English Language

English-language markets are, in many respects, leading the way when it comes to digital content and book publishing innovation. Find information about trends, new developments and issues in these areas.

Is America’s Forgotten Flyover a Gold Mine for Publishers?

NationalWritersSeries

A-list authors have flocked to read at the National Writer’s Series in Traverse City, Michigan. Why? Because organizer Doug Stanton delivers audiences, sales.

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“Highly Prized, Highly Priced”: Book Slam UK’s Experiment in Publishing

One for the Trouble

‘Our philosophy is highly-prized and highly-priced,’ says Patrick Neate of UK Book Slam’s first effort at publishing, a £30 hardcover of ‘One for the Trouble.’

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Blurred Boundaries: UK Pros on the State of the Book Biz

Stephen Page

E-books, erotica boost sales, but European economy uncertain as publishers head into the London Book Fair, opening today and running through Wednesday.

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What’s Wrong with Children Self-Publishing? Nothing

Dave Weich: Kid-4-Kid Lit

Dave Weich argues encouraging kids to write and publish is not just a boon to literacy, but a proactive model smart publishers should embrace.

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Grammar Today: Rigid Rules or Rhetorical Choices?

Hodges Harbrace

Teaching grammar rules as commandments takes the fun out of working with the language, says the editor of Cengage’s Hodges Harbrace Handbook.

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Striking Back Against the Amazon Empire

Lisa Buchan

‘We know the location of the Deathstar!’ says New Zealand’s Lisa Buchan, of the small publishers who are capable of fighting back against Amazon’s Empire.

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From Book to…Blog? Inspiration for the Aspiring Nonfiction Author

David

David Krall wanted to write a book about the Brooklyn Dodgers, but had no platform. Defying conventional publishing wisdom, he wrote it anyway. Here’s how.

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Literary Broccoli: Why Cliches about Translations Hurt Books

Translations should not be fed to readers like "literary broccoli"

Michael Stein argues that translations shouldn’t be treated as ‘literary broccoli’ or armchair travel, and that doing so is counterproductive.

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Don’t Hate Me Because I Self Publish

Chris Faraone

Chris Faraone’s father was a self-publisher. Now the author of 99 Nights with the 99 Percent and a publisher’s worst nightmare makes it a second generation.

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Kiwis Consider Future of Publishing, US is But One Template

Jens Bammel

Our report from Publishing for the Future”PANZ conference in Auckland demonstrates how digital disruption has left no part of the globe untouched.

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