Category Archives: Publishers

Viggo Mortensen, Actor, Author, Publisher?

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Aurel

It’s true. The Lord of the Rings star has his own small publishing house, Perceval Press, which produces about eight books a year, including some of his own works, based mostly on his travels.  His latest, “I Forget You Forever”, which takes it’s name from a phrase written on the side of a bus in Iran, is expected in November.

Perceval will print 2,000 copies of “I Forget You for Ever” and sell them at $38 each. That print run is twice what other Perceval books are usually given, but for good reason: Mr. Mortensen’s books sell out. They also go into multiple editions: one book, “SignLanguage,” has had eight printings, while “Recent Forgeries” and “Coincidence of Memory” have each had seven. And as to the question of whether Mr. Mortensen’s own books bring in revenue, the manuscript for “Ten Last Night” (which was published by Illuminati) has found its way to the used-book site Alibris. Price: $16,499.95.  (NYTimes)

read original Times article here

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Call for Submissions

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Aurel

Inkwell Newswatch (IN) is actively looking for fresh, new content on the “how-to” of writing. No matter what you specialize in, whether it be script writing, poetry, business, journalism, novels, legal, we’d like you to be involved. For full details please email: submissions@fwointl.com
SUBJECT: Writer Overview and send some details within the body of the email about yourself, what you do and what “how-to” article(s) you’d like to write for us. Not to fear, we’ll get back to you as soon as humanly possible.

Posted in Articles, Education, Non-fiction, Publishers, Websites |

Icon Editor Suspended for Writing Book?

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Aurel

The editor of design magazine Icon has been suspended from the title, allegedly for writing a book.

Publisher Media 10 has confirmed that Icon editor Marcus Fairs has been put on gardening leave, but refused to respond to allegations that the editor was suspended because of his book launch. Publisher Daren Newton told Press Gazette he would not comment on the matter because of ongoing legal proceedings. But according to several well-placed sources, Fairs ran into trouble after publication of his first book, Twenty-First Century Design, last month.

read more, Online Press Gazette

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Soul of Travel Workshop offers Opportunity for Travel Writers

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Aurel

The editors of Spirituality & Health magazine invite you to a week long retreat with travel writer Judith Fein, her photographer husband Paul Ross (see their website at www.GlobalAdventure.us), and Editor-in-Chief Steve Kiesling, at a remarkable eco-resort, Rancho Encantado (www.encantado.com), in the heart of the Yucatán, in Mexico, near Belize.

We will go to remote Maya archeological sites, cook with Maya people, swim, go kayaking, get a massage, take a boat trip, enjoy breakfast and a three-course candlelight gourmet dinner each day, explore the remote tropical lagoon where the resort is located, and learn to transform all these experiences into travel articles and travel stories. For those interested, travel photography will be demystified.

The best story will be published in Spirituality & Health. No experience in writing or photography necessary. Space is limited to 26, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. All costs are included, except airfare to Cancún. The resort is three and one half hours from Cancún, and transportation from the airport is provided.

Price per person is $1,895.
($100 discount for booking before December 15.)
To reserve, call Rancho Encantado at 1.800.505 MAYA (5292).

Soul of Travel Writing Workshop
March 8–15, 2007
Rancho Encantado eco-retreat & spa
Laguna Bacalar
Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Posted in Contests, Education, Events, Non-fiction, Publishers, Websites |

Major player in American writing makes all 27 titles available in e-book format.

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Aurel

Warren Adler, who has all his books available in traditional print, is a pioneering author in electronic publishing as well. All twenty-seven of Mr. Adler’s books can now be purchased and downloaded online.

DPPpress (www.dpppress.com) and DigitalPulp Publishing (www.digitalpulppublishing.com), an eBook publishing and distribution company, launched their online bookstore (www.dppstore.com) just ten months ago.

Opening their store with just seven titles, the DPPstore’s virtual shelves are now lined with five hundred titles by new authors and the best eBooks from independent publishers, creating an eclectic array of literary offerings.

The DPPstore (www.dppstore.com) continues to grow and this week is pleased to announce it has added 27 more eBooks, all by critically acclaimed author Warren Adler.

As a novelist, Mr. Adler’s themes deal primarily with intimate human relationships — the mysterious nature of love and attraction, the fragile relationships between husbands and wives and parents and children, the corrupting power of money, the aging process and how families cling together when challenged by the outside world. His books have been cited by readers and reviewers for their insight and wisdom in presenting and deciphering the complexities of contemporary life.
His novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Ten of his novels have been sold or optioned to the movies, and two have become major motion pictures, the classic The War of the Roses and Random Hearts.

