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Posts Tagged ‘publishers’
Nemesis Is Coming
Fighting Dirty
A blogger who described a model as a “skank”, an “old hag” and a “psychotic lying whore” plans to sue Google for $18 million after they were forced to reveal her identity following a court …
BookMooch Saves Publishing
If serial internet entrepreneur John Buckman had never visited Norwich, UK, while pursuing his interest in constructing lutes… then BookMooch might never have happened. In fact, he did – and BookMooch is now one of …
The Last Catalog
Non-fiction publishing has been the hardest-hit of all publishing sectors by the advent of the internet: not many books in this area have been able to withstand the impact of free, up-to-date information that the …
How Not To Get Ripped Off
It’s a worry that often plagues new authors – how can you protect your precious ideas from being stolen? Today, Peter addresses two listeners’ questions: is there anything you can do to make your ideas …
Martyn Daniels
The Podcast’s very own business guru, Martyn is one of the most respected consultants in publishing. He is Vice-President of Marketing, Media and Publishing for Value Chain International and knows the business better than many …
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, …
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 …
Put The Writer In the Box
Taking a welcome break from the Scribd story that we first broke on LITOPIA AFTER DARK nearly ten days ago, we’re again talking to highly-acclaimed British author Geoff Dyer (the Daily Telegraph calls him “the …
Beautiful Words
More revealing background information today from Peter about the smart new website Scribd that allows people to upload and download pirate copies of books, thus depriving authors and publishers of their legitimate income.
In today’s Write …
A Tale of Two Publishers
Jonah Lehrer, author of the newly-published The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind chats to Peter today for the last time… about writing for the New Yorker, writing on planes, inheriting Malcolm …
Reductionism
Jonah Lehrer, author of the just-published The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind continues to talk to Peter today about some of the profound issues his book raises – in particular, the …
Sweaty Hands in the Casino of Life
Jonah Lehrer, author of the just-published The Decisive Moment: How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind continues talking to Peter today about neuroscience, decision-making and the concept that “pure reason” may be a disease. If …
How McDonalds Could Save The World
EcoLogic
It’s Friday, and Brian Clegg’s returns for the last time to discuss his new book Ecologic: The Truth and Lies of Green Economics with Peter and Peggy Brusseau… today’s topics – how McDonalds can save …
The Question All Authors Dread
Jugs of Joy
Today brings the last part of Peter’s discussion with James Attlee, author of Isolarion, and as is often the case, the best is saved till last.
In today’s Write Report, Donna reports that publishers …
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