For those of you who don’t know, i.e. anyone not based in the ever-extending and loosely defined Eurozone, Eurovision is a huge annual song contest for European nations plus a few friends to join in. It began in 1956 as a way of strengthening the ties between countries in Europe, which was still recovering from… Continue reading The Eurovision Example for Indie Authors
Category: Publishers
Prix Goncourt 2011 – Cheap Prize, Expensive Books
prix goncourt 2011, ebook price in France, expensive books, literary fiction in France, French literature, Kindle
Using the Kindle To Proofread – And To Be Green
proofreading using Kindle, ereaders, carbon footprint, mobipocket creator, kindle previewer, Markee Anderson, converting files for Kindle
Super Thursday
Today is Super Thursday, the day when publishers launch their best hopes for the Christmas market. According to the BBC, more than 500 books in all formats, amongst them 200 hardbacks, are being published today, including a good helping of comedians’ autobiographies, and of course a Jamie Oliver cookbook, Jamie’s Great Britain. This latter is… Continue reading Super Thursday
Ebook Pricing Proposals in France
ebooks, France, pricing, model agency, Lang Law
Gallic Books
Five years ago Jane Aitken set up the publishing house Gallic Books with fellow Francophile Pilar Webb with the aim of introducing British readers to French literature. A bold move in a country where works by foreign authors make up less than 3% of the market. But it seems to be a gamble that is… Continue reading Gallic Books
Publisher Review – 40K
40K began following me on Twitter. But before I returned the compliment, as I usually do I had a look to see what they are all about. 40K describes itself as an epublisher that specialises in publishing original short works. By ‘short works’ it means novelettes and essays, things that take 40 minutes to an… Continue reading Publisher Review – 40K