Ben Goldhirsh shocked media types and set in motion a slew of terrible headline puns (“Bad! Major Editorial Layoffs Hit Good”) when the company laid off the majority of its editorial staff with very little explanation last June. Yet after a quiet summer, Goldhirsh and Good are... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indian consumers haven't been cut off from Amazon's world of ebook goodies, but their experience is about to get a lot more native with the launch of a local Kindle Store. The prices of over a million books are now available in rupees, and if you're in need of hardware, the latest bare-bones... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookStats, an annual survey that tracks the American publishing industry, finds that, contrary to doomsday predictions, bookstores and paper-and-ink books are still in demand. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While there has been some grumbling in the industry about the ethics and logistics when literary agents start acting as publishers, many firms are now offering a suite of services in this area. Only a handful of agencies are actually publishing titles by their clients through in-house divisions,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing giants The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal firmed up exclusive deals with Flipboard and Pulse earlier in the week for exclusive content to go out to these third-party mobile apps, but as one Flipboard rival explains, this news c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp has confirmed reports that the company will be split into separate publishing and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's the first time you can read all of the Times on a site or app not owned by the Times. And it's the first time Flipboard has gotten a big publisher to hand over all its content. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though results aren't what they used to be, sales still spiked for the first pick. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man' is the first novel from Nick Dybek, son Stuart Dybek, and centers on a threat to a fishing community's way of life.The title of Nick Dybek's debut novel, "When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man," hints at transitions to come, and the phrase "was still"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In "United States of Pie," Adrienne Kane updates a Southern classic, banana cream pie, with a subtly salty crust and a layer of chocolate ganache. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digs, Meredith Video Studios DIY-centric programs like Ready, Set, Celebrate (instructions for throwing offbeat soirees like a “We Hate the Kardashians Party”), Craft and Burn (a sort-of-scripted series about a destructive crafting habit) and Extreme Craft Challenge (ever wondered how to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch is "not fit" to have "stewardship of a major international company", while his son James showed "wilful ignorance" over phone hacking, according to a Select Committee report published today. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The same problem persists—ebooks and poetry just don’t get along as well as ebooks and prose. It’s those line breaks, poetry’s defining feature. The problem is a simple sounding one, but really tough to solve. Because the same ebook has to work on many different screens and devices on which... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Discoverability, a new "format war", pricing, the growing importance of the education... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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United Agents has promoted four of its younger staff members, with three stepping up into... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare and Yelp upload names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers, sometimes without explicit permission. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leading authors' representatives have called for high discount clauses in publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinvention is set to be a key trend for 2012, with top literary agents saying they are on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House editor-at-large Rebecca Carter is to join Janklow & Nesbit as an agent. After... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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