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Study Charts International Sales for Nobel Winner
How much difference does a Nobel win make to sales? BookNet Canada charted dramatic numbers for Alice Munro's books in 10 countries. Canada had the largest percentage increases over the most weeks, but the biggest jump in unit sales happened in the U.S. more »


A Book Prize That Bridges the Atlantic
Writer and critic Olivia Laing and author and journalist Erica Wagner, winners of the 2014 Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award, have each been awarded £20,000 and will start their residency at the Eccles Centre on January 2, 2014. Now in its third year, the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence Award was set up as part of the Centre's charge to promote awareness of the British Library collections relating to the U.S. and Canada and to help facilitate the use of these collections. more » »

Canadian Nonfiction Prize Rebrands, Adds New Prize
The C$25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is rebranding as the RBC Taylor Prize and adding a new C$10,000 prize for emerging writers. more » »

THE ROUNDUP

How Much Do Self-Pubbed Authors Make?: In short, not much. According to data from a new survey from Digital Book World and Writer’s Digest, the median income range for self-published authors is under $5,000 and nearly 20% of self-published authors report deriving no income from their writing.

Authors Speak Out on Surveillance : More than 500 of the world's leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy and must be curbed by a new international charter.

'USA Today' Picks Its Top 10 : USA Today's Jocelyn McClurg and Bob Minzesheimer select the 10 books they loved reading this year.

An Interview with John Rechy: In November, Grove Press published a 50th-anniversary edition of John Rechy’s City of Night, a landmark novel about a young hustler who travels the country plying his trade. Slate's June Thomas spoke with 82-year-old Rechy about his writing career and the world’s endless fascination with hustling.

When Salinger Spoke : Lost in all the controversy around J.D. Salinger this year was the few times he chose to take a public stance as in this 1959 letter against life imprisonment without parole.

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