News from the Book Publishing World - 01

Amazon's 'pay-per-page' plan could alter writing as well as royalties

25th June, 2015

The retail giant’s new way of calculating payments for Kindle book loans has worrying implications for how literature is read – and how it’s writtenThis week’s stories about Amazon’s new payment method – Pay-per-page: Amazon to align paym...

 

U.K. Push For Better Broadband For Startups

25th June, 2015

 U.K. telecoms regulator Ofcom has called for more to be done to improve broadband services for startups and SMEs, publishing a report assessing the problem and setting out an action plan to improve broadband provision for businesses with under ...

 

Loss Expected to Narrow for Barnes & Noble

24th June, 2015

Barnes & Noble is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago when it reports fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Analysts are expecting a loss of 37 cents per share, up from a loss of 72 cents per share a year ago.Over the p...

 

Digital Branding for Authors: When to Start, What to Do and Why It's Important

24th June, 2015

Authors, do you know your readers? If you know your readers well and can answer this question in detail, you could be on your way to publishing a successful book. I've worked in the book publishing industry my whole career and there's one thing whe...

 

Even in the Publishing World, Women Must Fight for a Spot

24th June, 2015

In her recent blog post, novelist Nicola Griffith pointed out that books about women rarely win important awards in the literary world like the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. For example, the Pulitzer Prize from 2000 to 2015 was not awar...

 

Writers: Don't Get Trapped By Social Media

24th June, 2015

For the last few years, at every writers' conference I've attended, the hottest topic has been social media. Writers crowd these sessions like medieval pilgrims seeking miracles at a shrine. They seem convinced that with just the right piece of infor...

 

Amazon changes rules for some publishing royalties

23rd June, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is adjusting its royalty payments for writers who publish with its Kindle Direct Publishing platform to encourage addictive page turners.

 

The Art of StorytELLING

23rd June, 2015

In 2009, Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker decided to put a price on storytelling. The pair would buy "junk" worth little to nothing and then re-sell it for 300 times its original value. All the proceeds were donated to charity. Why did they do this? Simp...

 

Erotic e-books face German curfew

23rd June, 2015

Germans will be able to buy adult-themed e-books only between the hours of 22:00 and 06:00, under new rules.

 

BookFilter: Patti Callahan Henry And The Idea Of Breaking Out Nationally

23rd June, 2015

THE IDEA OF LOVE By Patti Callahan Henry $25.99; St. Martin's Press Telling lies can get you into trouble. Telling lies can keep you sane. And telling lies can lead to true love. For novelist Patti Callahan Henry, telling lies -- or at least wri...

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