Jennifer 8 Lee needed programming help to launch her publishing startup Plympton, but she didn’t have the cash. So what did she do? She got creative.
Sharjah IBBY Fund Launched with 1 Million Swiss Francs
The fund, sponsored by the Sharjah government, implement reading projects for children living in Central Asia, and North Africa.
Is the Future of Indie Publishing in Mexico Digital?
Mexico has more than 100 indies struggling to survive, often as literary publishers. Some embrace e-books, others balk. Could digital by their lifeline?
What Startups Can Teach Publishers
The relationships between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and authors and publishers are more similar than you might think.
Live Nude Authors: UK’s Unbound Lets A-listers, Aspirants Pitch for Cash to Publish
UK crowdsourced book funding project Unbound has a strong publishing pedigree and has already put several A-list books under contract. Unbound LIve, a pitch slam with Kate Mosse and Tibor Fischer is being held on Sept. 12.
Brazil Commits $7.5m to “The Internationalization of Brazilian Literature”
By the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair the Brazilian government wants to have funded the translation of 250 Brazilian books into foreign languages.
UK Library Supporters to Protest Over 400 Possible Closures
By Hannah Johnson The Guardian UK reports that library supporters have declared a “carnival of resistance” to protest library closures across the UK. The “carnival” will take place on February 5 with nationwide events and “read-ins” at over forty libraries. The Public Libraries News website currently counts 398 libraries and 40 mobile libraries that are under threat of closure. These …
Scottish Publishers Receive Grants to Attend Int’l Book Fairs
By Helen Gregg Publishing Scotland recently announced the second year of its Go-See Grants, which provide financial support for Scottish publishers to attend international book fairs. Backed financially by Creative Scotland, the aim of the grant is to increase opportunity for Scottish publishers of fiction, poetry, children’s, and select nonfiction to buy and sell rights abroad. Priority will be given …
Is the Future of Niche Literary Publishing Dependent on Angel Investors?
By Edward Nawotka A small but dedicated group of readers, print-runs of 1,500 to 2,000 titles, titles that are tough to categorize and even tougher to sell to the mass market — these are just some of the issues faced by the UK’s Dedalus Books described in today’s lead article. Yet, the publisher has managed to survive for more than …
Team Europe Ventures Promises €6 million for Mobile Start-ups
By Siobhan O’Leary Berlin-based investment firm Team Europe Ventures has announced a new initiative to provide funding to promising Internet and mobile Internet startups over the next three years. The €6 million fund will be split among four to five startups each year (approx. €500,000 each), which will be hand-selected by Team Europe Ventures and a team of partners. The …