By Chip Rossetti • Last week, we looked the market for comic books and graphic novels in the Middle East is small, but growing. • In this, the second part of our two-part series, we examine how graphic novelists in the Middle East are pushing the boundaries of publishing by tackling controversial topics in their work, but also paying a price …
A Visit to Paris’s Famous Graves and Tea and Tattered Pages
Rachel Aydt PARIS: On a bright and sunny Wednesday, we set out to see the catacombs– I should have guessed we wouldn’t be the only tourists heading over to Montparnasse for a glimpse of the deep macabre; problem was, we weren’t exactly expecting the line to literally reach around the block and number into the several hundreds. We had grinned and …
Work in Progress: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Launches Online Lit Mag
By Edward Nawotka On a hot and balmy night in NYC last Wednesday, venerable US publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hosted a party at the Lower East Side’s Lolita Bar to mark the unveiling of “Work in Progress,” the company’s new literary site. It is something that is “more than a newsletter and less than a magazine,” says FSG’s online …
A Summer Sojourn at Paris’ Shakespeare and Company
Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Co. has launched a new literary magazine, The Paris Magazine, along with a 10,000 euro literary prize for an unpublished novella.
Publishing on the iPad: “Like Playing 3-D Checkers”
By Edward Nawotka Sports Illustrated magazine was among the first major magazines to release a demo for tablets and the iPad. Their original offered some gee-whiz features – but was a prototype. The magazine has had an app available for the iPad since April, but this week it releases its first issue designed specifically for the iPad and it’s interesting …
Live from Paris: Vanina Marsot Surveys France’s TV Literary Chat Scene
By Vanina Marsot PARIS: When I tell friends in the US about France’s literary talk shows, they’re often green with envy. And it’s a nice bragging point, the importance the French place on literature and criticism. But when I ask my French friends which shows they watch, most of them draw a blank. They can cite the names of the …
Want More Rights Deals and Translations? Try Taking Editors and Publishers Overseas
By Chad Post TURIN: “Let me tell you something: the U.S. market is closed to Italian books,” said Italian literary agent Marco Vigevani on a panel about translation at the Turin International Book Fair last month. “It may sound crazy,” he continued, “but I want you to face the facts. Yes, it used to be different. There were editors like …
Apple Reports 2 Million iPads Sold in 60 Days
By Hannah Johnson As reported in the New York Times on Monday, Apple has sold 2 million iPads over the course of 60 days. First available only in the United States only, iPads were shipped over the weekend to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. It’s hard to believe that the iPad has only been …
Amazon’s Jon Fine on Self-Publishing, Plans to Publish in Translation, and More
By Erin L. Cox On Monday, May 24th, Book Expo America hosted the DIY Authors Conference and Marketplace in association with Writer Magazine and The Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Jon Fine, Director of Author & Publisher Relations for Amazon.com, was one of the speakers with a talk entitled “Advance Your Career with DIY Publishing.” Publishing Perspectives was able to speak with …
Sell, Sell, Sell: OpenSky’s Wants to Help You Monetize Your Blog
By Edward Nawotka If you’re a publisher, writer or blogger looking to generate more money from your site beyond merely selling books, you should learn about OpenSky. OpenSky media is a new platform that works with content publishers to fashion tailored Web stores for their sites. “It’s ultimately a platform for direct business building,” says Mary Ann Naples, VP for …