New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday December 1, 2015
Publishes: Fiction; Poetry;
Areas include: Short Stories; Translations;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Free online journal publishing poetry and fiction (including translations), photography, prints and art. Send submissions by email in the body of the email.
More publishers fail as e-books rise
independent.co.uk – Monday November 30, 2015
Readers shunning physical books for digital ones has contributed to a 58 per cent jump in the number of publishers failing, research has revealed.
J.K. Rowling vows never to work with 'rude' publisher after they rejected Harry Potter and crime novel
mirror.co.uk – Sunday November 29, 2015
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has sworn never to work with one particular publisher after they rejected her twice - the second time with a very rude letter.
She is the UK's best-selling living author, with sales in excess of £238million but it seems there's at least one person who isn't a fan.
Speaking in a new interview with the Guardian Rowling revealed that one of the publishers who turned down the first Harry Potter book, The Philosopher's Stone, also rejected her crime novel The Casual Vacancy written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday November 27, 2015
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult
Small poetry publisher, publishing a few books each year. Send query by email with Word document attachment with a sample of 6-10 poems.
7 Essential Ingredients to Writing a Successful Holiday Movie
huffingtonpost.com – Thursday November 26, 2015
The Holiday movie genre is one of the most consistent box office earners in the history of the film industry. Since 1960, Holiday movies have earned well over two billion dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
What's even more interesting is the phenomenon that we see each and every year. Television networks play those movies endlessly from Thanksgiving through the New Year. Classics like It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story often have 24-hour runs. The more contemporary classics continue to grow in stature with the likes Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Santa Clause movies, Home Alone, Scrooged, and many more.
The Hallmark and Lifetime Channels have made a successful ratings business out of producing original Christmas-themed telemovies.
Audiences, each and every year, and even for those that don't celebrate the Christmas holiday, sit down with their friends and family to watch movies they've seen over and over and over again.
So what is it about these movies that make people come back for more?
Melton Times reporter Nick Rennie shares the secrets of writing and self-publishing your own book
meltontimes.co.uk – Thursday November 26, 2015
Not so long ago, writing and publishing your own book was just a pipe dream for many of us.
It wasn’t so much getting the words down on paper which was putting us off.
It was more the expense of either finding an agent and a publisher or paying through the nose to print dozens of copies yourself which might have ended up unsold and gathering dust in the garage.
But that is resoundingly no longer the case. Digital publishing and online booksellers such as Amazon have been an absolute game-changer.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Thursday November 26, 2015
Publishes: Articles; Features; Fiction; Nonfiction;
Areas include: Religious;
Markets: Children's; Youth
Christian magazine aimed at children and young adults. Looks for teaching stories that portray Christian lifestyles without preaching.
YA Debut Gets Six-Figure Deal, Sold to 16 Territories and Jerry Bruckheimer
publishersweekly.com – Wednesday November 25, 2015
A six-figure deal for North American rights to The Cruelty is the latest in a string of good things that have happened to Scott Bergstrom’s debut novel in just the past month. The manuscript, self-published a year ago, caught fire in October at the Frankfurt Book Fair with sales, so far, into 16 territories. “Every morning I wake up to more exciting e-mails,” said his agent, Tracey Adams of Adams Literary.
Kalyna Review: Call for Submissions
firstwriter.com – Wednesday November 25, 2015
Kalyna Review, a celebration of language and translation, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2016 issue. They are looking for articles and creative work that explore how language creates the personal universe we each inhabit. They are also interested in marginalised and minority European languages, the languages of peoples who throughout most or all of their history had no state.
Want to Succeed in Self-Publishing? Have a Plan: Tips from an Indie Author
publishersweekly.com – Tuesday November 24, 2015
E.C. Murray considers her first book, the self-help titleLife Kind of Sucks, an experiment in self-publishing. So when it came time to release her second book, the memoir A Long Way from Paris, she decided to do things differently, leveraging her experience and embracing all aspect of the self-publishing process. Murray quickly realized how demanding the indie route could be: handling distribution and marketing is “time consuming…even with a publicist who arranges visits. I need to follow up with press releases, event calendars, and so forth.” An important part of Murray’s indie strategy was sending A Long Way from Paris out for review. Her efforts paid off: Kirkus named her memoir a best book of 2014 andPublishers Weekly called it “Rich with history…substance…[and] relatable.”
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