Warren Adler is arguably the only author in the world, published by major publishing houses, who has re-acquired the English language and foreign rights to his entire backlist of more than 25 novels. Stonehouse Press (Adler’s own publishing company) has made the English language versions available in all eBook formats and Print-on-Demand formats in trade and hardcover.

full press release here

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Storytelling contest at HarperTeen

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Keren

From October 17th to December 15th, HarperTeen editors and authors invite you to join thousands of fans online to collectively create an original short story—one chapter at a time.

It’s easy to get involved. Just register by clicking on the link below, and then follow the weekly schedule to participate. You can submit chapters, vote for your favorites, or just browse and get writing tips from bestselling authors. You decide on your level of involvement. But everyone has the chance to win cool prizes—all you have to do is register!

HarperTeen is giving away incredible prizes over the course of this eight-week event. So sign up now and write, vote, and chat to win!

Prizes include:

* A $5,000 College or Higher Education Scholarship
* A trip to New York City to meet publishing executives and have lunch with a HarperTeen author
* A Princeton Review SAT Prep Course
* Thousands in shopping sprees from Alloy.com and Sephora.com
* Signed copies of books
* And more!

Link

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PWINSIDER.COM SEEKING NEW CONTRIBUTORS FOR WRESTLING AND MMA

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Aurel

Source: PWInsider.com

From time to time, we are contacted by those interested in contributing and writing for PWInsider.com. For those of you who are interested in writing about pro wrestling and MMA, read on!

PWInsider.com is currently seeking contributors for columns and live reports on the following areas of interest: (see below)

Our sister site, ProWrestlingXTRA.com will house all MMA coverage. We are also seeking non-wrestling contributors for comic book, sports, video game, and pop culture articles and columns. If you have an idea for coverage or an article not mentioned above, we would be happy to hear about it as well!

Please feel free to contact us as Columns@PWInsiderXTRA.com to submit sample articles. We thank everyone for their interest in contributing and for their support of PWInsider.com. (more…)

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PW interview with publisher Shaye Areheart

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Keren

Publisher’s Weekly has an interesting and (very) short interview with publisher Shaye Areheart, discussing debut novels and Robert James Waller.

PW: You’ve published several debut novels over the past few seasons. Do you have a special affinity for publishing first-time authors, and what are the challenges involved in that?

SA: I think because we have published so many debut novels and have had some notable success with them that agents think of us for those books. The challenge, of course, is always to make people pay attention and to get them to actually read the book. Because with a fine debut novelist you’re saying this book is great, this story is wonderful, these characters are affecting, please, please read this book. If you can get people to read something, the chances are good that they’ll say, yeah, this really is quite wonderful; or at least they’ll give it a fair chance.

Link

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Writer gets bestseller with first novel

Posted on October 16, 2006 by Keren

When Diane Setterfield sent the draft of her first novel to a literary agent, she prepared a file for rejection letters, jokingly marking it “they’ll kick themselves later.”

That file remains empty, though, because the agent immediately snapped up “The Thirteenth Tale,” a gothic horror mystery, and within a few days secured Setterfield a two-book deal, reported to be worth $1.4 million, with Britain’s Orion Books.

Soon after its U.S. publication on Sept. 12, the book had seized the No. 1 spot on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly charts.

Read the Yahoo News article here.

Posted in Authors, Publishers |

Blogger book craze could sizzle from overkill

Posted on October 9, 2006 by Keren

blogger.jpgAs blogging gains in popularity and influence on the net and in the world media, RL industries are looking to get a cut off the profits - by publishing blog archives on paper.  Sound logical?  Perhaps.  But some publishers are predicting disappointing returns on the upcoming wave of new blogger titles following the success of books like Belle du Jour and Blood, Sweat and Tea.

“I just hope publishers with deep pockets don’t squash the life out of blogs becoming books,” said Clare Christian, publishing director of The Friday Project, a start-up firm dedicated to combing the Internet for book projects.

“It’s like the dot-com boom all over again,” added Paul Carr, Friday Project’s editor in chief.  “In the same way that publishers knew they needed a Web site even if they didn’t know what that was, they’re just buying up blogs because they’re hot.”

Read the Yahoo News article here.

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