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The Irish Writers’ Union: What has it ever done for us? by...
Having coined a Pythonesque phrase, I could follow-up by providing a long list of positive pro-action on the part of the Irish Writers’ Union (IWU), but truthfully the most important...

Author Rights: Use Them to the Max! by Denise Deegan
Last December, I published a crossover novel called Through the Barricades, a coming-of-age love story set during a time of war (WW1) and revolution (Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising). With any...

Difficult Second Novel Syndrome by Hazel Gaynor
As I wave a fond farewell to my status of ‘debut author’ and send my second novel A Memory of Violets out into the world, my emotional state is an...

Google Books – What Next by Samantha Holman, Irish Copyright Licensing Agency
After seven long years an end is somewhat in sight for the Google Book Settlement. On October 4th Google and the American Association of Publishers announced that they had signed...

The Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12th to 16th 2011 www.book-fair.com Several years ago I remember heading to the London Book Fair – a city I knew pretty well and one where I...

The Indian Book Market
The publishing world has been in a state of flux for a number of years. Technological advances such as increased internet speeds and portable storage have been two of the...

International Rights; Selling Your Book Abroad
International rights are simply all publishing rights outside of the author’s home territory, including both English language rights and translation rights. When and author or their agent makes a deal...