Retail website Bookshop.org has made more than £1m in profit for indie bookshops, hitting the milestone just four months after its UK launch.
New agency Laxfield reveals inaugural award winners
Laxfield Literary Associates has announced the winners of its inaugural New Anglia Manuscript Prize and the Laxfield Literary Launch Prize.
Sourcebooks and E.L. James create imprint
Mar 01 2021 Sourcebooks and E.L. James, author of the Fifty Shades trilogy, are creating an as-yet unnamed imprint that will, Sourcebooks said, focus on "entrepreneurial women authors who want to benefit from all that a top publisher has to offer, including powerful retail relationships and deep distribution channels. This new, unconventional approach allows established entrepreneurial authors to take greater control in the creation, development and marketing of their books." Source: Shelf Awareness More News Stories
PRH authors including Dawkins and Mackesy share reasons for hope
Penguin Random House UK is publishing a series of essays from its authors, including Richard Dawkins and Charlie Mackesy, offering reasons to feel hopeful about the months and years ahead.
Ishiguro warns of ‘online lynch mob’ stifling young writers’ creativity
Nobel Prize-winning author Sir Kazuo Ishiguro has revealed concerns that young writers are “self-censoring” to avoid an “anonymous lynch mob that turns up online and makes their lives a misery”.
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 1, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday's most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh for $3.99 City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab for $1.99 Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan for $1.99 A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn for $2.99 Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert for $2.99 This Is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe for $2.99 A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos for $1.99 The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smythe for $2.99 Know My Name by Chanel Miller for $1.99 She Come By It Natural by...
Libraries are lifelines
The Library Campaign has warned that hundreds of libraries may close not only for the pandemic, but permanently. With councils under financial strain and Walsall’s council leader even asking, “Do we need [them]?”, the future of libraries needs protecting. Libraries are an indispensable service for numerous groups, in particular disadvantaged children.
Nourry ‘would not accept any break-up of Hachette Livre’
Hachette Livre chairman and c.e.o. Arnaud Nourry has warned that he would not stand by and watch the publishing house being carved up by the shareholders of parent company Lagardère.
Max Parker launches talent agency Matchstick Group
A new literary and talent agency, Matchstick Group, launches today (1st March), founded by entrepreneur Max Parker.
How To Write Authentic Crime Fiction With Patrick O’Donnell From Cops and Writers
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