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.
Bertelsmann, the corporate parent of Random House, reports a surge in profits for the first half of 2010. E-book sales alone jumped by 300%.
Peace appears to have broken out between Random House and the Wylie Agency.
Mills and Boon are to launch a global search for fresh writing talent. New Voices is a contest open to previously unpublished writers. On offer is publication of the winning entry and the services of a Mills & Boon editor for a year.
A website that specialises in serialised short stories is to venture into print publishing.
UK publisher Penguin is breaking with tradition and, for a short time, bypassing agents to accept direct submissions from authors.
Dorchester Publishing, an independent specialising in mass-market paperback fiction has announced the closure of its printing business. All current and future titles will be available as eBooks and print on demand trade paperbacks.
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.
The Global children’s publishing market is projected to be worth almost US$7 billion by the year 2015. 
Anthony Policastro, a former business analyst at self-publishing vendor Lulu.com, has launched the Outer Banks Publishing Group, a new publishing venture that will focus on digital publishing and the use of social media to build an audience for POD print releases.
Twit Ring
A random selection from BookShed writers.
