In its 50th year, AWP, the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, returns to the US capital, with special focus on literature in a political society. Read More
What Canada’s Shelfie Data Suggests About Ebook Subscriptions
Penguin Random House ‘holds an effective veto on the success of ebook subscription services,” says Peter Hudson at Vancouver’s Shelfie. Read More
DBW's Writers' Conference: A New Format for the New Professional Author
No parade of panels here. Instead, we’ve devised a tightly targeted format for DBW Indie Author, to send you back to your career grounded, focused, smarter. Read More
Agent Neil Gudovitz: Looking to Clean Up on the De-Cluttering Craze
You know all about ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up’ by Marie Kondo, right? But how about ‘Room To Breathe’ from Lu Wei? Read More
#CreditWriters: Authors Crediting Authors
#CreditWriters: Because if writers don’t credit each other, who will? And why not make it easy for your fellow writers to credit you? Read More
Milo Yiannopoulos Book Sparks Freedom of Speech Controversy
The ideas in Simon & Schuster’s forthcoming Milo Yiannopoulos book may not be popular in the community, but does that mean he shouldn’t be published? Read More
Rakuten Kobo Becoming Tolino's Tech Partner in Germany
Taking over from Deutsche Telekom as the Tolino alliance’s e-reading tech partner, Canada’s Rakuten Kobo enlarges its European footprint. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Tamblyn: ‘Excellent News for All Concerned’ In an announcement dated Tuesday (January 2), Deutsche Telekom has announced what it terms “a change in technology partner” in the Tolino e-reader alliance. Toronto-based Kobo, owned… Read More
International Publishers Association Issues Marrakesh Treaty Guide
With the Marrakesh Treaty ratified by the requisite number of nations, a guide to its background and provisions is available now from IPA. Read More
Aldus Network's Survey of European Book Fairs: Business Is Rising
For publishing players looking to know more about entry points into some of Europe’s book markets, Aldus’ new brochure may be useful. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Cooperative Apples and Oranges While the Aldus network of European book fairs writes its name in all caps, ALDUS, that name, it turns out, is not an acronym.… Read More
Use Twitter Analytics to Boost Your Social Media Marketing
‘You’re looking at a whole page of intelligence about your social media marketing on Twitter and how your presence on this vast medium is playing out.’ Read More