I’m heading off on holidays for a week and I will be checking in here on and off. I’ll be some posting some articles I’ve posted over the past year that drew considerable interest and comment. This one – “Musings on POD Publishers & Music Business” was first published as a two-part piece, but here…
Man Booker Baker’s Dozen Smiles on Canadian Eyes
The baker’s dozen longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced earlier today. The list features four first time novelists and no less than three Canadians! Independent publishers greatly outnumber the large trade houses with Seren Books, Oneworld and Sandstone Press making their debuts. The 13 titles were chosen by a panel…
What Self-Publishing Meant To Anders Behring Breivik
The events in Norway over this weekend may seem a million miles away from many of the subjects discussed here. Think again. Anders Behring Breivik will tomorrow appear in a Norwegian court to answer charges of mass-murder. What is different about Breivik is that his perpetrated attacks on innocent people – and what he saw…
Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair Competition
The Irish Writers’ Centre has today launched an interesting showcase style competition for aspiring first-time novelists. You can download an application form here. From the press release: Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair Competition Greetings! We are launching a brand new competition at the Centre. The inaugural Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair for first-time novelists will…
To Google+ or Not To Google+ – The Next Step in Networking
Any of you following me on my Facebook profile will know that I have been experimenting with Google+ the past week or two. Like all new social networks, it takes time to drill out the bugs and make any new service smooth and efficient. Google+ has already achieved that with their basic interface and the…
DBW Insights: David Shanks, CEO of Penguin USA
Digital Book World has an interview with Penguin USA CEO, David Shanks. Shanks discusses the challenges of publishing in both print and ebook, the future of handselling and high street stores, and also Penguin’s involvement in the venture, Book Country. Related articles Columbia publishing course shifts focus to include ebooks (teleread.com) Book Country – Old…
Judge Chin Warns Google Settlement Parties on ‘A Tight Discovery’ Deadline
Judge Denny Chin once again adjourned the Google Book Settlement case to another in-court status conference on September 15th. Today, in the Circuit Court, it was a case of as you were. It’s hard to believe there is any basis for either side in this case overcoming the current impasse since Judge Chin rejected the proposed…
Irish Writers’ Centre Celebrates 20 Years with Sebastian Barry Reading
This Wednesday the Irish Writers’ Centre will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a free reading by award-winning novelist Sebastian Barry. From the press release and event page: The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr Jimmy Deenihan, TD, will visit the Irish Writers’ Centre on Wed 20 July at 7.00 pm to unveil a plaque…
Google and Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Google today announced the launch of the first branded Google ereader to promote and integrate with their own online bookstore. Developed by iriver, the Story HD will sell exclusively to begin through Target stores in the USA at $140. The device looks alarmingly like a first, or at best, second generation Kindle. I have not…
From Submission To Acceptance | The Memory of Trees
Sending a manuscript out on submission to publishers for the first time is a little like sending your child to school for the first time. You feel you have done all you can do to prepare ‘the child’ for what lies ahead, but schooling is like publishing – subject to intense scrutiny, assessment and judgement.…
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