Super excited to see The New Voices Award competition go live. Amazon Publishing has partnered with OWN IT! to bring this competition into being with a goal of addressing issues around inclusion and representation in commercial fiction.
There is still time for folks to get their works into the competiton by going here and submitting.
Good luck.
I am excited that my US colleagues have signed a new deal with Dean Koontz for five more books. We’ve really enjoyed bringing his work to even more readers globally, and it seems that he’s pleased too:
Koontz said: “Working with the wonderful team at Thomas & Mercer has energised me and freed my imagination from all constraints. I am delighted to be extending our relationship for another five novels. Their enthusiasm and creativity are inspiring, and they produce beautiful editions that book lovers and collectors (like me) find irresistible.”
The Bookseller: Thomas & Mercer signs five books from Koontz
Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter has cruised past $20M in pledges and it has weeks left to run.
It’s gotten some attention:
NYT: Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish
The Bookseller: Sanderson raises more than $18.5m on Kickstarter to publish four new novels
To say this is impressive is to understate the case.
Good to see this massive and important genre with millions of readers (and one in which Amazon Publishing publishes very successfully through our Montlake imprint) getting some media attention, even if the piece is quite short:
“Romance is still too white,” says Nadine Gonzalez, a Haitian-American author now published by Mills & Boon. The publisher has launched a competition to find writers from “underrepresented ethnic backgrounds” in order to “bring more diverse characters” to the genre.
There’s no way this stat doesnt at least make you think:
Mr Fallon said Pearson was selling 20m books a year when he became chief in 2013. This year, it expects to sell 2m.
From FT.com today (£)
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