Authors' organisations have revealed an “ever-increasing” demand on financial hardship grants, with new applications to the Royal Literary Fund up a third in four years. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Our publishing industry seems to champion just one or two black and Asian authors at a time. Lack of diversity is a real problemMonths back I was trudging through the streets of Dalston when I spotted a copy of Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing in a charity shop window. It evoked the same... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Lownie, recently short-listed for The Bookseller UK literary agent of the year, explains how the agency goes about selling its authors. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgina Henry's kind but firm encouragement to go below the line on my pieces has transformed my life as well as my idealsFor a wide-eyed, wannabe writer, being cast into the Cif lions' den induced fear and pride in equal measure. The chance to contribute to such a paradigm-shifting project was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Eleanor Catton and her editor Max Porter's alliance shows how much more than wielding a blade goes into this relationshipHenry James called editing "the butchers' trade". But he also said, "I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort," so you can see how the old anglophile... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lagardère Publishing reported profits of 223 million euros in 2013, flat with 2012; its U.S. subsidiary, Hachette Book Group, had “significantly higher” EBIT. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Dickens's day, serialized novels were all the rage. Rooster aims to revive that trend, making it easier than ever to find good books (and the time to read them).In the age of abbrevs., sitting down to read a novel can feel like gearing up for a marathon, no matter how much you love books. The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to fit real-life information into your story without sacrificing or slowing down the story. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The awards will be presented to the winners during a luncheon at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators annual conference in Los Angeles in August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storage expansion went out of fashion over the last two years. Fortunate, then, for those of us wanting to take our music / audio book / photo collection everywhere, that HTC's upgraded One will see a return to microSD storage on its flagship series.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year, there will be seven books, up from six, presented at the Adult Editor Buzz panel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher of Financial Times operating profits grow to £55m in 2013 as owner Pearson announces overall slump of 21%Pearson has reported a 21% slump in its overall operating profit for 2013, as its core US education business continues to be hit by the "worst trading conditions" seen in decades.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrating great writing by women and taking it to a wider audience than ever before are the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Past winners include Stephen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ray Bradbury. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Little Friendly Orgy and other porn stories have been sold as work by the author of The Eagle Has LandedReaders fancying a journey into the world of the bestselling thriller author Jack Higgins may be getting a different kind of thrill, courtesy of another writer selling erotic novels under... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WikiLeaks founder a mercurial character who could not bear his own secrets, according to writer Andrew O'HaganThe ghostwriter who collaborated with Julian Assange on his abortive 2011 autobiography has broken his silence to describe his months working with the WikiLeaks founder, which culminated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online retailer will fold film and TV rental arm into its Prime subscription service for combined price of £79 a yearAmazon is hitting back at Netflix in the UK by rebranding its LoveFilm video-on-demand service.LoveFilm, bought out by Amazon three years ago in a deal worth nearly £200m, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Working class cats, South African trouts and pies as biography are all some of the topics up for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A digital publishing house is conducting a semi-legal, large-scale search for the next great incarcerated author. The reaction from authorities isn't what you'd expect.Jack London, Ken Kesey, William Burroughs, Oscar Wilde, Malcolm X, Voltaire, Cervantes, E.E. Cummings, Martin Luther King, Mark... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CodeMantra, the technology and service provider to publishers and other content companies, has been acquired by a Boston-based investment group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Increased market supply appears to be having an impact on Spanish ebook piracy, though it remains a widespread problem. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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