The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announces its 2011 shortlist.
Agent Jenny Bent thinks of herself as “a conduit, not a gatekeeper,” and she is “somewhat gleefully celebrating the fact that electronic publishing is really blowing apart the thinking that we in publishing somehow know better and have better taste than the average reader.”
Your backlist can be a gold mine. If you have one, you’ll want to read this article by social media and sales consultant Carolyn McCray.
Though sales for print books are down, the largest publishing houses in the U.S. are in the black, thanks to “cost controls and skyrocketing e-book sales.”
The authors of these e-books might not see this increase. I strongly advise every published author to read Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s post on royalty statements.
Authors can now autograph their digital books. You can see more on this e-book signing video.
Amazon sold the trade paperback rights of 10 titles to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, keeping the digital rights for its Amazon Encore and Amazon Crossing imprints.
Would you like to write more? Find out how in this post about mundane routine producing creative magic for writers.
Enjoy Nathan Bransford’s short post on How to Deal With Bad Reviews.
Great post, Edie, as usual. Thanks so much.
Thanks, Liz!
Edie, thank you so much for this! I’ve only read the Rusch article so far, but it was an outstanding post. Thanks for directing us to all of these.
Marilyn, I know not everyone goes to the Industry News post, and I almost emailed the Rusch link to the loop. I think I will anyway.