Book industry alive and kicking, new report reports
Bookstats, a cooperative venture between the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group to crunch book industry data, has announced the release of its annual survey of… Read more »
Canadian author recalls book with too many typos
Typos, typos everywhere! At least that’s what author Wes Funk probably thought when he learned that an early draft of his latest novel, Cherry Blossoms, had been mistakenly sent to… Read more »
Terry Goodkind and his sword of truth takes down a pirate
Like many publishing in the digital age, bestselling fantasy author Terry Goodkind has had his share of books stolen by online pirates. Recently, despite being sold for $9.99 in multiple formats,… Read more »
Ciao, Snowy
It’s back to France for Flammarion: RCS MediaGroup, the Italian-based firm that owns Corriere della Sera and the publishing houses Bompiani, Rizzoli, and Adelphi Edizioni, has agreed to sell Flammarion… Read more »
Seth Godin’s self-publishing experiment is over
Seth Godin is returning to Portfolio, his former publisher, two years after jumping ship in favor of self-publishing and selling his books directly to readers. Godin announced yesterday that his… Read more »
VIDEO: Two guys talkin’ indie publishing
Publishers Johnny Temple of Akashic and Melville House’s own Dennis Johnson were interviewed by C-Span’s Book TV at the industry convention Book Expo America two weeks ago in New York… 1 / Read more »
Interview with Alex Epstein about Israeli book-pricing
There have been major debates over book-pricing in Israel lately, as recently covered in a MobyLives report. And this week brought some news: a bill that would limit discounting and… Read more »
Israeli book price wars
There’s been a new development in the ongoing debates in Israel over book-pricing. As Haaretz reports, about 270 authors, including heavyweights Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, and David Grossman, have sent… Read more »
Books are just too darned long, says critic
In a sprawling, two-page article Daily Beast critic Mark Wortman laments the recent glut in extremely long books. In this epically long blog post titled “Are books becoming too long… 7 / Read more »
Our child who made art in heaven
Another child has written a book about going to heaven and coming back after surviving a near-death experience. This brings to two the number of child authors garnering media attention… 4 / Read more »