Imagine this: People all over Boston can pick up a free booklet containing your short story. And, in addition to being read by thousands, you’re also feted: at a gala celebration, the mayor of Boston hands you the key to the city.
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MANIFESTO
This web-magazine will report on the death and rebirth of the publishing industry.
The questions: What will the word "book" mean in five years? Who will pay for newspapers? Can long-form literary journalism survive? How will writers make a living in the new economy?
The audience: Writers who are trying to make a living in the new economy. Novelists trying to figure out how to write for the small screen. Journalists eager to reach readers wherever they may be -- print, phone or laptop.
THE EDITOR
Pagan Kennedy is the author of ten books in a variety of genres from such publishers as Viking and Simon & Schuster. She has written for dozens of publications, including several sections of The New York Times. She has survived as a working writer for over two decades by adapting to a variety of new technologies and new genres. But this time it feels different. Contact her at paganken at gmail.
Your story conquers Boston
Should you sell your backlist?
Let’s say Vintage published your novel in 1999, and the book drifted into oblivion a few years later. Guess what: you own the rights to your novel again. Why? In the fine print of most publishing contracts, there’s a clause about the after-life of the book. Once it’s out of print, the book belongs to the author.
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Fiction and poetry grants & awards
The Astrea Foundation will award $10,000 grants to two lesbian poets and fiction writers. Two finalists with receive $1,500 grants. Deadline is July 15th.
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How to start an audio magazine
For a writer, I’ve been acting a little strange lately. I’ve been driving around eastern Massachusetts with a pre-amp and a pop screen and other assorted pieces of sound equipment in a large messenger bag, and wielding a folded-up microphone stand in one hand.
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Warhol fortune for writers
Yo, academics! The Warhol Foundation has just announced its 2010 grant for arts writing, with awards ranging from $3,000 to $50,000.
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25 Journalism Fellowships
The Above the Fray Fellowship, the keynote program of the John Alexander Project, for candidates with 3-5 years of professional experience who combine depth of old journalism with technical innovation of new media.
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How to use crowd-funding
This is where they became book publishers: over breakfast at a Boston-area diner. Picture a group of guys eating pancakes and discussing 19th century novels. As it happened, one of the guys, James Parker, had just started and abandoned a novel.
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A sustainable publishing house
O/R Books, founded last year, has a title on the national bestseller list — but no office. How did this small publisher beat the odds with its very first book?
J-School Student, Age 41: Seriously?
When I told my editor at a metro daily in the Midwest that I was leaving for New York University to get my Masters degree in journalism, he asked “Why?”
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