The 2008 Beach Book Festival is now accepting submissions for hottest summer reads. Categories this year include self published and independent published fiction, nonfiction, biography, children’s books, romance, sci-fi and more. Grand prize? $1500 CASH and a trip to Atlantic City for the festival.
Archive for April, 2008
Texas Book Festival ‘08
19
Apr
This year’s Texas Book Festival is slated for the first weekend in November. Each year, it features nearly 200 authors and draws about 40,000 people.
Want to know how to be a selected author? Check out the festival’s Web site.
LitMatch.net Launches Upgraded Listing Pages
19
Apr
Recent news from LitMatch.net:
LitMatch.net, the largest and most complete database of literary agents and agencies on the web, recently launched a major upgrade to their agent and agency listing pages. The new layout was designed with ease of use in mind, and brings key information to the forefront while organizing the rest in a simple, intuitive format.
The new layout features an at-a glance style, with large, friendly icons that indicate an agent or agency’s submission status, if they accept email queries, and if they accept postal queries. Other important information; like response times, comments, and clients & projects; is arranged in a simple, tabbed format on the right side of the page. The tabs keep things organized and allow users to limit their view to only the information that’s of most interest to them. Everything from layout to colors to fonts has been given an update for a fresh, clean look in order to make searching for a literary agent as easy and painless as possible.
“This upgrade represents a big step forward for us, and addresses some issues with the site that have been nagging me since the site launched back in September.” said Christopher Hawkins, creator and lead developer of LitMatch. “We’re excited about the change because it gives our listings a first-class presentation that matches the first-class quality of their content.”
Other features of this upgrade include:
* Clearer division between content areas for faster browsing and increased readability.
* Contact information that’s more prominent and easier to cut and paste into word processing programs.
* A redesigned “Genre Information” section.
* Flag icons that visually identify an agent’s or agency’s country.
* A reformatted user summary area that keeps all queries to a given agent or agency close at hand.
* More prominent hotlist links.
* An updated look to the submission stats table.
* Reformatted comments and comment entry form.
Missed NoirCon 2008?
17
Apr
NoirCon officials have put together audio clips from this year’s conference in Philadelphia. Check it out.
Thrillerfest 2008
16
Apr
Win a free ticket to attend
The hottest conference for thriller writers is fast approaching. Thrillerfest 2008 is set for July 9-12 at the Grand Hyatt in NYC. Sandra Brown and James Patterson are among guest speakers who will share inside stories of how they achieved their success and what inspires them.
And this year more than 35 top literary agents have signed up to hear pitches as part of Agentfest, a unique opportunity for aspiring writers to meet with business heavyweights.
Want to go? Find out more – and register for a free ticked to attend!