How Soon Will the Majority of Books Be Self-Published?

Today's Feature Story: Italian Writing Festival Takes Women, