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Interview With Alex Keegan
He is a Contributing Editor for The Internet Writing Journal and has a devoted online following of his no-nonsense, expert advice on all aspects of writing. Now novelist and award-winning short story author Alex Keegan is launching an exciting new venture: a new literary magazine called 7th Quark. Alex talked to us about the launch of his new magazine and why he feels that a new voice is needed in the literary magazine market. He also discusses what he finds appealing about short stories, the most common mistakes he sees in writing contest submissions and what kinds of submissions he is looking for at the 7th Quark.

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Writer's Blog: British Book Sales: Nonfiction Slumps, Fiction Sells
The Bookseller reports that sales of nonfiction in Britain are slumping while sales of fiction are up 90%.
Sales of this year's top 10 non-fiction books in October were down 52% year on year, while sales of hardback fiction titles have soared by 90%. Figures for the most recent week to 31st October showed non-fiction continuing to underperform. Only Guinness World Records and Delia Smith's Delia's Happy Christmas (Ebury) sold more than 10,000 copies last week. Last year 10 hardback non-fiction titles passed this threshold during the same period.

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Cookery titles have in the past been a Christmas staple, with celebrity chefs whipping up high sales. However, sales of Jamie's America (Michael Joseph) have been well behind Jamie's Ministry of Food (Michael Joseph) from last year. Sally Hughes of Books for Cooks said: "Jamie did well when he was on TV but has fallen off quickly. River Cafe is not moving as well as we thought it might—it is selling but it seems a bit slow." However, retailers hailed the success of Guinness World Records, which knocked Dan Brown off this week’s top spot with sales of 31,812.

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In spite of non-fiction's woes, sales of fiction are thriving in early autumn. Hardback fiction was up almost double (90.2%) in October year on year. Books by Dan Brown, Martina Cole and Terry Pratchett have been enjoying healthy sales figures despite the recession. Rachel Russell, business unit director for books at W H Smith, said: "Fiction is doing very well and seems to be muscling into the non-­fiction market. I expect gifting to come later in non-fiction because Christmas falls on a Friday."
So why is fiction suddenly outselling nonfiction like crazy? Perhaps the terrible economy has something to do with it. Fiction is an escape. When times are bad, it's quite relaxing to dip into a fictional world. Other than cook books and lifestyle titles, most of the nonfiction is a tad depressing. Just dip into any of the finance/fall of Wall Street titles, for example, and prepare to be horrified.
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