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  Self-Publishers Should Not Be Called Authors

  The landscape of publishing has dramatically changed over the last five years. In the past, if you wanted to publish a book you had to do it from a vanity press or land a deal with a traditional publisher. Now, anyone can write a book and submit it to Smashwords, […]

   
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  Call for end to limits on library ebook lending

  The Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals has called for the end of stringent limitations on ebook lending through public libraries. Unlike with printed books, libraries do not have the right to lend ebooks. Out of the six major trade publishers in the UK only three – HarperCollins, Random […]

   
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  Waterstones boss sorry for ‘pathetic’ approach to book selling

  Waterstones will switch to a new website platform this summer, to replace what current MD James Daunt called a “pathetic” current offering. Speaking at the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) conference in Oxford, Daunt acknowledged the company needed to sort out its logistics, and that it was “unacceptable” for customers to […]

   
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  Reading literature makes you a better bully

  From time to time, a group of philosophers or radio commentators or neuroscientists at loose ends will get together and discuss the question of whether or not reading literature makes you more moral. It’s an especially good topic for stopping panels of novelists in their tracks, since it has a […]

   
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  Hanif Kureishi – Creative writing courses ‘a waste of time’

  Creative writing courses are a “waste of time”, according to the novelist – and creative writing teacher – Hanif Kureishi, who says that “a lot of my students just can’t tell a story”. Kureishi, whose debut novel The Buddha of Suburbia won the Whitbread first novel prize, was speaking at […]

   

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  Keith Richards becomes a children’s author

  Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar was inspired by the rock god’s...

   
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  Laura Lippman’s selfie ‘in solidarity’ with Kim Novak sets off tweet trend

  The novelist Laura Lippman, who shared a photo of herself without make-up “in solidarity”...

   
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  Anne Rice revives much-loved vampire for new novel Prince Lestat

  Lestat, the blood-sucking anti-hero who made his first appearance in Interview with the Vampire...

   

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  Deanston Scottish Crime Book Of The Year Award 2014

   
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  Literary Prize Gives Voice To Black And Asian Women’s Writing

   
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  Search Is On For Annual Story Prize Winner

   
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  The Write Stuff – Speed pitch event at The London Book Fair

   
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  HarperCollins is looking for writers of women’s fiction

   
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  Simon & Schuster Calling for Submissions for New Publishing Contract

   

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