Published on September 21st
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Waterstones (owned by HMV) is limiting its buying policy to a central decision on 350 titles and cutting down on stocking picturebooks, came the worse news that the management buy-out proposed for Ottakar's by Managing Director James Heneage and two colleagues might be trumped by a higher bid from HMV themselves...
It's an exciting time for authors on the interweb. Just last weekend I attended an exciting lecture on ePublishing potential given by Shoo Rayner and Steve Skidmore on the subject of their latest web venture: publishing quality out-of-print childrens books on the net, some with new animated illustrations and audio functionality. It's not the only project of this nature that's getting started as authors are increasingly taking control of their own marketing and taking advantage of the potential of the net to increase their profiles...
Longlists, shortlists and announcements of winners.
Moves, mergers, and all the rest of the industry news.
Natural disasters, whether caused by global warming or not, make an instant impact on our compassion. News images on television and in the newspapers bring them home to us and cause us to dig deep into our pockets to send relief to areas less fortunate than the ones we live in...
