I’m always fascinated with quirky new forms of book design and how the envelope of book innovation can be pushed. The Netherlands has given us a lot of things, from edam cheese, clogs and windmills, as well as some of the best artists in the world, but back in 2009 at Manuscripta – a book […]
If you are an unpublished writer or considering the path of self-publishing and you live in the UK, then you won’t go too far wrong by booking a ticket to the Getpublished Conference 2011 taking place on Saturday 14th May at Tuke Hall, Regents College, London. The event is billed as ‘A Practical, One-Day Masterclass […]
It has been a busy week for me on the site and I have been working on several reviews, news updates and developments at POD, Self-Publishing & Independent Publishing. Later this weekend, I will have an update on the twists and turns at Callio Press, a full review of SilverWood Books UK, and some tweeks […]
I picked up a copy of Paulo Coelho’s Like the Flowing River today. It just happened that I opened it randomly in the centre to browse and get a sense of what I might be about to purchase. This is something I do when I browse books rather than rely on a back blurb or […]
Google Settlement Parties in Court Today “The book world should get a little better sense of what is next for the Google Settlement later today as the parties are scheduled to gather in judge Denny Chin’s courtroom at 4:30 pm for a court-ordered status conference. The conference comes after Chin’s stunning rejection of the proposed […]
Amazon has today introduced “Author Interviews@Amazon”. From the press release: Amazon.com today introduced “Author Interviews@Amazon,” the new author interview series that will be available in a new content destination called The Backstory (www.amazon.com/thebackstory). Author Interviews@Amazon launches with five video interviews, including celebrity chef and James Beard Award-winning Tom Douglas, New York Times bestselling debut author […]
The renowned Faber Academy in the UK is coming to Dublin in July of this year with ‘Write A Short Story In A Weekend’. The course will take place at the James Joyce Centre and will be presented by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Carlo Gébler and Tobias Hill. Full details on the course and how to enroll on […]
Irish author and journalist Declan Burke took the unusual step of buying back the rights to his debut novel from his publisher. Just three days later he published it in ebook for the Kindle. This morning he writes in the Irish Times about his experience and asks whether publishers are ignoring the digital publishing goldrush. […]
The Irish Writers’ Centre presents The Peregrine Readings, a national tour of prose readings by some of Ireland’s leading writers and poets in both Gaelic and English. It will start on the 26th of April with readings in Irish language. John Connolly, Alex Barclay and Kevin Barry will launch the English-language segment on the 3rd […]
Image via CrunchBase Amazon Japan has launched a print-on-demand program for publishers. From the press release: Amazon.co.jp today announced a new Print-on-Demand (POD) program for Books, which dramatically expands the selection of titles available to customers and offers publishers a cost-effective way to make the broadest possible range of their authors’ titles available. Using POD […]
