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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by John Barnett
THE SUPREME ACCOLADE for crime fiction has its origins in the Crossed Red Herrings Award, invented for the Crime Writers’ Association in 1955 by John Creasey, whose centenary falls this year. Winston Graham won the first award. Five years later it was renamed the CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction.
The shortlist is on The Times Online’s […]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by John Barnett
Turns out they’re threatening to take authors BUY NOW buttons away if they don’t use their Print on Demand Services.
Here come the lawyers.
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Posted on May 20th, 2008 by John Barnett
The world’s biggest online bookseller may be changing the face of publishing as Book Surge becomes their print on demand platform.
Forbes Report on the Book Trade
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Posted on May 12th, 2008 by John Barnett
A few months ago, I was on MyWritersCircle in the Review my Work section looking for something to read when I came accross a strange tale of a girl called Tess who was abandoned on a Remote Island by her insane boyfriend and left to die.
It turns out she wasn’t the first of this guy’s victims […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by John Barnett
Harper Collins has decided to open its own site where you can upload your own work to. They anticipate professionals in the publishing world to scout for new talent there.
Strange how publishers are looking for alternate ways to promote talent. There’s obviously something in the wind. I’ll check it out as soon as I get […]
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by John Barnett
Write about what you know.
It’s not what you know it’s who you know.
Write about Hollywood.
Have a famous surname.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/how-do-you-get-a-debut-novel-published-it-helps-if-your-surname-is-depp-824575.html
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by John Barnett
Amanda Ross’s Cactus TV is to team up with ITV3 to launch a set of new crime thriller awards. The awards will cover tv, film and books and will be launched at the Harrogate Festival with the awards ceremony being televised in the Autumn as part of an ITV3 crime season. The season will draw […]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by John Barnett
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Down River by John Hart (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by John Barnett
Dead Woman’s Shoes - Kaye C Hill Publisher Creme de la Crime.
I haven’t read this yet but I certainly have it on my list of novels to buy in April. I love crime fiction with a little bit of comedy thrown in and this sounds like a ripping good read.
Here’s the synopsis.
All she wanted […]
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Posted on April 18th, 2008 by John Barnett
Just read a blog post by Lee Goldberg.
Normally I would say, “leave the artwork to your publisher, they know what they are doing.”
Once again. I stand corrected.
Would you assume that the book depicted on Lee’s blog is a crime novel?
I thought it was a bad Stephen King rip-off.
Here’s the link to Lee’s writing blog
Thanks Lee, […]
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