With China’s domestic book market booming, and spurred by the rabid demand for the work of Nobel laureate Mo Yan, the nation’s publishing industry has set its sights on a… Read more »

What does it take to land a million dollar book deal lately? Well, so far in 2012 there’s been the case of the celebrity memoir (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s mother), the… Read more »

The Association of Authors Representatives has joined the Authors Guild, the American Booksellers Association, and a wide assortment of others in speaking out in opposition to the lawsuit by the… Read more »

There’s more fascinating commentary about changes in India’s booming publishing industry. MobyLives reported a few weeks ago on an influx of bogus literary agents preying on authors in the market,… Read more »

Over on The Bookseller’s blog, a big-name UK agent, Jonny Geller, has put together an ‘agent’s manifesto’, to redress the current problems in the publishing industry. It reads: » 
The… 7 / Read more »

There’s a cautionary tale this week from India, which has been experiencing a publishing boom for a decade now. As detailed in this Spectator report of late last year: …… 1 / Read more »

When a novelist is published for the first time their potential is limitless. They could be a bestseller, a literary sensation, a genius. But the moment the reviews have run… Read more »

Rebecca Swift is the founder of Britain’s first and leading manuscript assessment service, The Literary Consultancy, established in 1996. She talked to MobyLives about the many different paths to publication… 1 / Read more »

Bob Dylan fans wondering what’s taking him so damn long to complete the follow-up to Chronicles: Volume One received something of an answer this week. It appears that, according to… 4 / Read more »

February 4, 2010 Dear Agent, At Hachette Book Group, we have been considering a new pricing model for some time, and have decided to transition to selling our e-books through… Read more »