parallel importation: aussie books under threat?
Australian writer Garth Nix, representing the forces of light, went shoulder-to-shoulder with Dymocks’ Don Grover, representing the forces of darkness. They started on Triple J’s The Hack and then went...
View ArticleDigital books to boom
An interesting forecast from James McQuivey of Forrester Research about the changing face of the book trade and how it will impact on authors, including this key par: Meanwhile, authors won’t like that...
View ArticlePutting the eeeeee! into e-books
I am returned from Bookcamp. I have seen the future. It is now. Yes, I am tired, and yes, I have drunk too much coffee, and no I have not joined the Marines or some weird exercise cult. Rather, I...
View ArticleDymocks joins the POD bandwagon
I saw this headline on a blog post tonight: Dymocks announces game-changing publishing operation set to benefit most writers. Wow, I thought, can this mean that Dymocks has finally dropped its...
View ArticlePublishing’s dark clouds and silver linings
I side-swiped the .99c price point for ebooks in last night’s snark, and it’s something that does concern. Fortunately, I found this morning that someone else (that would be Patrick O’Duffy) has...
View ArticleTwelfth Planet Press seeks novels
Alisa Krasnostein (recently profiled over at Locus) has announced that her Twelfth Planet Press will be opening its doors to novels in January. The press has made a major impact on the Australian...
View ArticleWhile I was offline… and OMG look at all the Conflux book launches!
Sean the Bookonaut has been blogging up a storm. Viz, an examination of Grimdark — a category of genre coding I hadn’t even heard of. Angela Slatter is having a book, Narrow Daylight, published by my...
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