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Best of the Shed
We feature some of the very best writing from inside the Shed, here on our front page. These are pieces that have earned wide approval and have been workshopped within 'The Lab', part of the Book Shed Forum.
- All rights available, please contact the authors through the Book Shed.
Amazon has signed a deal with the Wylie Agency to publish 20 classic books in digital format for the first time. It's a move that has put them on collision course with Random House.
Longer Fuses will be the second compilation of stories produced by The BookShed. The submissions period for the new book is now open and continues until 1 September 2010.
A vanity publishing outfit is set to rebrand with a scheme that appears to be aimed at parting writers from their money.
The Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam has launched a graphic novel version of the teenage Jewish diarist's biography Friday, hoping to bring her story and death in a Nazi concentration camp to a wider audience.
Zoetrope has launched its 14th annual short story competition with a top prize of $1,000.
The Wildlife Trusts (TWT) have teamed up with independent publisher Elliott & Thompson and Foyles book shop to launch a brand new writing competition for unpublished authors.
The Global children’s publishing market is projected to be worth almost US$7 billion by the year 2015. From NYT Book News
A random selection from BookShed writers.
