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2015 San Francisco Book Festival Call for Entries

The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,...

Amazon Fails to See How It Punishes Authors

Opinion Over the quiet weekend, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing sent an e-mail to its authors asking that they essentially help the company strong-arm Hachette Book Group into agreeing to Amazon's new terms. Those terms would drastically reduce the price of certain...

2014 New England Book Fest Call for Entries

The 2014 New England Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, young adult, how-to,...

Seattle Film Festival Call for Submissions – 2014

The 11th annual STIFF is the 1st annual Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival, and filmmakers and storytellers of all persuasions are invited to submit their work for consideration. Early submission is now open for entries in all 18 categories, including...

Simon & Schuster Introduces New Video Series on Books-2014

“Behind The Book from Simon & Schuster,” a new series of videos featuring Simon & Schuster editors and publishers sharing anecdotes, professional insight and behind-the-scenes background on new and upcoming titles is now live, it was announced today.    The...

Writers Without Borders Features Finnish Writing This Month-2014

Words without Borders, the online magazine for international literature, announces the release of its August issue, “A New North: Contemporary Writing from Finland.” The writers in this month’s issue present a compelling portrait of Finnish literature, many of them...

2014 Southern California Book Fest – Call for Entries

The 2014 Southern California Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the fall. The Southern California Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...

2015 San Francisco Book Festival Call for Entries – 2014

The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The 2015 San Francisco Book Festival will consider non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,...