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Writer's Blog | Search this Site | Subscribe **Self-publishing Section Don't miss our Self-publishing resource. With articles, features and links, this section will help you find out the information you need to self-publish. We've also got an entire section on book promotion to help you get the word out about your new book. Publish Your Book! Book Publishing made easy with Instantpublisher.com. Now you can self publish your work quickly, affordably and professionally with Instantpublisher.com. Instantpublisher.com offers: low prices with no setup fees or hidden charges, color printing, 7 binding styles and great customer service. Visit Instantpublisher.com today for instant price quotes and other options. Amazon and Houghton Mifflin Announce Distribution Deal Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Amazon.com have announced a licensing agreement between Amazon Publishing's East Coast Group and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's New Harvest imprint. New Harvest will publish all of Amazon Publishing's adult titles in print and distribute them in North America outside of the Amazon.com platform. This distribution deal will enable Amazon.com to get its books in bricks-and-mortar bookstores. Amazon already has its own Kindle ebook platform to distribute the digital versions of its books. Amazon Publishing’s East Coast Group is headed by Larry Kirshbaum. It will publish narrative nonfiction, select literary fiction, business books and children's/young adult. Tim Ferriss, Penny Marshall, Deepak Chopra and James Franco are some of the major authors on the launch list for Amazon Publishing. Its first list will debut in Fall 2012. Larry Kirshbaum says, "Our goal has been, and remains, to introduce authors to as many readers as possible. This new agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt enables us to broaden our distribution and get our books into more readers' hands." Posted on January 26, 2012 Permalink  | Comments (View) |  Tweet Your Ad Could Be Here! Get your message out with a text advertorial. Text Advertorials consist of 50 words of text, a graphic and link to your website. Click here to request our rate card! Stephen Colbert Talks to Author Maurice Sendak Stephen Colbert sat down for a conversation with Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak reaffirmed that he does not think he writes children's books. Sendak also said book signings are "dreadful." Sendak does not like being asked about writing a sequel to Where the Wild Things Are, so, of course, Colbert asked him about it. Colbert suggested Vin Diesel should be in the sequel. Colbert also edited a copy of Sendak's often banned book, In the Night Kitchen. Take a look: Posted on January 25, 2012 Permalink  | Comments (View) |  Tweet How To Make It As A Songwriter Mary Dawson's book, How to Get Somewhere in the Music Business from Nowhere with Nothing, gives you the inside scoop on how to make it in the music business as a songwriter. Mary teaches you all you need to know to make your songwriting dreams a reality. Click here to learn more. Andrew Miller Wins 2011 Costa Book of the Year Andrew Miller has won the 2011 Costa Book of the Year for his novel, Pure. The UK book award carries a $47,000 cash prize. Pure is Miller's sixth novel. Set in pre-revolutionary Paris in 1785, Pure tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Baratte, an ambitious young engineer, who is assigned the task of emptying the overflowing Parisian cemetery Les Innocents, and demolishing its church. The judges describe Pure as a "structurally and stylistically flawless historical novel, this book is a gripping story, beautifully written and emotionally satisfying." Reuters reports that there was bitter dissent among the judges and a "fierce debate." Some of the judges in the eight-member panel felt the prize should have gone to Now All Roads Lead to France by Matthew Holli. Costa also announced that it will expand its awards in 2012 to include a short story award. Details about the new competition will be announced later this year. Posted on January 24, 2012 Permalink  | Comments (View) |  Tweet Your Ad Could Be Here! Get your message out with a text advertorial. Text Advertorials consist of 50 words of text, a graphic and link to your website. Click here to request our rate card! 84th Academy Award Screenplay Nominations Announced The nominees for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Academy President Tom Sherak at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Here are the list of nominees for adapted screenplay and original screenplay. Writing (Adapted Screenplay) The Descendants, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Hugo, screenplay by John Logan The Ides of March, screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon Moneyball, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Writing (Original Screenplay) The Artist, written by Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids, written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig Margin Call, written by J.C. Chandor Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen A Separation, written by Asghar Farhadi The Artist, Bridesmaids and Midnight in Paris are also nominated for Best Original Screenplay for the 2012 BAFTAs. Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris won the Screenplay Golden Globe Award. You can see a complete list of the Oscar nominees here. Posted on January 24, 2012 Permalink  | Comments (View) |  Tweet Winners of 2012 Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal Announced Jack Gantos is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for his novel, Dead End in Norvelt. The book was published by Farrar Straus Giroux. The annual Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. Newbery Medal Committee Chair Viki Ash says, "Who knew obituaries and old lady death could be this funny and this tender?" The 2012 Newbery honor books are Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (HarperCollins Children's Books) and Breaking Stalin's Nose (Henry Holt and Company, LLC). A Ball for Daisy (Schwartz & Wade Books) by Chris Raschka won the Randolph Caldecott award for best illustration. Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Steven L. Herb says, "Chris Raschka's deceptively simple paintings of watercolor, gouache and ink explore universal themes of love and loss that permit thousands of possible variants. A Ball for Daisy holds as many unique stories as there will be young readers and re-readers." The 2012 Caldecott honor books are Blackout, written and illustrated by John Rocco (Hyperion Books) and Grandpa Green, written and illustrated by Lane Smith (Roaring Brook Press). Photos: Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Schwartz & Wade Books Posted on January 23, 2012 Permalink  | Comments (View) |  Tweet

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