The Wellcome Book Prize shortlist highlights work from independent publishers Canongate, CB Editions, Oneworld, and Text Publishing. And the Selfies announce their first year’s honors.
The UK’s Selfies Award Announces Its First Self-Published Shortlist
While news of book and publishing awards proliferates, the Selfies are being introduced in the UK this year as a competition among independent authors.
New, Larger Authors Guild Survey: Falling Incomes for US Writers
The new Authors Guild survey, larger than in the past and with input from other writing organizations, brings into question how authors are compensated and how the issue is assessed.
PublishDrive Announces Partnership with Chinese Retailer Dangdang
The ebook publishing platform PublishDrive founded three years ago in Hungary has a retail agreement with China’s online retailer Dangdang.
Industry Notes: Bogotá’s Second Pro Program; Kindle UK’s Second Storyteller Award
In its second year at Bogotá, the professional program has a class of agents, editors, and translators arriving this week. And in the UK, Amazon will pay a second Kindle Storyteller winner £20,000.
Nine Criteria for Hybrid Publishing from the Independent Book Publishers Association
The IBPA has released a 9-point outline for hybrid publishers with author-subsidized business models to operate reputably and maintain quality standards.
The Netherlands’ Sweek Adds a Spanish-Language Contest With PRH Grupo Editorial
Now with more than 100 contests as part of its writing-and-reading mix, the Dutch platform Sweek is working a Spanish-language competition, #Soytalento, into the program.
A Different Direction in Denmark: Palatium Pivots Into Publishing
An aggregator of English-language ebooks by self-published authors, Palatium sees more business potential in publishing books…for now.
Can Crowdfunding Author Services Power Canada’s Startup PubLaunch?
‘A four-month programming project ended up taking two years,’ as Iguana Books publisher Greg Ioannou says. Once expected to be a new base of operation for Pubslush, his Toronto-based author services crowdfunding company PubLaunch is to open this month.
How Bookcase Literary Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Rights to Editors
This Brazil-based agency has seen success selling translation rights for self-published authors. Agent Flavia Viotti tells us how she does it.