Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Richard Bach, the American bestselling author of several books, was seriously injured after his single-engined SeaRey amphibian aircraft struck powerlines three miles short of Friday Harbor Airport while preparing to land. Bach suffered a head injury and a broken shoulder and was taken to Harborview Center, Seattle where his condition was…
Irish Novelist Maeve Binchy Has Died
|| RIP || Maeve Binchy || A TRIBUTE || (Photo credit: C.C.) The celebrated Irish novelist Maeve Binchy has died following a short illness. She was 72 and a prolific writer of novels, novellas, short stories and books of non-fiction. Several of her novels were adapted as Hollywood films, including Tara Road and perhaps her most loved…
Guest Post: Book Trends in the Publishing World | Nadia Jones
Every day we see a plethora of new books and magazines hitting the digital, online, and store shelves. For years there has been talk of a downturn in the publishing industry, but all signs point to the fact that the industry is not only surviving – it’s evolving. People are furiously at work creating their…
The Writers’ Workshop UK Survey On Experiences of Professional Writers in The Industry
Following on from my last post; here is a survey from the perspective of authors you won’t have to pay to see the results of. The survey was conducted by The Writers’ Workshop (UK) for professional writers and presented under the banner title – Do You Love Your Publisher? You can find the full results…
Chip Kidd on Cover Design at TED
Random House book designer, Chip Kidd, offers some advice on the process drawing on his many years in the book industry and producing book covers for authors like Michael Crichton and Haruki Murakami. This video part of the TED presentation talks. The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
Google Argues for Dismissal of Authors’ Book-Scan Lawsuit – Bloomberg
Google Argues for Dismissal of Authors’ Book-Scan Lawsuit – Bloomberg: “Google Inc. (GOOG) asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by an organization representing authors over the search- engine company’s digital scanning of millions of books, saying the group can’t represent the owners of the books’ copyrights. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan heard…
2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the 2012 International Impac Dublin Literary Award was announced earlier today by Dublin’s Lord Mayor and Patron of the Award, Andrew Montague. Ten novels were shortlisted for the world’s richest annual literary award of €100,000. The ten novels were nominated by libaries throughout the world and the award is administered by Dublin…
Guest Post | Cover Design Tips – Kit Foster
Why is a good cover so important? Simple – because people will judge your book by it. Sure, we’re told not to judge a book by it’s cover – but what else does a potential reader have to go on? Besides the title, it is the first (and in many cases, the only) part of…
John Oakes Interviewed at TOC 2011 – (Random Rosset Thoughts)
Rosset and Beckett lost in New York! John Oakes, co-founder of OR Books, interviewed on new publishing models. In the week we lost publishing maverick, Barney Rosset, I thought this piece from TOC 2011 strangely appropriate. Oakes started out at Rosset’s Grove Press. In 1987 Oakes co-founded Four Walls Eight Windows, which he first ran…
InfoTrends InfoBlog | On Demand Book Printing at Airports?
InfoTrends InfoBlog »On Demand Book Printing at Airports?: “The last couple of months have seen a slew of new placements for Xerox and On Demand Book’s Espresso Book Machine (EBM). Installations have been growing rapidly, with four installs (Darien Library in Connecticut, Tattered Cover Book Store in Colorado, Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C.,…