Why keeping up with publishing company changes is essential for writers.
- Ventura Press news, Instagram disaster and 10 manuscripts coming in every day
- Australian publishing news, Affirm has been bought by Simon & Schuster
- Simon and Shuster is owned by KKR
- How it will work, Affirm is keeping its sales team.
- Writers will still approach Affirm directly not via Simon & Shuster
- Hardie Grant have bought Pantera Press
- Background of Hardie Grant and why Pantera is a good buy for them
- Pantera’s founders are not staying with the new owners
- Hardie Grant’s businesses which complement the publishing
- Build to sell – this often happens with independent companies
- Australian book market going well but still American fiction dominates
- Knowledge is power, helps authors to pitch well… which not all do
- Aspiring writers do well to understand the business of publishing
- List of trade publishers around the world and why to read them
What we’ve been reading
Death At The Sign of The Rook – Kate Atkinson
The Vagus Nerve Reset – Anna Ferguson
The Burrow – Melanie Cheng
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fyfe – Anna Johnston
Special Delivery – Leesa Ronald (to be published Dec 2024)
Intermezzo – Sally Rooney
Stoneyard Devotional – Charlotte Wood
Links
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au
https://www.publishersweekly.com
https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com
Jane Curry Links
- Jane Curry Advisory: www.janecurryadvisory.com
- Ventura Press: www.venturapress.com.au
- www.instagram.com/venturapress__
- www.instagram.com/janecurry1
Seana Smith Links
- Seana Smith website: www.seanasmith.com
- Sober Journeys website: wwwsoberjourneys.com
- www.instagram.com/seanasmith
- www.instagram.com/sober_journeys
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/whatdidyoureadtoday/
Buy Going Under
In Australia: Going Under is available in bookshops and online stores in Australia and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the USA: https://www.amazon.com/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
In the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Going-Under-memoir-secrets-addiction/dp/0645497231/
Going Under Audiobook: Going Under on Audible, narrated by Seana Smith, click here.
Going Under on Spotify: Listen to Going Under on Spotify here.
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