Writers Talk: Public Lending Write Pamphlet Anyone who believes being an author is a pathway to riches is in for a rude awakening. Though the image of the starving writer scribbling away in their garret is dated, the average writer has seen their income drop from a measly £7,000 a
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judging by the current trend for ever more graphic tales of sexual abuse, just months after seeing her mother incarcerated Dana will be expected to perform an emotional striptease and deliver up every graphic detail of her abuse for public consumption.
The Deal: The Official Magazine of the London Book Fair When it comes to publishing, Dominic Proctor is scathing. ‘Branding is almost non-existent in publishing,’ he states point blank. An industry that brought to public attention Steven King, John Grisham and the mother of all brands J K Rowling might
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Media Week 28-Aug-07 Despite disappointing magazine circulation figures, the love affair with celebrities may not be over, says Danuta Kean. Magazine publishers insist that rumours of the death of the celebrity market are greatly exaggerated – despite circulation figures implying the bloom has gone out of the market. Only Hello!
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Financial Times: August 16 2007 Ian Fleming Publications’ decision to reanimate the late author’s most famous creation, James Bond, in a novel by Sebastian Faulks to mark Fleming’s centenary next year is the latest in a resurrection trade that has made literary estates some of the most powerful in the
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The Author Summer 2007 One question dominates the minds of publishers when considering a manuscript. The answer will haunt authors skulking between the shelves of their local Waterstone’s fruitlessly searching for their book or gleefully finding it on Amazon, unable to understand why it isn’t in high street shops. The
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Financial Times June 21 2007 When Storm Thorgerson, the acclaimed designer of a host of ground- breaking album covers, published a book of his artwork earlier this year, he was relieved to be able to design the book jacket without hindrance. The man behind the images for albums such as
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The Independent on Sunday Millions of readers around the world may be shivering with excitement at the thought of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being released at midnight on 21 July, but to those who sell the book, it is more likely to be remembered as Harry Potter and
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The Financial Times In a world obsessed with glitzy awards ceremonies, the winner of tonight’s Orange Broadband prize for women’s fiction in London can expect a great deal of public attention – although not quite reaching the levels of media frenzy seen at the 60th Cannes film festival last week.
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Where Fopp differs from these larger chains, however, is its focus on one man: Fifty Quid Bloke. This refers to AB1 males, aged between 25 and 45 with money to burn. Traditional retail philosophy has it that this is a hard group to reach, but Fopp manages to persuade Fifty Quid Bloke to part with £38 ($75) on an average visit when average expenditure in rival retailers is lower.
