The BBC news and sports radio channel 5-Live launches Word Matters this month, a project focused on the estimated 9 million adults in the UK who struggle to read and write. Aiming to start the biggest conversation across the UK about adult literacy, this is another social project from the channel that looked at adult mental health last year. …
Industry analysts seem certain the Amazon, Apple and Google online battle ‘will benefit authors’ in the e-book market. As the three tech giants invest heavily in their publishing platforms, the concern remains the terms offered to authors. There is no guarantee that the three corporations will treat authors any better than Uber treated its drivers or Spotify treats artists in the new publishing ‘gig economy.’ …
As the serialised platform Kindle Vella goes live in the US, analysis and speculation about how it will work go into overdrive. …
This week we’ve been attending ProWritingAid Crime Writer’s Week. Not because we’re crafting a police procedural or whodunnit, or even because we read a lot of crime writing. It’s ProWritingAid’s first ever Crime Writer’s Week aimed at crime and thriller authors with a lot of valuable content for any writer. …
QuaranCon2021 is a fantasy convention organized by Virginia McClain and a handful of volunteers who decided to put on a virtual convention that would be free to all involved – a convention you can attend from the safety of your own living room. …
There’s little surprise that industry watchers declare the Penguin Random House-Simon and Schuster publishing merger means less competition for the work of traditional authors. The merger may not ultimately achieve the desired goals. …
Take your writing to the next level and discover your true writing voice in this supportive, communal online event. Organised by Daniel David Wallace, this follows the successful 2020 Escape the Plot Forest summit. …
You can find our new Essential Short Guide to PRINCE2® in E-book now. Introducing PRojects IN Controlled Environments in our longest guide to date, this is ideal for the newcomers to project-based working. …
Amazon and the ‘Big Five’ international publishers are named in a class action lawsuit accused of price-fixing. Law firm Hagens Berman filed in New York last Thursday, ten years after winning a similar case against Apple and the same publishers – Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster. …
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Last week saw Winning at Épée breaking an Amazon Top Ten. There are many Amazon charts broken down by genre and category Amazon Top Ten – fencing books is ours. …
