This week around the publishing blogosphere...The news that Hachette has acquired the Perseus group is filtering through. Hachette is
taking the publishing arm and on-selling the distribution arm to Ingram. Why
should you care? Remember the predictions last year about publishers having to
get bigger to survive? Hachette gets bigger. Ingram’s gets bigger and knocks
out their major competitor along the way. This move has many implications for Indie publishers as Perseus was a main publisher of niche imprints and the main
distributor of Indie Publishers. The move has fueled some speculation of what
might be coming down the pipeline.... However it is a Sign That The Predictions
Are Coming True.
Also in the wider news Amazon is flexing its muscles in the UK and Europe. Amazon is pressing for new terms with publishers some of
which include that publishers cannot undersell Amazon even on their own
websites and that Amazon is to provide a POD book for every print title
currently out of print. There is a nice little phrase, (Most Favoured Nation)
being bandied about.
The Carnegie Medal has been awarded. It is one of the top
prizes in Children’s Literature... and not everyone is pleased. The book is a Young Adult novel for starters...and it just goes down from there. Kiwi Kids
Lit authors will be familiar with this scenario as we watched it unfold last
year after our own National Awards.
This years New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards was another celebration of the depth and breadth of children’s writing in this country. The winners were hard to pick from the stellar finalists in each
category. Children’s Literature won on the night...with New Zealand Post
finishing its 18 year sponsorship in style. Everyone hopes we find another sponsor
just as dedicated to celebrating our Children’s Literature awards as NZ Post.
(crossed fingers)
In the Craft Section,
Why Backstory is the Spine of your Story... (great article)
Get Back To Basics –Janice Hardy
In the Marketing Section,
The best TED talks on Marketing...This is a great collection
and worth bookmarking.
Public speaking for introverts.(video from Joanna Penn)
Creating a Business Philosophy -Elisabeth S Craig
To Finish,
Writers are bibliophiles. Huffington Post has a collection of things YA
Readers say about reading… but really these could all
come out of writers mouths.maureen
pic: The Margaret Mahy Book Of The Year 2014 awarded this week to Vasant Unka. (Penguin NZ)
1 comment:
Wonderful round-up. You have a way with words, Maureen! Yes, it feels like we're seeing history unfolding these days, with these monumental changes in the publishing industry.
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