The Crime Writers’ Association has announced the long lists for its three majer crime Dagger awards which include many of the biggest names in the genre. Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes, Michael Robotham’s Life or Death, Robert Galbraith’s The Silkworm and Attica Locke’s Pleasantville are among the ten contenders for the Goldsboro Gold Dagger awarded to…
New chapter in the Amazon versus Hachette battle
A new chapter in the on-going stoush between on-line retailing giant Amazon and the French publishing house Hachette, opened this week with Hachette boss Michael Pietsch (left) hitting back at accusations that the company is pushing up prices for e-books. “Hachette sets prices for our books entirely on our own, not…
JK Rowling’s secret book: magic or good marketing?
So J.K. Rowling wrote a crime book, The Cuckoo’s Calling, using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. It got some quite good reviews and sold a modest amount. Then someone ‘’outed’’ her as the author and, good heavens, interest in the book took off. By some extraordinary coincidence, a huge second run…