Each Friday we will share a post full of useful and fun publishing news of the week.
Digital news:
- “Hybrid author” Jennifer L. Armentrout signs a three-book, six-figure deal with Avon (HarperCollins) for her self-published novel, WAIT FOR YOU. The book later hit the #1 spot on the New York Times list.
- Amazon Publishing speeds up royalty payments to their authors.
- New HarperCollins romance imprint, Harper Impulse, opens to unsolicited submissions.
Traditional news:
- St. Martin’s reorganizes marketing and publicity departments.
- Jonathan Cape Children’s will now publish new fiction under the lead of Annie Eaton, the Random House Children’s UK publisher.
Writing news:
- Author Hillary T. Smith tackles the “writing is a job like any other” saying.
- Agent Rachelle Gardner talks about why an agent gives up on a project.
Book to Film:
- Shailene Woodley is offered the lead role in The Fault in Our Stars movie.
- Theo James is cast as Four and Kate Winslet is cast as Jeanine Matthews in Divergent movie.
Funny Book Things:
- Author Mark Lawrence opens a book holding contest.
- Red Hen Press has a new promotion strategy… chocolate bars!
Client News:
- The third book in the Immortal Circus series, A.R. Kahler’s THE IMMORTAL CIRCUS: FINAL ACT, has sold to David Pomerico at Amazon’s 47North imprint. Deal by Laurie McLean
- Lisa Kessler’s stand alone title BEG ME TO SLAY, also by Laurie, to Danielle Poiesz of Entangled Covet.
- Kelly Davio blogs her book tour.
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John Hansen is a YA writer and can be found on Twitter here.
