It’s time for a new set of book awards, which more accurately reflect the modern industry. So who will win the prize for ‘Most Profitable Resurrection Of A Dead Author’? What about ‘Book Club Darling Most Likely To Cause Smugness When The Movie Comes Out’? Or ‘Most Blatant Exploitation of The Book-Buying Public’? Read on to find out.
I hope you’re ready for another barrage of articles about the new Stieg-Larsson-Not-Stieg-Larsson, because they’re queuing up like full bladders at a music festival Portaloo. But first, at the risk of incontinence, I would myself like to discuss the marketing phenomenon that is ‘Continuation Fiction’.* In the world of Continuation Fiction, the characters live on, even if the authors don’t. Or indeed,…
Writers don’t make any money, let alone a living. This has once again become a hot topic. A writer behind a newspaper article in this country just a short time ago was praised for bravery for saying exactly this, but those of us who live half of our existences online could have told you this a good two centuries ago.…
Tara Sparling writes 