Monthly archive - December 2017

18 December 2017 - What's new

December 2017

'I look at a good many poetry scripts every week. Of the great majority, I may say that there is no part of my work which costs me less time and trouble.

Authors face declining incomes - should literary novelists receive more state support?

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- Literary novels |
- ACE

18 December 2017

Two of our links this week relate to the report just published by Arts Council England which looks at literary fiction and concludes that it is in sharp decline. A close look at the figures suggests however that literary fiction is not alone, the problem relates to fiction sales in general. Read more

Best books of 2017: the hits and misses of the publishers’ year

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:20pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Best books of 2017: the hits and misses of the publishers’ year website

The Man Booker winner, the diary of a junior doctor and the secret lives of cows ... Which books made their publishers proud - and which ones made them envious?

Cat Person is 'mundane', Austen is 'dross': why do so many men hate female writing?

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:16pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Cat Person is 'mundane', Austen is 'dross': why do so many men hate female writing? website

Although you might expect to see "short story" in a sentence topped and tailed with "is the" and "dead?", in the past few days a New Yorker short story written by the previously unknown Kristen Roupenian has gone viral. Read more

Why HarperCollins India is pushing hard to sign up the biggest names in Indian commercial fiction

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:12pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Why HarperCollins India is pushing hard to sign up the biggest names in Indian commercial fiction website

Don't let the wine-soaked book launches, literary awards and glitzy literature festivals fool you. While Indian literary fiction continues to throw up some interesting writers and books, the backbone of the publishing industry in India very much remains non-fiction and commercial fiction. Read more

How Bookcase Literary Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Rights to Editors

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:08pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

How Bookcase Literary Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Rights to Editors website

International rights sales are one of the loftiest holy grails of self-publishing today. As any seasoned indie author will tell you, you can make your book available in myriad markets through Amazon or Kobo. But selling translation rights is not as easy. Read more

Literary fiction under threat, ACE report concludes

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:03pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Literary fiction under threat, ACE report concludes website

Arts Council England has pledged to engage with more bookshops, fund more writers and lobby the government to provide tax relief to independent publishers following a report finding that "the general trend for literary fiction is a negative one". Read more

Literary fiction is in crisis. A new chapter of funding authors must begin

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 4:00pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Literary fiction is in crisis. A new chapter of funding authors must begin website

Finally it's official: literary fiction is in crisis, and writers across the land are burning the midnight oil in their garrets, teaching or slogging away in unrelated jobs to keep the fire ablaze in the grate. Read more

Stability in the book marketplace does not mean commercial publishers continue to maintain their share

Thu, 21/12/2017 - 3:54pm — Chris Holifield

18 December 2017

Stability in the book marketplace does not mean commercial publishers continue to maintain their share website

Publishing reporters doing wrap up stories occasionally call me for impressions. From those conversations I have gleaned that the prevailing impression of where the book business is now is of "stability". Read more

T S Eliot on the publishing of poetry

18 December 2017

'I look at a good many poetry scripts every week. Of the great majority, I may say that there is no part of my work which costs me less time and trouble. Read more

Monthly archive - December 2017

18 December 2017 - What's new

Authors face declining incomes - should literary novelists receive more state support?

Best books of 2017: the hits and misses of the publishers’ year

Cat Person is 'mundane', Austen is 'dross': why do so many men hate female writing?

Why HarperCollins India is pushing hard to sign up the biggest names in Indian commercial fiction

How Bookcase Literary Agency Sells Self-Published Authors’ Rights to Editors

Literary fiction under threat, ACE report concludes

Literary fiction is in crisis. A new chapter of funding authors must begin

Stability in the book marketplace does not mean commercial publishers continue to maintain their share

T S Eliot on the publishing of poetry

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