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• Not the right book

  
  This Itch of Writing — Authority: 108
  So, Ive got the work-in-progress - lets call it Three - which will absorb me for at least another nine months of revising and editing and contracts and editors and stuff. And Four, which Ive told my agent I want to write next (up to and including a half-page pitch and a highly provisional title). Then theres the one ...
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• Arizona Book Publishing Association- Dan Poynter presents Book Publishing: Past, Present & Future

  
  The Brainpan — Authority: 141
   Nov. 19: Dan Poynter presents Book Publishing: Past, Present & Future Radisson Hotel Phoenix Airport North, 427 N. 44th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008 Phone: 602-220-4400 Program (includes dinner) 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Early Registration (by Nov. 11): $25 members $35 non-members Late Registration: $35 members $45 ...
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• Charging for Yearbook Inquiries

  
  Hang Fire Books — Authority: 108
  Like many bookdealers I always pick up vintage yearbooks when I find them. These are generally good (if slow-selling) stock since the books were done in small print runs and theres rarely more than one or two copies listed online for any given volume. Also theyre frequently purchased as gifts and people need them in a ...
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• The Politics of Publishing

  
  UKCBD: The Christian Bookshops Blog — Authority: 407
  USA Edition: $24.99 UK Edition: £25.00 Today, I am annoyed. Annoyed from my own perspective as a retailer, but more annoyed on behalf of my customers who are being asked to pay £10 over the odds for a new book simply because of the perversity of an international rights deal between publishers. On this ...
  5 days ago

• The tree of life - and other anecdotes

  
  This Itch of Writing — Authority: 108
  Ive been a tad busy this last few days, so Im afraid this is a bit of a catch-up post. First, Ive actually submitted my PhD! I cant quite believe how happy its made me, not just because the last stages of a research project are notoriously fiddly and tedious and so Ive been dying to get rid of it, but because, ...
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• For Thrillers, Glenn Beck Is Becoming New Oprah

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Glenn Beck with Vince Flynns “Pursuit of Honor” on Oct. 12.
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• Small & indie Pan African publishers catalogue - call for advertising

  
  Modjaji Books — Authority: 112
  NIPPA or the Network of Independent Publishers Pan-Africa is looking for likely prospects to sponsor and/or advertise in our Small and Indie Publishers’ 2010 Catalogue. This Pan-African publication network aims at sharing knowledge about publishing and distribution in African countries. Modjaji Books on behalf of ...
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• STL UK: Rumours and Counter-Rumours

  
  UKCBD: The Christian Bookshops Blog — Authority: 407
  STL UK - Communications Update, 28/10/2009 … and so another trade missive emerges from STL UK in another attempt to lay to rest the rumours of… of what exactly? Whatever the rumours may be, I haven’t heard them. What I do know is that all too often I’m having to place orders elsewhere for items that ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Inner Critics dressing-up box

  
  This Itch of Writing — Authority: 108
  Your Inner Critics real nature is the anti-writing demon: personify him/her as you will (mine is short and plump, with blue and green scales and a tail: hes well-intentioned, and his intention is to protect me from failure, shame, embarrassment and danger, by stopping me writing). In a coda to Making the Skeleton ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book Association Challenges Retailers’ Price Plan

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  A trade group for independently owned bookstores has asked the Justice Department to investigate what it describes as “predatory pricing” by Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target.
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• Is this the end of secondhand bookselling as we know it.

  
  thanetonline — Authority: 430
  I have been looking at paperless books after reading a post on Thanet Life you can look at the latest in this technology at http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Generation/dp/B00154JDAI and I am wondering how long it will be before the supply of recent books dries up. It really is quite difficult ...
  3 weeks ago

• The second simplicity of a bowl of cherries

  
  This Itch of Writing — Authority: 108
  One of the classically irritating things non-writers say to us is "Ive always wanted to write a novel, I just need the the time to sit down." Once were out on bail, most writers still burn to explain that just sitting down isnt all it takes to write a novel. It takes hard work, craft, imagination, a lot of thinking, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Childrens Author Backs Charity Badges

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 592
  Bestselling children’s author, Dame Jacqueline Wilson , is backing the launch of a highly collectable range of enamel pin badges which are to be sold to raise funds for The Book Trade Charity. The badges, in the shape of Wilson’s best loved character Tracy Beaker, will be available from the 12th October in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Click by Click, Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Electronic book borrowing is a convenient way for libraries to remain relevant, but publishers are worried about the bottom line.
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• IBS-STL UK: “a sustainable business ministry model going forward”

  
  UKCBD: The Christian Bookshops Blog — Authority: 407
  IBS-STL UK Trade Announcement 15/09/09 In a new trade missive released this afternoon, Tuesday 15th September,  Keith Danby has sought to further clarify IBS-STL UK’s trading position, reassuring trade partners that “there is a sustainable business ministry model going forward”, reiterating the ...
  8 weeks ago

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