AnyBook is aiming to be “the Netflix or Spotify” of publishing
calcalistech.com – Monday October 9, 2023
The company has raised a total of $2 million to help revolutionize the publishing industry
“The book industry is lagging behind while other content-based industries are flourishing and revolutionizing themselves,” explained AnyBook co-founder and CEO Eliran Navon. “While other industries have been completely disrupted and changed by digitization, like Netflix and Spotify in the entertainment and music industries, 80% of book sales are still physical books.”
AnyBook was founded to tackle this. Alongside his partners, he decided to create a model that would provide a new experience that would expand usage and encourage consumers to read more. “Thanks to AnyBook’s technology, workplaces can provide employees with a continuous supply of books they’ll find compelling and enjoyable,” he said.
13 Best Writing Tips From Stephen King
timesnownews.com – Saturday October 7, 2023
Stephen King is one of the contemporary era's most successful authors. In this article, we'll take a look at 13 of his best writing techniques, drawn from his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft as well as interviews and lectures. These suggestions will help you enhance your writing abilities, whether you are a novice or an experienced writer.
New Magazine Listing: Forty20
firstwriter.com – Wednesday October 4, 2023
The alternative voice of rugby league. Intelligent, thought-provoking, informative and fun, it covers rugby league at every level. Features thought-provoking articles by the game’s most respected writers and best-known personalities, and face-to-face interviews with rugby league’s most engaging characters, be they in the European Super League, Australasian NRL or anywhere else in the world.
New Publisher Listing: Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd
firstwriter.com – Wednesday October 4, 2023
Primary aim is to produce high-quality books inspired by aspects of northern English culture, though in recent years that brief has widened considerably to include several national and international titles and a monthly rugby league magazine.
New Magazine Listing: Arboreal
firstwriter.com – Tuesday October 3, 2023
Online magazine that came about when two friends sought to create something of value, something for pure enjoyment, something to encourage creativity.
A New Trend Shows AI Generated Books Are Plagarising Famous Authors’ Writing
techround.co.uk – Monday October 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence- although a great development- continues to cause worries across career paths. This now includes the publishing industry. The rise of AI has introduced a new trend in the literary world – AI-generated books. This has created a mix of emotions among authors, readers, and publishing platforms alike.
Rory Cellan-Jones, a writer-journalist, was surprised to find a biography about him on Amazon. The book, which he had not authored, featured a poorly designed cover and was written by an unknown individual. Cellan-Jones stated, “I thought: ‘This is strange — who’s writing a biography of me?’”.
Building a writing life
eu.sctimes.com – Sunday October 1, 2023
For the past 45 years, I have written almost every day. I make my living as a fulltime freelance writer, which I‘ve wanted to do since seventh grade, when I wrote my first very short book titled "The Secret of the Lost Inca Mines." What could be greater than making up stories and getting paid for them, I thought. Almost everything I’ve written for the past 40 years has been published.
I’ve written features, interviews, anecdotes, poetry, short stories, even a play, for magazines as Toy Farmer, Reader’s Digest, Houseboat, Arizona Highways, Saturday Evening Post, Sr. Perspective, and 240 others.
But my most potent joy has emanated from writing essays. They require me to think, often deeply, to dig the ore of words from the rock, and tumble them in order onto the paper to make the piece work. Or sometimes dig out diamonds of exactly the right words that add beauty, and make the sentences sing.
It’s satisfying to discover that many people like what I write, or how I write it. But that was not always so. My career began inauspiciously. In 1977 I resigned from teaching English to be a writer. Though I had never sold a single piece of writing, I was sure I knew enough and was good enough now that I could make my living at writing.
Stop 'tampering with literature'! Publishers warned against cancelling classic authors after woke rewrites
gbnews.com – Saturday September 30, 2023
Woke rewrites of classic books "deprive children of valuable lessons on right and wrong", the Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport has warned.
Lucy Frazer claims "tampering with literature" denies people "precious cultural heritage" as she warns publishers against cancelling authors.
Her comments come after books by authors such as Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton have recently been altered by their publishers.
In some instances, certain words and phrases which they now deem to be offensive have been removed.
However, the MP for South East Cambridgeshire says rewriting old texts is "infantilising".
Kumar joins David Godwin Associates as a literary agent
thebookseller.com – Friday September 29, 2023
Aparna Kumar is joining David Godwin Associates as a literary agent on 2nd October. She will be helping to manage David Godwin’s long list of clients as well as acquiring her own.
Kumar, who has recently completed her MSc in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, has worked in publishing for six years. Most recently, she was an editor at Penguin Random House India, where she commissioned literary fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry.
New Publisher Listing: Cadno
firstwriter.com – Friday September 29, 2023
Imprint handling middle grade fiction. Submissions welcome using online submission system (see website).
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