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Amid discussion about the Authors Guild’s first research since 2009 on authors’ income in the United States, executive director Mary Rasenberger talks about the Guild’s interpretation of the results of the survey.

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Never having written before, Anna Todd is today the breakout Simon & Schuster author whose “After” series of One Direction fan fiction is the best argument yet for digital’s drive toward writing and reading community — and for the massive platform leading the way: Wattpad.

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The traditional way to write a book is as a lone author sequestered away, carefully refining her or his work before the world sees it. ‘Community writing’ changes that scenario completely. Is that what we want?

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As Nielsen Market Research looked for clues to who buys and reads Mystery/Crime novels in a new study, cozy mystery author Elizabeth Spann Craig was busy finding those elusive younger readers for her mysteries — on Wattpad.

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What many in publishing see of Amazon, Craig Mod says, “goes underground 400 stories and occupies 4,000 football fields underneath.” And his new book is meant to help Japan’s publishing industry understand its challenges after what the American market has been through.