by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 15, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
Last week Crikey published my response (requires registration) to the Publishers Launch conference that ran on June 4th, the day before the juggernaut of Book Expo America. The conference focused on digital publishing and the ways old and new publishers are responding...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 9, 2012 | Blog, Client book news and links, Publishing
Allen & Unwin guru Jane Palfreyman sent me this photo of the Big W point-of-sale-display (POSD) for my client Fiona Higgins’ debut novel The Mothers’ Group. The POSD began as part of a Mothers’ Day push for the book, published in late March, and...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 30, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
I don’t know whether my most-retweeted links reflect my eclectic reading habits or my Tweeps’ diverse interests, but the list below is definitely a May miscellany. For anyone new to my blog, a warm welcome, and a quick explanation that at the end of each...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 25, 2012 | Blog, Publishing
Two of my clients have been surprised recently to learn that they are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce song lyrics in their respective novels. I’m sorry to break it to you, authors, but if you want to reproduce anything by another artist in your...
by Virginia Lloyd | May 20, 2012 | Blog, Grants for writers
If you’re an Australian writer who missed the deadline for the latest round of Australia Council Literature Grants, here are three due at the end of May that might interest you: Writers Victoria is offering three emerging writers and three mid-career writers the...