Links to this week's top stories
Our new feature links to interesting blogs or articles posted online, which will help keep you up to date with what's going on in the book world:
Bookseller groups disappointed by US Department of Justice settlement
The General Secretary of the Society of Authors in the UK on the threats to authors
The Search is on for the Greatest American novelist
Writing Memoir and Autobiography
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Choosing a Service
Are you having difficulty deciding which service might be right for you? This useful article by Chris HolifieldManaging director of WritersServices; spent working life in publishing,employed by everything from global corporations to start-ups; track record includes: editorial director of Sphere Books, publishing director of The Bodley Head, publishing director for start-up of upmarket book club, The Softback Preview, editorial director of Britain’s biggest book club group, BCA, and, most recently, deputy MD and publisher of Cassell & Co. She is also currently the Director of the Poetry Book Society; During all of this time aware of problems faced by writers, as publishing changed from idiosyncratic cottage industry, 'occupation for gentlemen', into corporate business of today. Writers encountered increasing difficulty in getting books edited or published. Authors create the books which are the raw material for the whole business. She believes it is time to bring them back to centre stage. offers advice on what to go for, depending on what stage you are at with your writing.