How to you position yourself as an ‘Expert’?

by Chris Day When it comes to raising your profile, and establishing yourself as an ‘expert’ in people’s eyes, there is nothing to beat being seen as the author of a book on your specialist subject. As a published author you have status and are...

EU court rules libraries can digitise books without permission

by Terrence O’Brien The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that libraries have the right to digitise books and distribute them to dedicated reading terminals without first obtaining the publisher’s permission. The decision rests on...

Harper Collins may withdraw all its books from Amazon

by ┬á Jillian D’Onfro The contract between “Big Five” book publisher HarperCollins and Amazon is about to expire and HarperCollins is refusing to sign an agreement with the new terms that Amazon is asking, a source with knowledge of the situation...

JK Rowling’s life advice: ten quotes on the lessons of failure

The Harry Potter authorÔÇÖs new book is based on an inspirational speech she gave to Harvard students. Here are some of the best quotes JK Rowling has some inspirational advice for graduating students ÔÇô or for anyone in this universe, really. Her new book, Very Good...

Amazon Controls 95% of the eBook Market in the UK

By Michael Kozlowski The president of the UK Booksellers Association, Tim Walker spoke at the Nielsen BookInsights conference yesterday and made some startling revelations. During a round-table discussion Tim said ÔÇ£I do a have a concern that AmazonÔÇÖs dominance is...

Copyrights ÔÇô and Wrongs! What every author needs to know!

The BBC launches a new website – Copyright Aware This month the BBC launches Copyright Aware, a website dedicated to raising awareness about copyright and knowing your rights as an author and creator. The website recognises that with the rise of blogs, vlogs and...