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The Amanda Project

June 20, 2008

The other day I was discussing with an agent whether authors should hold back digital rights from publishers until the publishers could demonstrate they had the know-how to fully exploit those rights. Well, HarperCollins US have just taken a big step toward bolstering my confidence. Forbes.com has reported that HarperCollins, together with 4th Story Media, are producing The [...]

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What will publishers publish in the future?

May 14, 2008

Sara Loyd, over at Pan Macmillan’s blog the digitalist, has posted the first instalment of what’s shaping up to be a superb essay on the future of publishing. Here’s an excerpt: One of the key perception shifts that publishers need to make, then, is about the book as ‘product’. Whilst the book continues to be [...]

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It’s about story, stupid

March 12, 2008

I mean, wow. There’s a reason Booksquare is fast becoming my favourite blog. Kassia Krozser just keeps pulling out post after post of brain-bleeding insights. Every writer go read this. Now.  The Book is Not the Territory.

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Letters from the war

March 10, 2008

I can’t believe I missed this. Although I shouldn’t be surprised, I didn’t have Gary Kemble’s blog in Google Reader. I hardly ever remember to visit friends’ websites so it’s always best when they’ve got a blog or something I can subscribe to. I fixed that now. Anyway, Gary linked to World War 1: Experiences of [...]

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The literary web

March 9, 2008

Sebastian Mary has posted a thoughtful essayon if:book, the blog of the Institute for the Future of the Book, unpacking the debate around the ideology of ‘literary’ and its relationship to the web. This isn’t to suggest that there’s no room for ‘the literary’ online. Finding new writers; building a community to peer-review drafts; promoting [...]

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