Today in tyrants: Hussein daughter seeks publisher for father’s memoirs
Between the re-publication of Mein Kampf and the revelation that Osama Bin Laden liked to keep up on his correspondence (which at least explains all…
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The ABC of Waterstones: A Bookseller’s ‘Promised Land’
It’s been a big week in the world of Waterstones. Last Monday, we had the shock announcement that they would be hand-selling Kindles – their…
Prospects for UK publishing: retail, eBooks and digital opportunities [REPORT]
9 am. Thursday morning. Portland Place, London. Publishing, bookshops, eReaders and academic publishing were all under the spotlight as the Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar…
2012 Fiction Uncovered titles announced
Fiction Uncovered creates the opportunity for eight British fiction writers to be part of a summer promotion supported by key retailers and independent bookstores across…
Why Foyles Won Bookseller Of The Year
or ‘Know What You Do And Do It Well.’ I’m not sure the words ‘outrage’ or ‘controversy’ fully convey the level of disgust with which…
Prospects for UK publishing: retail, eBooks and digital opportunities [event]
Thursday, 24th May 2012 (London) Guest of Honour: Richard Mollet, Chief Executive, The Publishers Association This seminar will offer a…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
This week on the site, we were Revisiting elearning in the Web 2.0 age with Anna Faherty, and Felice Howden asked What Game Is Anobii…
London Literature Festival announces 2012 line-up
Line-up announcements have been made and tickets have gone on sale for this year’s London Literature Festival, happening at the Southbank Centre from 3-12 July.…
Revisiting elearning in the Web 2.0 age
Anna Faherty is a writer, editor and lecturer in publishing. A decade or more ago, elearning was heralded by many as the panacea to…
Century buys rights to Wool, inevitable sheep jokes
Fed up with self-publishing success stories yet? Waiting for the straw that breaks the camel’s back and sends everyone scurrying back to tried and tested…
Retailer Plus Social Reading Equals: What Game Is Anobii Playing?
If, like me, you spend a lot of time on the internet (like… y’know… enough to clock when adverts change on the same web pages)…
BookMachine Weekly BookWrap: publishing stories from around the web
On the site this week, we asked Do Publishers Expect Authors To Market Themselves? There was also the chance to Win a great new novel by…
‘I don’t set out to make children happy’: RIP Maurice Sendak
That he was in his 84th year doesn’t soften the blow of Maurice Sendak’s death of complications from a stroke earlier this week. The beloved…
Win a great new novel by asking the author a question! [COMPETITION]
Carolyn Jess Cooke is an exceptional writing talent, and author of The Guardian Angel’s Journal, her new novel The Boy Who Could See Demons has…
Virago to release ‘coming of age’ collection aimed at young women, Maya Angelou completists
In a bid to reclaim some of that £3 million of sweet young adult money from Pottermore, Virago Modern Classics is preparing to publish a…
