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June 20, 2019 at 1:30 am
Multiple honorees in many of the prize categories this year provide more writers with wins, if smaller cash awards for each winner. The post UK’s Society of Authors Awards Honor 32 Writers in Prize Fund of £100,000 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
June 19, 2019 at 11:26 pm
Bookcase Literary Agency is handling international rights sales for Serial Box–which has an 'Orphan Black' series coming–and Amazon's 'Best So Far' 2019 list is out for summer reading. The post Industry Notes: Serial Box’s Foreign Rights, Amazon’s Summer Reading List appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
June 19, 2019 at 12:23 pm
Only 5% of authors earn the income Virginia Woolf once argued was needed to work – today around £30,000. Two authors explain what it is like to have success, but no moneyFour years ago, Kerry Hudson had just won a prestigious French literary prize when one late payment left her unable to make the rent…
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
A 40-year-old independent bookshop in London has undergone a digital transformation after its owner signed up to a Google project which pairs young people with businesses.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
The jury is out on the road ahead for Intelligent Assistants like Alexa and Siri, with the potential for customers to abandon the voice search technologies before they become sophisticated enough to work effectively, a market research company has warned.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
Jonathan Cape will publish "a far-reaching and wonderfully entertaining investigation" into animal rights by award-winning Financial Times journalist Henry Mance following a six-way auction.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
In the first financial quarter of 2019 revenues from US publishers increased 6.7% to $2.5bn (£2bn), with growth in all categories apart from e-books and physical audio, according to the Association of American Publishers.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
London's inaugural Capital Crime festival launched last night with British Book Award winner Louise Candlish and Mark Edwards.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
Penguin Random House is set to acquire the book publishing assets of F+W Media following the media company’s bankruptcy, with the effects on F+W's UK division unclear.
June 19, 2019 at 1:45 am
Amanda Ridout has announced a "thrilling" 20-strong, all-female launch list for her new commercial fiction press Boldwood, with plans to publish in e-book, audio and print-on-demand simultaneously on a global scale.
