Links to this month's top stories
Our new feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Self-publishing will save literary fiction | Hugh Howey
Harlequin Romance Tries to Adjust to Changing Times | Publishing Perspectives
Self-Publishers Go to the Library: SELF-e at BEA's Author Hub | Publishing Perspectives
Is It O.K. to Mine Real Relationships for Literary Material? - NYTimes.com
Former East Kilbride News reporter secures publishing deal - Daily Record
AAR Calls Out Amazon in Hachette Dispute
Are Literary Agents Really Worth Their Commission? | Digital Book World
The novel is dead (this time it's for real) | Books | The Guardian
Notes on the (non-)death of the book - Los Angeles Times
Reasons to Be Optimistic During the Disruption of Publishing
Mills & Boon announces 'totally new' digital storytelling format | Books | theguardian.com.
Links to this month's top stories
The Underrated, Universal Appeal of Science Fiction - Chris Beckett - The Atlantic
BookBrunch - Authors, agents and self-publishing
BBC News - Amazon revenue up but offset by increasing expenses
Lamp Lighters and Seed Sowers: Tomorrow's YA | Publishing Perspectives
Vampire Writer L.J. Smith Bites Back - WSJ.com
Is There a Formula for an International Bestseller? | Publishing Perspectives
London Book Fair 2014: Howey Champions DIY Publishing
Why Do Celebrities Think They Can Write Children's Books? | Publishing Perspectives
The end of the beginning | FutureBook
LBF's Digital Minds: The Golden Age or End of the Book? | Publishing Perspectives
Paper Lantern Lit and the Rise of the Hybrid Agent
Archipelago Books: 10 Years, 100 Titles, 26 Languages | Publishing Perspectives
BookBrunch - How the Andrew Lownie agency places its authors
How Self-Publishing Led Amazon to German Ebook Dominance | Publishing Perspectives
'The ebook revolution hasn't even begun' - Telegraph
BookBrunch - A writer at the 2014 Bologna Book Fair
Tech gives strugglers the confidence to read more | Books | The Observer
The Apartheid of Children's Literature - NYTimes.com
Hugh Howey Gives Toxic Advice for Self-Publishers
Kureishi slams creative writing courses | The Bookseller
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society The Price Ain't Right
Why Huge Publishing Advances can be Huge Steps Backwards | FutureBook
Do book awards bring out our inner hipsters? » MobyLives
BookBrunch - A calculated risk led to success for A Calculated Life
Lynda La Plante forms own rights company | The Bookseller
Cornerstone buys four from self-published Tracy Bloom | The Bookseller
The fall of the house of books | FutureBook
The 7k Report - Author Earnings
Hugh Howey and the Indie Author Revolt
Publishers Want to Bring Binge Consumption to Books - The Wire
Amazon: Game Changer or Whipping Boy?
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