In the week that mother-of-three Claire Allen (36) from Rhondda, South Wales found the image of Jesus on a Marmite jar lid, we ask – are these the end times?
The evidence is strong. With hundreds …
Posts Tagged ‘authors’
Are You A Fair Reader?
Apart from being the author of ninety (count ‘em!) books for children and young adults – her latest book, Deathwatch, is just about to be published – Nicola Morgan is also the Chair of the …
At Home With The Hells Angels
Undercover agent Jay Dobyns
They’re part of American mythology: OMGs (outlaw motorcycle gangs) are uniquely American in origin, and indeed the country’s only indigenous organized crime movement. Today, in the company of former undercover agent Jay …
Is Your Publishing House Your Home?
We have a scintillating international panel for your entertainment and enjoyment tonight. Leading lawyer, author and Litopia Daily’s newshound Donna Ballman is back from her travels and ready to dispense some authorial wisdom. She’s joined …
The Gorilla That is Amazon Becomes A Publisher
Continuing our insider’s guide to “those other” pages in a book – the ones that authors don’t write – what can your learn (professionally) from the table of contents and the acknowledgements? A heck of …
Why Don’t They Just Burn The Books?
Peter’s looking ahead to the next couple of weeks on LITOPIA DAILY – there are some wonderful treats in store for you – and then, he tries to deliver the news, too…
In today’s Write Report, …
It’s FutureAgent!
Today’s our last chat with Canadian author Mary W. Walters whose seminal blog post has stirred and shaken literary agents on both sides of the Atlantic. What future is there for the agent in tomorrow’s …
Agents With Attitude
When Canadian author Mary W. Walters wrote a blog post accusing literary agents of performing a disservice to both authors and publishing, she opened the floodgates to a tsunami of accumulated authorial resentment. Today, we’re …
Authors – Keep Out!
We continue our discussion with author Mary W. Walters whose blog post criticising the role of literary agents in today’s publishing business has ignited a firestorm of controversy. Do agents simply provide material that publishers …
Agents Are Ruining Publishing
Canadian author Mary W. Walters penned a seminal blog post some three weeks ago that’s attracted unprecedented attention amongst writers and the publishing world generally. Entitled The Talent Killers: How Literary Agents Are Destroying Literature …
My Agent is the Zodiac Killer & He Killed Publishing
Today, Peter has an opinion column in this week’s issue of The Bookseller that questions the role of the agent in tomorrow’s publishing business – it’s a good curtain-raiser to our coverage next week of …
The Perils of DRM
Our discussion with leading intellectual property lawyer Jeremy Morton, partner at international law firm Fasken Martineau, concludes today – does DRM (digital rights management) offer authors any protection from piracy? Research shows that the fear …
Writing Realistic Pancreas Scenes
Our discussion with leading intellectual property lawyer Jeremy Morton, partner at international law firm Fasken Martineau, continues today – we’re looking back to the good old, bad old days of tape-to-tape copying brought to you …
Brave New Words
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports how sci-fi writers have a knack of predicting (or is that creating?) science fact way in advance of scientists themselves. And a campaign led by book readers seeks to …
Pirates Ahoy!
Today Peter is taking stock of the ongoing debate about Scribd and book piracy. Where are we? And what can authors do? Piracy is the biggest issue authors face in the digital future – and …
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