Revisiting the PRO Act: What If Freelancers Could Collectively Bargain?
The Authors Guild recently tried to dispel fears that the PRO Act, if passed, would be unfavorable to freelancers.
Day: April 14, 2021
Catapult has launched a writing how-to vertical
Don’t Write Alone will share tools for pitching, freelancing, and job searching, and offer educational materials from writing instructors.
Serial Box is renamed Realm, launches free-content strategy
Launched in 2015, Serial Box publishes serialized stories produced by teams of writers in written and audio form.
Macmillan launches an imprint for children’s nonfiction books
Neon Squid Books from Big Five publisher Macmillan is a new London-based imprint for children.
Emmy Nordstrom Higdon joins The Rights Factory
Higdon will focus on character-driven #OwnVoices projects. They were previously a bookseller and blogger.
Welbeck launches a global English language imprint
Welbeck Publishing Group and Mosquito Books of Barcelona are launching Orange Mosquito, which will publish 20 children’s and YA titles per year.
StoryOrigin moves out of beta
The marketing service that helps authors with review-copy distribution, group promotions, newsletter swaps, and more is moving out of its free and open beta period.
Scribd Audio now publishing Spanish-language audiobooks in Mexico
Scribd, which entered the Mexican market in 2019, has now announced it will publish and distribute 100 Spanish-language audiobooks this year
Clubhouse introduces payments to creators
The audio chat platform now allows app users to send payments directly to creators.
Links of Interest: April 14, 2021
Amazon Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama vote no on unionizing. The vote wasn’t even close and favored Amazon by 2 to 1. What’s next? Read Noam Scheiber at The New York Times. Amazon may open discount stores to offload electronics. They’re exploring pop-up stores and permanent locations. Read S. Dent at . . . This content is only available … Read more