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A Versatile Writer

This week I had the pleasure of listening to Murathan Mungan speak at the London Book Fair. He’s from Turkey. And he has to be one of the most versatile writers I’ve encountered. He has written… more →

50 Year Project

So, why translation? — 1 comment

Lydia wrote 2 days ago: People often ask me why I’m studying translation. It’s a question to which there are an awful lot of … more →

Tags: Thoughts about books, Life Stuff, Translation, translation, Publishing, BCLT Summer School, Children's Books, Picture Books, origin stories

What Publishers Want

forwardtranslations wrote 2 days ago: Translation Intelligence (Photo credit: englishpen) Here’s another write-up of a seminar from … more →

Tags: Blogging, Translation 2, Books 2, translation, Professional Development, Books, Publishing, Literature, Peirene Press

Decision Time

scribblingadvocate wrote 3 days ago: Kindle 3 moved all major operates to the bottom. No comments on this point. (Photo credit: Wikipedia … more →

Tags: writing, book, Author, Publishing, Amazon kindle, self publish, amazon com, Friday

How to Promote Writers in Translation — 3 comments

forwardtranslations wrote 6 days ago: In the Literary Translation Centre at this year’s London Book Fair although not the seminar in … more →

Tags: Translation 2, idle musing, blogathon 2013, Books, English language, London, PEN World Voices, Professional Development, Publishing

Translation In The Sun - Guest Post by Rosalind Harvey — 1 comment

forwardtranslations wrote 1 week ago: I am a literary translator. I spend a large part of my day sitting in front of a screen, grappling ( … more →

Tags: Blogging, Translation 2, translation, Rosalind Harvey, London, blogathon 2013, Southbank Centre, Exmouth Market, brick lane

A 'Game of Two Halves', but 'Singing From the Same Hymn Sheet'. — 1 comment

strangealliances wrote 1 week ago: Publishing and Social Media Networking at the London Book Fair 2013. Now the LBF dust has settled, i … more →

Tags: Authors, event, Publishing, writing, insights, Marketing, PR, Social Media, Writing #2

15 Ways Amazon Can Improve Kindle Direct Publishing — 111 comments

davidgaughran wrote 2 weeks ago: At the London Book Fair in April, I had the opportunity to meet representatives from Amazon and pres … more →

Tags: amazon surcharge, Categories, Customer Service, Feature Requests, kdp, KDP Select, Kindle Direct Publishing, Problems, territorial pricing

Books

trevorauthor wrote 2 weeks ago: Books. … more →

Tags: Books, publish, Proofreading, book, Literature, London, Cheshire, manchester, Crime

Turkey: Should UK publishers move in?

staceyalexandrahill wrote 2 weeks ago: The continuing globalisation of the world book market and increasing numbers of English speakers wor … more →

Tags: Publishing, Books, turkey, UK, INTERNATIONAL, Piracy, Globalisation, Globalization, translation

How Technology is Helping Self Publishers

gkdhaliwal wrote 2 weeks ago: Many authors have found ways to publish their own works through self-publishing. One way, as this ar … more →

Tags: Self-publ, technology, Self Publishing, Booklist, writer

Children's Summer Reading List

ladylullabuy wrote 2 weeks ago: When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading i … more →

Tags: Pregnancy and Motherhood, Book Review, Children's Book, New York Times Children's Book Review, doctor-recommemnded reading, podcast listening guide

Bits, Bobs, and Birds that Beatbox — 2 comments

thefallenmonkey wrote 2 weeks ago: Word, bird! Shout-out to the feathered friends in my tree for giving a Monkey music to bust a brag t … more →

Tags: Musings on Writing, Musings on Editing, Amazon kindle, Creative Writing Blog, Editing, editing a novel manuscript, kindle, Publishing, Writing Fiction

The Epub Ebook as Multimedia Art — 3 comments

peatmore wrote 3 weeks ago: When I visited The London Book Fair in 2005 to promote the first Peatmore Press novel “Cogrill … more →

Tags: Self Publishing, Books, eBooks, crime and passion, ebook download, enhanced eBook, multimedia ebook, mp3-mp4 ebook, Digital Zone

London Book Fair (part two) — 2 comments

Elou Carroll wrote 1 month ago: My second day of the London Book Fair was mostly made up of wandering around and talking to various … more →

Tags: careers, Publishing, Digital publishing, #lbf13, children's publishing, Seminars, Talks

The buzz of seeing our work on the stand

emc design wrote 1 month ago: When we visited IATEFL and London Book Fair in April it was brilliant seeing some of the projects we … more →

Tags: Design, Publishing, elt, ASPIRE, CENGAGE Learning, ELT book design, elt publihsing, EMC Design, emc design elt

LBF 2013: Video of panel discussion on 'Becoming a Literary Translator' — 1 comment

jamieleesearle wrote 1 month ago:   For those of you who couldn’t make it to the London Book Fair last month (or for those … more →

Tags: translation, Emerging Translators Network, Events, Book Fairs, Anna Kelly, katy derbyshire, literary translation, Jamie Lee Searle, Thomas Bunstead

Books are most definitely my bag

lauraflojo wrote 1 month ago: Me and my bag swag (I hate the word “swag”) One of the highlights of the London Book Fai … more →

Tags: Other, Booksellers Association, lbf, Books are my Bag, publishers association

Believing in books

John Hunt wrote 1 month ago: Never mind the London Book Fair, or the end of our financial year – the big event in this neck of th … more →

Tags: Publishing & Editorial, barn owl, Biology, Bird, Earth, Flora and Fauna, nest box, owl

London Book Fair (part one) — 1 comment

Elou Carroll wrote 1 month ago: I realise that this is incredibly late but I would rather be late than not write it at all. Last mon … more →

Tags: Publishing, #lbf13, children's publishing, Seminars, Booktrust, Panels


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