Cue Entertainment Magazine Faced with flatlining sales, the end of the money-spinning Twilight and Harry Potter series and severe competition from rival media, it has been hard for book publishers to feel optimistic recently. But 2012 began with a glimpse of sunlight through the clouds. Hardback books have been thrown
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ALCS News Autumn 2011 An independent publisher tweeted me the other day. His company had developed a free iPhone app, that had done well, but hadn’t produced a single sale of the book it was created to promote. His tweet summed up the problem that faces bewildered authors and publishers after
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A friend of mine is a therapist and says you should always charge clients. If you don’t, she tells me, they take your work for granted and the sessions are a waste of time. I wish somebody would tell this to the myriad events organisers who think professional writers gain
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What do you get if you get a Cabinet of millionaires? A concerted attack on women. No wonder Chris Huhne’s ex appears to be so bitter. I realised this when Nick Clegg was wheeled out earlier in the week to defend government proposals to abolish Child Benefit for families where
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Was it a full moon on Friday? I ask, because the trolls were out, and four friends blocked people on Twitter following abusive tweets. All are in the business – high profile authors and literary agents. I am telling you because their night of the trolls highlights one of the
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