Roth awarded Man Booker International Prize The Bookseller …not the biggest surprise following critic Carmen Callil withdrawing from the judging panel some weeks back. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Shifting Sands: From Konrath to…Who?
Shifting sands in the wind can both expose and cover up what we see ahead. I see the debate on whether the gatekeepers of publishing should sit at the same poker table as the ebook and self-publishing ‘riff-raff’ in the same way. When I say gatekeepers, I mean mainstream publishers and literary agencies. For me,…
Self-Publishing Services: Horses of a different colour?
While catching up with the publishing news today after being away for a few days, I came across two separate articles about two very different kinds of author solutions services. From the perspective of an author wanting to self-publish, this is very much a case of horses of a different colour. Michael N. Marcus examines…
Pan Mac launches Compass for digital backlist | The Bookseller
Pan Mac launches Compass for digital backlist | The Bookseller Pan Macmillan has launched a new imprint to bring backlist titles to readers as digital editions or print on demand titles. Macmillan Compass will be managed by fiction publisher Jeremy Trevathan and digital director Sara Lloyd. The publisher said the imprint will establish exclusive publishing…
What Traditional Publishers Can Learn from Self-Publishers | O’Reilly Webcasts
This Friday O’Reilly Media will broadcast a free webcast about self and traditional publishing as part of their O’Reilly Tools of Change online event series. The subject of the webcast is ‘What Traditional Publishers Can Learn from Self-Publishers’. It’s a theme I have written about many times here on The Independent Publishing Magazine. O’Reilly Media…
Amazon Publishing Land Ed McBain Digital and Audio Deal
Image via Wikipedia Amazon Publishing has landed another heavyweight deal with the announcement this morning that the e-tailer has acquired the digital rights to 47 Ed McBain titles. Amazon brokered the deal with Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents who represent the estate of the late mystery novelist. McBain’s 47 titles will be published in digital and…
The Rise of The Indie Author | BBC Online
Image via Wikipedia The rise of the indie author | BBC Online It is not too often we see the BBC mention self-publishing. This morning this feature piece appeared in the Entertainment & Arts section about two UK authors riding high in the Kindle ebook sales charts. “As American John Locke becomes the first self-published…
eBook Sales and Seeing The ‘S’ Curve For What It Is
I came across the Kindle published masses turning to Joe Konrath to explain an unexpected downturn in sales. Understandably, Konrath’s self-publishing and ebook success is seen as the line in the sand for so many authors. “I’ve been asked to speculate about the future in several emails, mostly from panicked authors whose Kindle sales have…
John Locke Lands in The Publishing World | Deal With It!
…and the news I reported earlier on my Facebook profile on John Locke reaching a million Kindle sales direct from the Kindle Newsletter. What has been most impressive about Locke is his ability to achieve this not with the backing of a previous commercial publisher and marketing campaign, like Konrath, but by using his own…
Every good ebook needs a good editor | Guardian UK
Every good ebook needs a good editor | Guardian UK “I don’t say publishers today are perfect, because they’re not. They’ve been far too slow to react to the digital age and don’t really, I think, fully embrace its potential. I don’t believe editorial standards in all traditional publishing houses are absolutely perfect, either. But…