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If I had to list my greatest loves in life (apart from human ones) books and coffee would be jostling for position at the top. So how cool can the Espresso Book Machine be? (See here for article in The Bookseller.) And how cool can Blackwell bookshop be for pioneering its use in 60 stores around the country?
A subject that is much discussed in children's editorial departments is how to get the right books to the right children at the right time. When I was an editor at Scholastic we discussed it endlessly. Children don't learn to read in a linear fashion. You cannot say at the age of 7 all children should be reading Enid Blyton say, because child a might not have progressed beyond picture books yet, and child b might have already found Roald Dahl. (That's true of all sorts of other things - my oldest was slow to learn physical skills but she's caught up in the end).
The general consensus has always therefore been that age ranging children's books is a bad idea, because older kids who are struggling to read will be put off reading books they perceive as being for younger readers. As these are generally the readers who need the most help in finding suitable books in the first place, this can only be a bad thing.
Amazon has been removing the “buy button” from some of the Hachette Livre books and also removing some of their titles from promotional positions such as “Perfect Partner”, in order to apply pressure on them to give Amazon even better commercial terms than it presently receives.
This list is a thermometer showing the robust health of the re-emerging short story, a map of its geographical growth and an indication of the areas of publishing in which it is blossoming. As last year, it shows that it is within independent publishing that the short story is thriving, and this year that Britain is now the great home of the short story. There are 8 collections here from the US, 5 from Ireland, 4 each from Australia and New Zealand, 1 each from Singapore, Taiwan and Nigeria and a whopping 14 from Britain, including 8 from Salt , who are thus announced as the most committed and successful publishers of the short story world-wide.
We arrived at the Academy just as the crowd were doing that bunching-towards-the-front thing they do when the band comes on stage. There was that delicious feeling you get from a large space, excited people and thumping basslines. It’s a while since I’ve felt that. The baby appreciated it too and started dancing enthusiastically along.
Speaking of which, I’d been a bit trepidatious about my seven-months-pregnant ability to stay on my feet for a long time, and the barn-like Academy had even less seating than the last time I was there (as in, none at all). But I needn’t have worrried. The Alabama 3 have magical powers, and even hefty women with limited energy reserves can dance - have to dance - when they’re on stage.
See this post from Danuta Kean re self-publishing. It may be from her archives but it's still relevant.
Take heart - it may be harder than ever to get that elusive deal, but it's also true that there have never been so many other ways of getting your words out there.
The aim of the group is to raise the awareness and profile of female crime writers and provide a forum for the discussion of crime fiction by enthusiastic crime fiction addicts. It also furnishes a lively friendly atmosphere in which authors and readers can meet and exchange ideas. If you are interested in Crime Fiction then Mystery Women has lots of interesting information for you on events, reviews and interviews.
