Jerry D. Simmons has spent many years in the book publishing industry and I first came across him on Nothing Binding (a social network, resource for writers to communicate and sell their work) several years ago. He is an absolute hive of experience and has given many talks on the industry and delivered tutorials for self-publishing…
Amazon Announce Breakthrough Novel Award Finalists
Amazon and Penguin USA today announced the finalist for this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Amazon customers will now be able to vote for the list of finalist by following this link. The overall winners will be announced next month (June 13th). Here is the press release followed by a list of the 2011 general…
Has the POD Publishing Bubble Burst?
I normally write the article and then we engage in discussion, but like some of the changes I’ve introduced recently for The Independent Publishing Magazine, I’ll hold my own thoughts, just for now. The backdrop is the monoliths in the self-publishing world like Author Solutions may own companies like Xlibris, iUniverse, AuthorHouse and WordClay, but in…
Dublin Writers’ Festival 2011 – May 23rd to 29th
The Dublin Writers’ Festival began this morning at various venues around the city and runs for the rest of the week until May 29th. You can catch up on the full events by visiting the official site here. Related articles Barack Obama lands in Dublin to begin 24-hour state visit (guardian.co.uk) Barack Obama visit: US…
The changing nature of the publishing value chain | FutureBook
The changing nature of the publishing value chain | FutureBook: Jürgen Snoeren is Digital Operations Manager with Amsterdam publisher Meulenhoff Boekerij. He began his career in publishing as an editor for Meulenhoff and was publisher of the commercial imprint of De Boekerij for several years before becoming Digital Manager in 2009. He has a degree…
Amazon to allow ePub ebooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader and Tablet PC News
Amazon to allow ePub ebooks on the Kindle e-Reader | Good E-Reader Blog – ebook Reader and Tablet PC News: The below snippet is from the Good E-Reader blog, and there is enough chatter on the Internet to suggest Amazon is very soon going to acknowledge that the ePub format is by far the format…
Bowker Releases Preliminary 2010 Annual Books in Production Report (PDF link included)
R. R. Bowker today released preliminary figures for book production during 2010 based on their Books in Print database. Traditionally produced books rose by 5% while non-traditionally produced books rose by an astonishing 169%. Be aware that the non-traditional sector is made up by a vast majority of print on demand publishers issuing public domain titles. This…
Traditional Book Output Up 5%; Nontraditional Soars | Publishers Weekly
Traditional Book Output Up 5%; Nontraditional Soars Glad to see this year that PW leads the way in properly defining what ‘non traditional’ means in regards to preliminary figures released by R. R. Bowker. Last year far too many on the media bandwagon referred incorrectly to ‘non traditional’ titles as being all self-published. “Despite the…
Amazon Launch Mysteries and Thrillers Imprint
Amazon is certainly not watching the grass grow around them. Barely a week or two goes by without them ramping up their publishing wing. This week is no different, and today Amazon announced another new imprint – Thomas & Mercer – dedicated to the genres of mysteries and thrillers. Self-published author J.A. Konrath is one of the authors amongst…
Roth Awarded Man Booker International Prize | The Bookseller
Image via Wikipedia Roth awarded Man Booker International Prize The Bookseller Pulitzer prize-winning author Philip Roth has been awarded the International Man Booker Prize 2011. The author was chosen from a shortlist of thirteen authors and books of fiction. The prize is worth £60,000 and is awarded every two years. Related articles Man Booker prize…