“Jeeves. There’s a strange gentlemen at the door suggesting publishers should stop giving authors advances.” “Wooster! How ridiculous. The idea is simply preposterous! Send him away and finish preparing my Eggs Benedict and ironing my morning newspaper.” “Actually, Jeeves, I found the idea rather novel and somewhat intriguing. So much so—I’ve invited the gentleman into…
Baker & Taylor Set For POD Distribution by September 2009
Baker & Taylor Inc, the US book distributor has joined forces with R.R.Donnelley, a print solutions provider to establish and run a print-on-demand digital book production center at Baker & Taylor’s distribution plant in Illinois. This looks to be the last commercial deal to be put in place before the POD distribution plant opens in…
TheNation.com – The Long Goodbye?
Here is a pretty meaty and worthwhile article entitled, The Long Goodbye? The Book Business and its Woes by Elisabeth Sifton, writing for theNation.com last week. “Humanity has read, hoarded, discarded and demanded books for centuries; for centuries books have been intimately woven into our sense of ourselves, into the means by which we find…
Bill Warrington Wins Amazon Breakthrough Novel 2009
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award has been won by Bill Warrington for his novel, Last Chance. “Long estranged from his children and now faced with Alzheimer’s, Bill Warrington decides that kidnapping April—his belligerent and beguiling 15-year-old granddaughter—is the only way to mend his family (if not his mind). So begins the journey of, James King’s…
Lulu – Acting The Teapot with Amazon’s Marketplace?
This email was sent to many Lulu authors today and seems to be creating a little bit of a stir at the moment for all the wrong reasons. ***************************** “Dear Lulu Author, Congratulations, your book has been selected for listing on Amazon.com’s Marketplace! As a result, your book will now be easily found on the…
Man Booker International Winner 2009 – Alice Munro
The 2009 Man Booker International prize has been awarded to Canadian author Alice Munro. Munro is predominantly known as a short story writer and has been publishing books since the 1960’s. “Since her first collection of stories was published in 1968, Alice Munro has been highly acclaimed as the contemporary master of the short fiction…
No Advance or Be Damned – Part 1
I am going to say something which may ruffle a few feathers, both from traditionally published authors and authors who have self-published but are looking to break into mainstream publishing through their own endeavours. Your perspective publisher declares ‘NO ADVANCE OR BE DAMNED’. Would you politely decline the publisher’s contract offer without any advance and…
The Publetariat Vault – Launching Summer 2009
From the Publetariat website comes the following; “In an effort to attract publisher attention, you’ve got a fine-looking, well-reviewed, respectably-selling book in print, and you’ve put a lot of time, money and effort into your author platform as well. Unfortunately, publishers haven’t noticed. If there were a service designed to facilitate publisher searches of indie…
POD TV – Program 4 – To Self Publish Your Book, or Not to Self Publish Your Book
For program four on POD TV we return to Stacey Cochran’s excellent series of discussions on http://www.howtopublishabook.org/ this weeks program is entitled “To Self Publish Your Book, or Not to Self Publish Your Book” with guests Adam Shepard and Elisa Lorello. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Partnership Publishing – New Site From SciFi Author Clive Osborne Rapley
I came across sci-fi author, Clive Osborne Rapley’s new site which takes a particular focus on Partnership Publishing. Clive discusses his experiences using Pen Press in the UK and is currently looking to hear from other authors who have used Partnership Publishers and Subsidy Publishers. “Are you thinking of writing a book?Have you written a…