Can we float more indie boats?
With the news of The Bookseller's Independent Author Previews -- an arrangement with the Barnes & Noble self-publishing platform Nook PressImage:
View ArticleIndependent Author Previews and a "tide turning": #FutureChat recap
The Bookseller's announcement that it will begin next month previewing self-published work from the Nook Press platform prompted our #FutureChat focus on efforts to "open...Image:
View ArticleFrom London Book Fair to an IndieReckoning
This article was written originally as a walkup to our #FutureChat of 17th April from the site of the IndieReCon event at Foyles in London...Image:
View Article'No bookshop is an island': #FutureChat recap
At IndieReCon: Launching #Authors4Books Standing in this beautiful new Foyles store to launch ALLi’s Authors For Bookstores campaign, for a moment we can fool ourselves...Image:
View Article#FutureChat recap: Authors' contracts and controversies
Authors approaching accord Two venerable author advocate groups, the UK’s Society of Authors and the Authors Guild in the USA, have recently stepped into the...Image:
View ArticleDigital secrets of two 'Roses'
Orna Ross crowdfunded her Secret Rose project, an unusual limited edition that pairs two books in one volume and reflects William Butler Yeats' interest in...Image:
View ArticleA manifesto for self-publishing authors
"I do not ask anyone for permission to publish." The founding director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), Orna Ross joined us here at...Image:
View ArticleWhat divides us?
Of "trade" and "the Trade" Today we're making the "programme reveal" for the inaugural FutureBook Author Day conference , which is set for Monday, 30th...Image:
View ArticleWhat makes a good indie book cover?
Duck and cover By this time next year, there will not be fewer mobiles in the world; there will not be fewer videos uploaded to...Image:
View ArticleDivisions and support at #AuthorDay
Open submissions, face-to-face feedback and guidance New developments in our Author Day ( #AuthorDay ) planning for 30th November are helping us to bring elements...Image:
View Article#AuthorDay's ask-the-agents
Friday 3-5 p.m. GMT live on Twitter, hashtag #AuthorDay The Author Day conference on 30th November at 30 Euston Square in London has become a...Image:
View ArticleBarnes, Horne to present manifestos at FutureBook 2015
Have we manifested your concern? We're delighted today to announce that the #FutureBook15 manifestos chosen for presentation at The FutureBook 2015 Conference on the 4th...Image:
View ArticleRebecca Smart joins Author Day speakers
PRH-Ebury's chief on 'What Publishers Tell Us' I'm incredibly pleased to announce today that Rebecca Smart will join our rich speakers' lineup for Author Day...Image:
View ArticleWhat the tools of the trade tell us: Emma Barnes
"These are things all professional writers should be paying attention to," writes Emma Barnes in the address she made at our inaugural Author Day ...Image:
View Article2016: Crunch time for publishing, its writers and their readers
The authors' contract battle goes global Dated today, 5th January, the Authors Guild's open letter to the Association of American Publishers leads the loudest call...Image:
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