New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday March 15, 2016
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry
Areas include: Arts; Criticism; Literature; Short Stories
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Literary
Online magazine dedicated to literature, social and cultural criticism, philosophy, and the arts. Send poetry submissions by post only, between February 1 and June 30. Prose, art, and multimedia accepted year-round by post or by email (up to 5MB). Postal submissions should include brief bio and SASE.
Should You Self-Publish or Pursue a Mainstream Publisher?
huffingtonpost.com – Monday March 14, 2016
Over the past month, I have fielded numerous inquiries about book development and promotion, so I figured it would be helpful to share with you my tips for both. In this first installment, I'll focus on the starting point question of whether to self-publish or pursue a mainstream publisher. There is really no right or wrong answer here. Instead, there are pros and cons of each route, along with numerous variables to consider. Here are some of them:
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday March 14, 2016
Publishes: Fiction; Nonfiction;
Markets: Adult; Children's
Accepts all fiction and nonfiction for adults. Accepts children's books with full illustrations only. No poetry or short story collections. Submit via online submission system.
Writers competing with the next Scandi noir, says Ian Rankin
telegraph.co.uk – Sunday March 13, 2016
British writers are facing more competition than ever as publishers turn their eyes to finding the next big foreign cultural craze to replicate the success of Scandinavian noir, Ian Rankin has said.
Thirties crime fiction has spared more women a grisly end
telegraph.co.uk – Sunday March 13, 2016
They have already been credited with rejuvenating the book market, as real paper novels battle back against the rise of ebooks.
But it appears the decorative classic book covers so popular with modern readers have had one other inadvertent benefit: a boost for feminism.
The trend for ornate retro book covered has made classic 1930s crime fashionable once again, bringing a trend for brutal misogynistic killings to an end, according to authors.
A boom in the business of literary agents in India
dnaindia.com – Sunday March 13, 2016
For publishers looking to bet on the next, potential big selling author, Aditya Mukherjee would seem to tick all the right boxes — he is an MBA from an IIM, a start-up entrepreneur and his 2013 book Boomtown is a pacey, good read. Yet, when he'd finished writing Boomtown, Mukherjee had little idea what to do. He didn't know any commissioning editors, how to get his manuscript across to them, or make sure they read it. Being the enterprising kind, he read up on the subject and decided that he needed an agent to represent him. He got himself one — Mumbai-based Purple Folio, started by Urmila Dasgupta, and in three months, he had a deal with Rupa.
The New Indie and the Self-Publishing Revolution
publishersweekly.com – Saturday March 12, 2016
Independent publishing doesn't mean what it used to. When I started in publishing in 2000, indie publishers were simply non-corporate, or independently owned. The label was reserved for small traditional presses that wore the indie label with pride because of what “indie” signifies, then and now—a spirit of independence, of course, but also of not needing approval or to operate within the parameters of the existing paradigm.
Powerful Writing App Ulysses Launches on the iPhone
lifehacker.co.uk – Saturday March 12, 2016
Popular writing app Ulysses has been available for some time on desktop and iPad devices, enabling those who need to write regularly, like journalists, writers or teachers to use its clean interface and easy organisational structure to find what they need fast and write, write, write with no distractions.
How Publishers and ‘Hybrid’ Authors Are Working Together
digitalbookworld.com – Friday March 11, 2016
In a time when authors have multiple avenues to publish their books, many publishers are finding themselves broadening their offerings to authors. And this trend has resulted in more “hybrid” authors who both self-publish and work with traditional publishers at the same time.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday March 11, 2016
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Publishes first collections of poetry by poets who have an established track-record of publication in poetry magazines.
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