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EU Lit Prize Winners Dish on Tyranny of Big Languages A trio of winners of the European Union Literature Prize express frustration at how difficult it is to interest agents and foreign publishers in their work.  Read more »

For Foreign Writers, Are Translators More Useful Than Agents? If you're a writer from a small nation, working with a translator who can pitch your book directly to a publisher might be a better bet than using an agent.  Read more »

What Can Trade Publishers Learn from Fanfiction? Fanfiction offers an alternative publishing model for community engagement, online interaction and the book business, argues Anna von Veh of NZ's Say Books.  Read more »

Is Fanfiction a Legitimate Genre? Is fanfiction a legitimate genre? Copyright infringement? Or something altogether unique? One certainty: it's impossible to ignore something so very popular.  Read more »

Why the Waterstones/Amazon Deal is "Like Vichy France" The verdict is out on whether James Daunt's decision to partner with Amazon to sell e-books in the UK is an act of self-destruction or a brilliant compromise. Read more »