Hide your empty pint glasses: Irvine Welsh revives Begbie
Once again firmly in the zeitgeist following the huge success of Filth, the cinematic adaptation of his 1998 novel of the same name, Irvine Welsh…
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From Jeffbots to editorbots
This is a guest post from Piers Blofeld. Piers is an Agent at Sheil Land Associates where he represents both fiction and non-fiction clients. He…
Wimpy Kid pushes Alex Ferguson down
Alex Ferguson’s record-breaking memoir has had its tenure at the top of the bestseller list ended by the latest entry in Jeff Kinney’s ever popular…
ValoBox and Constable & Robinson launch Gift an eBook
One of the more common complaints of those who have held out against eBooks thus far is the comparative difficulty (and subsequent lack of charm)…
Amazon bringing Kindle to US indies
Following on from last year’s unexpected partnership with Waterstones that saw Kindles sold in the chain’s brick and mortar stores, Amazon has now announced that…
Amazon starts literary journal for Kindles
Continuing its ongoing efforts to have a finger in every single literary pie that’s going, Amazon has now realised that it hasn’t as yet made…
Alex Ferguson destroys sales records with steely glare/book
Just as shy, sensitive souls the nation over were enjoying their moment in the sun following the sales triumph of Morrissey’s Autobiography last week, here…
UK Publishing events between now and Christmas
After all the excitement of BookMachine Everywhere (6 cities, 6 speakers, 1 night) last month, we’ve decided to take it a bit easy between now…
J.J. Abrams says print edition of new book ‘is kind of the point’
In an interview with the New York Times, J.J. Abrams – creator of Lost and director of Super 8, the recent Star Trek films and the…
Reflecting on Frankfurt Book Fair
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. There are many words that spring to mind when reflecting on an event like the Frankfurt Book…
Morrissey memoir sells 35,000 copies in first week
Driven by the dual motors of a rabidly obsessive fanbase and plenty of gawkers drawn in by its perennially publicity-generating author, Morrissey’s Autobiography has topped…
SYP Conference: more announcements [EVENT]
The Society of Young Publishers’ (SYP) annual conference brings together a large number of publishing types on a Saturday in November (when it’s too cold…
David Beckham ‘digital book signing’ rhymes with fullspit
Today in news I’ve stared at for a good half hour and still can’t believe is actually happening: next week David Beckham will launch his…
Pynchon leads National Book Award shortlists
If all the superlatives thrown at Eleanor Catton’s Booker win (longest book ever to win, youngest author ever to win), the universal warm fuzzy feelings…
Self-published porn leads WH Smith to come offline
WH Smith yesterday took down its website in reaction to the weekend discovery that it was amongst a number of digital retailers – also including…
