Class Action Suit Against Penguin’s Self-Publishing Arm

This from Courthouse News Service:

“Penguin Group’s self-publishing branch, Author Solutions, cheats writers of royalties and charges them to correct typos in manuscripts that the company itself inserted, three unhappy authors claim in a federal class action.”

For the entire post, click here.

Thanks to The Passive Guy for this tip.

Literary Agents in the Brave New World of #selfpublishing

In a blistering post David Gaughran takes on a newly formed ‘self-publishing’ company (if you want to know why I use the quotes, check out my self-publishing basics. I’m going to be updating that post in a couple minutes) and the literary agents backing it.

Whether you’re a published author, or are considering it, this post is a ‘must read.’

Click here for the post.

 

#amazon beta-testing #ebook #cover Generator

If you’re planning to self-publish an ebook, and don’t have the skills, you’re in luck. Amazon’s experimenting with an automated ebook cover generator (on the lines of CreateSpace’s cover generator. And it’ll be free.) About time, I say.

The Digital Reader has more details on this.

Literary #agents Reinventing Themselves

With so many (inexpensive) options available to authors who are not traditionally published (and even those who are), literary agents are having to reinvent themselves. An interesting post from The Passive Voice.

Fiction First: Writing a Stunning Debut Novel

This video is from the recently concluded The Hindu Lit for Life 2013. Authors Jerry Pinto and Nilanjana Roy converse about the first book being the first love.

Book #publishers accepting #submissions

I came across a wonderful (and exhaustive!) list of book publishers, categorized by genre, currently accepting submissions from authors. Click here  for the link.

Major Publisher Calls for Unagented Submissions

If you write adult and young adult speculative fiction, now’s your chance. Harper Voyager is calling for unagented submissions between Oct 1 – 14, 2012. Click here  for details.

If You Write Short Stories

If you write only short stories, its been tough to get published traditionally. Self-Publishing has made that easier, of course, but there are other ways.

The Huffington Post has a good post on how to get your short stories published. Click here for the link.

Best E-publishing Resources

I’ve not been posting regularly because I was busy with the launch of my book Tell A Thousand Lies. Now that it is out on Amazon both as ebook and paperback, with some really terrific reviews (39 reviews, 4.6 stars out of 5) I’m happy to get back to blogging.

Jane Friedman has a listing of great publishing resources up on her website. Click here for details.

Unpublished Writers: Now’s Your Chance

Literary Agent, Janet Reid, announces the Liz Norris Pay It Forward Writing Contest. If you’re not represented by an agent, and if you’re not self-published, here’s your chance to snag a literary agent. The prize offered is Registration for the Backspace Writing Conference in NYC (May 24-26), travel stipend of $300, and a three night hotel stay

Click here for details.