by Susan Daffron Last year was the first time I participated in the Self-Publisher’s Online Conference, and it was a great experience. Run by Susan Daffron and James Byrd, owners of Logical Expressions and longtime self-publishers themselves, this online event… Read More

Over the past year, literary agencies have been embracing digital publishing technologies and taking on the role of the publisher. For example, literary agent Scott Waxman is publishing eBooks through Diversion Books and Dystel & Goderich will help clients navigate… Read More

The PDF (Adobe’s Portable Document Format) version of your book has become a key component in the entire book production workflow. At different stages of production, the PDF might be used for: Sending rough layout proofs to an author or… Read More

Love books? Love Martha Stewart? Then you’ll undoubtedly love this job. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is looking for a managing editor for its books and special projects team. In this role, you’ll set, oversee and enforce all deadlines for the… Read More

Here are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Misha Berson will be signing her new book Something’s Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and… Read More

Subscription services favored over single file sales; no significant difference in behavior of men and women; a typical monthly “spend” of $10. Those are among the findings of a recent survey of 1000 American internet users by the Pew Internet… Read More

It's hard to tell if this catastrophe should be blamed on Stella Artois or the liquor store.Apparently the price of proofreading this sign was too much. Regardless of the punctuation, if I drink Stella, I have a catastrophic headache the… Read More

Madonna has had a pretty colorful life, and pretty soon you’ll be able to see it in full color. Independent publisher Bluewater Productions has a new comic book coming out in August based on the star’s life. Female Force: Madonna… Read More

Peter Falk, actor, author and star of Columbo, has passed away.  His cigar-smoking TV detective was immortalized in a series of books. In 2007, the actor published the memoir, Just One More Thing: Stories from my Life. Follow this… Read More

Author Neil Gaiman hopes to write a sequel to his novel, American Gods. According to an interview with MTV News, the novelist has a “boxful of stuff” he would include in the sequel. Gaiman explained: “The first book was very… Read More

Good morning! It’s been a week of non-stop rain for us – I hope you’re faring better wherever you are. Before you enjoy whatever it is you’re going to do this weekend, here are your freelance writing jobs. Freelance Writing… Read More

Author Rachel Renee Russell has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster’s Aladdin imprint to publish books five and six (currently untitled) in the popular Dork Diaries middle grade series. Aladdin will release the fourth title, Dork Diaries 3 ½:… Read More

VS Naipaul recently raised not a few literary hackles when the Nobel Laureate for Literature told an interviewer that no woman past or present was his literary equal. It reinforced the notion that writers, especially famous literary ones, have a… Read More

Bookworms, do you know your way around the Internet? Random House is on the hunt for a digital marketing manager for Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. You’ll be managing the company’s websites, handling e-newsletters and manning the publisher’s social media initiatives.… Read More

The new social network inReads will celebrate its full launch this week. The site lets users have conversations about books, read reviews and get reading recommendations.  After four weeks in beta mode, inReads counted 10,000 page views and 1,000 Twitter… Read More

Here are some handpicked titles from our New Books section. Want to include your book? Just read our Facebook Your New or Upcoming Book post. Don’t forget to include your title’s exact release date and a link. Darkness Visible by P. G. … Read More

J. K. Rowling revealed today that she will sell eBook versions of her Harry Potter series online. According to Wired, the books will be available on all major devices without digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. Instead of limiting use of… Read More

Many independent bookstores across the country are considering charging for in-store author events. According to The New York Times, bookstore owners feel that too many people use their businesses as a place to research new titles and later buy the… Read More

Random House Publishing Group will relaunch its Loveswept imprint as a “digital-exclusive imprint,” reviving a romance line that originated at Bantam Books in the 1980s. Explore more than 900 titles from the original line at RomanceWiki. The original Loveswept imprint… Read More

These photos were taken at the April installment of Doveman’s Burgundy Stain Sessions residency at )(Le) Poisson Rouge. This installment featured special guest Rufus Wainwright as well as surprise guests Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (feat. Sean Lennon) and… Read More

We’ve rounded up some literary events to keep you busy this week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Literary criticism is in a state of transition. What will its future look like?… Read More

Skype has released a new group video calling feature that lets users have conversations with up to ten people at a time. This is great news for book clubs that wish to meet from remote locations or, better yet, book… Read More

Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint will release 35 titles from the late Ed McBain‘s police procedural 87th Precinct series–republishing these books in print, digital and audio formats. The 87th Precinct reprints will begin this fall, and Thomas & Mercer… Read More

Over at eBookNewser, we have been tracking the Top Grossing iPad apps in the books category for the past two months. So far, comic book apps and Bible apps tend to dominate the list, which isn’t a big surprise. Digital… Read More

Bristol Palin dishes about Levi Johnston and Meghan McCain in her new memoir, Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far (out today from William Morrow). In the book, the teenage mother, abstinence advocate and Dancing with the Stars star… Read More

We’ve collected the hardcover books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending June 19, 2011–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month. (Debuted at #5) Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo … Read More

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has landed a book deal with Scribner to write a memoir with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.  No publication date has been set and the book is currently untitled. Here’s more from the release: “[It] will… Read More

Arthur Whitney Ellsworth, the first publisher of The New York Review of Books, has passed away. He was 75 years old. Ellsworth received his undergraduate education at Harvard University. Following six months of military service, he began his career… Read More

World War II historian Carlo D’Este has won the 2011 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. At the library’s Liberty Gala on October 22, the historian will receive a $100,000 honorarium, citation and medallion. Most… Read More

Today Simon & Schuster named Paul Crichton vice president, director of publicity for the  Children’s Publishing Division. Crichton joined the division in 2006, handling campaigns for authors ranging from Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) to Lynne Cheney. In a… Read More

Nearly one thousand online readers have signed a petition urging Dilbert creator Scott Adams to apologize publicly for his controversial column about sex scandals. Here’s more from the petition website: “[Adams] has written a blog insinuating that the act of… Read More