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American Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize

Lydia Davis

The judges of the Man International Booker Prize have done what recent Nobel Prize committees have refused to do: honor an American for ‘achievement in fiction on the world stage.’

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Amazon Publishing Introduces Kindle Worlds: A New Model for Fan Fiction

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Amazon announces Kindle World, the first commercial publishing platform that enables writers to create fan fiction and earn royalties doing so.

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Digital Pioneer Goes Back to Print: No Ebook of Stephen King’s Latest

Stephen King (Photo Source: Entertainment Weekly)

Despite his early support for ebooks, Stephen King latest novel, Joyland will be published in print only, with no digital version anticipated.

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Was Chinua Achebe the “Father of African Literature?”

Chinua Achebe

Was Chinua Achebe truly ‘The Father of African Literature’ or does that designation serve a purely non-African agenda?

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Ether for Authors: United We Divide

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The week’s web buzz: Ann Patchett encourages authors to work with traditional publishers and gets rebuffed, a map of the five paths to publishing, the true costs of author services, and more.

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Qantas Airline Publishes Short Books Tailored for a Flight

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Australian airline Qantas has custom published a series of books by bestselling authors to give to their elite milage passengers and that can be read in a single flight.

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On Finding Your (International) Voice

Scot Gardner

Australian YA author Scot Gardner talks about the challenges of writing for an international audience while staying true to his local culture.

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Is UK Publishing Too “White, Middle-Class” to Be Truly Global?

Dean Atta

UK publishing is a global business selling to a diverse, global audience — one that is not reflected by those who work in the industry.

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Are Publishers in South Korea Gaming Their Bestseller Lists?

Novelist Kwang Sok-yong

Allegations of stockpiling and best-seller list manipulation have rocked the publishing world in South Korea as publishers combat decreasing book sales.

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Ether for Authors: The Author Solutions Lawsuit

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This week’s web buzz takes in the chatter around the $5m class-action lawsuit against Author Solutions, the idea of innovation in publishing, and platforming vs. writing.

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