Mini online book fairs held this spring have successfully plugged the gap caused by the delayed London and Bologna book fairs, but can't match the real thing, agents and publisher say.
Bookstat: Omer’s Influence makes itself felt
Mike Omer’s A Deadly Influence (Thomas & Mercer) swiped the Bookstat number one spot for the week ending 3rd April, topping a chart heavy with Amazon-published, Kindle Unlimited titles.
The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers
The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers Apr 05 2021 A coalition of wealthy business executives has put together an 11th-hour offer to buy the entire Tribune Publishing chain (including the Baltimore Sun and the Chicago Tribune) that a special committee of the Tribune’s board said Monday “would reasonably be expected” to beat out the offer from the hedge-fund that has been looking to buy the newspapers. The duo then plans to sell many of the individual papers to local owners. This move is the culmination of years of despair...
W&N acquires memoir from Catherine Taylor
Weidenfeld & Nicolson is to publish a memoir by critic and publisher Catherine Taylor, after securing The Stirrings at auction.
Zaffre signs two-book deal with Hart
American author John Hart is moving to Bonnier Books UK imprint Zaffre in a two-book deal.
States of mind
A recent commission concluded that there is no institutional racism in the UK. This astonishing, gaslighting declaration underscores a realisation I had a few years ago, while descending a dirt path on Triund Hill in the Himalayas.
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for April 8, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday's most popular deals Previous Daily Deals The Witching Hour by Anne Rice for $2.99 Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller for $2.99 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik for $2.99 Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant for $2.99 Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for $4.99 Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark for $2.99 Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder by T.A. Willberg for $2.99 The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley for $2.99 How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman for $2.99 The Fact of a Body by Alex...
Book Marketing: The Number One Tip for Staying Motivated
Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t usually post book marketing inspirational stuff, but I feel like every now and again we could all use a shot in the arm (a little vaccine pun there) of motivation. And a reminder to refocus to help us achieve our goals as a self-published author.So often we peruse social media and think: I’m not doing nearly as well as that author over there. Or: I feel like I’m a failure, my book hasn’t done as well. The truth is, most of us don’t share our failures on social media. Facebook is often a mirror of...
Fairlight Moderns expands with four titles
Independent publisher Fairlight Books is to expand its collection of short contemporary fiction with the addition of four new titles this summer.
Simon Armitage to embark on decade-long UK library tour
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is to embark on a 10-year tour of the UK's libraries, using the alphabet to frame his itinerary.
