Writers Write -- Writer's Blog and Writing and Publishing Resource

WritersWrite.com

Search

Amazon.com's new Kindle Fire gives you access to movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon's revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser. With a fast, powerful dual-core processor, the Kindle Fire is the latest in e-reader technology. Enjoy 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books; thousands of popular apps and games; ultra-fast web browsing with Amazon Silk, free cloud storage for all your Amazon content, and a vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle.
Click Here to learn more.

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.

Books-A-Million Won't Stock Books Published by Amazon

Books-A-Million will not be carrying any Amazon titles in its stores. Publishers Weekly reports that a BAM executive confirmed it won't carry any Amazon published titles. Amazon partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to have its books published in print form through the publisher's New Harvest imprint, but the two leading U.S. bricks-and-mortar booksellers are refusing to carry the books.

Barnes & Noble announced last week that it won't stock any titles from Amazon Publishing. Barnes & Noble blamed Amazon's push for exclusivity with certain publishers, agents and authors. Barnes & Noble said these exclusives have prevented it from offering certain ebooks to its customers.

Books-A-Million operates over 200 stores in the U.S. and Barnes & Noble has over 700 stores. This makes at least 900 stores where Amazon's books (published through New Harvest) will not be available.

Posted on February 5, 2012

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!

Sh*t Agents and Editors Say

We've been trying to ignore the barrage of "Sh*t ___ Say" videos that have swept the interwebs lately, but this one was just too on target to pass up. Foundry agent Brandi Bowles, Folio agent Michelle Brower and Da Capo editor Katie McHugh created the video to give us a peek into their world. Take a look:

Posted on February 4, 2012

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.

The End May Be Near for Dorchester Publishing

Publishers Weekly reports that the end may be near for Dorchester Publishing. The fate of the publisher will be decided by the end of February.

PW says that all editorial staff has left the company, as has the senior vice president of sales and marketing, Tim DeYoung. The company is reorganizing and will announce the fate of its ebook and trade paperback lines by the end of the month. The company told PW that it is working to ensure author royalty payment obligations are satisfied.

Posted on February 4, 2012

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!

Winners of the 2012 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards Announced

Claremont Graduate University (CGU) has announced the winners of the 2012 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award carries a $100,000 cash prize and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award comes with a $10,000 prize. You can find out more about the annual awards here.

Timothy Donnelly of Brooklyn, New York, won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his book The Cloud Corporation (Wave, Picador). The Cloud Corporation is Donnelly�s second book. His first, Twenty-seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit (Grove), was published in 2003. This spring Donnelly is the Theodore H. Holmes �51 and Bernice Holmes Visiting Associate Professor at Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing and Lewis Center for the Arts.

Katherine Larson, a molecular biologist and field ecologist from Tucson, Arizona, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her book of poetry, Radial Symmetry (Yale University Press). In addition to the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Larson's work has been honored by a Ruth Lilly Fellowship and the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Poetry Prize.

Wendy Martin, director of the Tufts Poetry Award program, said in a statement, �these poets carry forward a tradition marked by distinguished past winners including Robert Wrigley, Tom Sleigh, Matthea Harvey, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Chase Twichell. CGU is proud to be able to make these important awards."

Posted on February 2, 2012

Barnes & Noble Won't Stock a Single Book Published by Amazon

Barnes & Noble has decided it will not carry any books published by Amazon. Amazon recently partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's New Harvest imprint to have New Harvest distribute print versions of its books. Amazon was probably hoping that having the print version of its books published by the Harcourt imprint would get them into bricks-and-mortars stores, but Barnes & Noble is not about to let that happen in its stores.

Here is the statement from Jaime Carey, Chief Merchandising Officer of Barnes & Noble.

"Barnes & Noble has made a decision not to stock Amazon published titles in our store showrooms. Our decision is based on Amazon's continued push for exclusivity with publishers, agents and the authors they represent. These exclusives have prohibited us from offering certain eBooks to our customers. Their actions have undermined the industry as a whole and have prevented millions of customers from having access to content. It's clear to us that Amazon has proven they would not be a good publishing partner to Barnes & Noble as they continue to pull content off the market for their own self interest. We don't get many requests for Amazon titles, but If customers wish to buy Amazon titles from us, we will make them available only online at bn.com"

Bloomberg Businessweek writer Brad Stone shared the statement from Barnes & Noble on his Google+ account. Stone recently wrote the article, Amazon's Hit Man, about Larry Kirshbaum, the former head of the Time Warner Book Group who now runs Amazon Publishing.

Posted on January 31, 2012

The Writers Write^®
Lifestyle Network

Bloggers Blog
Book Blog
Crafters Craft
Drivers Drive
Fantasy SF Blog
Gamers Game
Health News Blog
HowToWeb.com
The IWJ Blog
Lovers Love
Media Cynic
Petosphere
Pleasant Morning Buzz
Science News Blog
Shoppers Shop
Shopping Blog
Singers Sing
Surfers Surf
Traders Trade
Video Nacho
Watchers Watch
Workers Work
The Write News

The latest news from
ShoppingBlog.com

ABC's The River Premieres Tonight: Is it the Scariest Show Ever to Air on Prime Time?

Lanvin Spring Summer 2012 Ad Campaign Contains Many Snakes

Mattel to Unveil Giant Barbie Dream Closet at Fashion Week

Papa Murphy's Launches HeartBaker Pizza

Second Trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 3D Starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone

Fun Life Toys Launches Cuddle Covers

Featured Sections

Jobs and Markets

Community

Special Sections

Resources

Search Tools

Site Information

Search

Kindle: The World's Bestselling E-reader