Category Archives: Publishing
Rules and commandments
There’s been a bunch of guidelines and rules for writers published over the years. As long as people want to write (but don’t quite now how or what about) I guess there always will be. I thought I’d share my … Continue reading
Filed under Crime Fiction, Personal posts, Publishing
Elif Batuman, the LRB and creative writing programmes
Elif Batuman recently wrote a piece in the LRB about creative writing programmes. Ostensibly it was a review of Mark Gurl’s history of such programmes – The Programme Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing. As so often … Continue reading
Filed under Personal posts, Publishing
Holidays and Kindles redux
I got back from holiday yesterday. I was away more than two weeks and the only reading matter I had on me was my new Kindle (a Kindle 2). So, how did that work out for me? I posted my … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative posts, Publishing
Holidays and Kindles
I’ve recently received one of the new next generation Kindles (Kindle 2 I think they’re called, though I could be confusing models). It’s £109 from Amazon UK and wifi but not 3g enabled. There are 3g versions, I just didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative posts, Publishing
The situation seems to be deterioriating…
The Fuller Memorandum, by Charles Stross The Fuller Memorandum is the first novel I have read entirely on a mobile phone. Amazon UK recently launched the new wave of Kindles. I placed an order for one, which should arrive next … Continue reading
Filed under Horror Fiction, Publishing, Science Fiction, Stross, Charles
Gloomy but fun
On Sunday I went to my first literary event. I’m not as a rule interested in readings or signings and I tend to think that if a writer has something interesting to say to the public it’s probably already in … Continue reading
Filed under Central European Literature, Publishing
What makes a good bookshop?
A discussion over at John Self’s Asylum blog got me thinking about this question today. The answer of course is highly personal, but when I thought about the bookshops I tend to enjoy browsing and buying in there are some … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the lifespan of genres
I said in my post about William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki stories that I’d post shortly about the lifespan of genres. This isn’t a topic I know as well as I’d like to, but essentially genres are not the fixed things … Continue reading
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Further thoughts on epublishing
I promise a post about a specific book shortly, honest. Anyway, there’s now an excellent debate on the implications of ebooks for publishing at the Guardian here. You need to scroll down in the comments past the Amazon specific stuff, … Continue reading
Filed under Ebooks, Publishing
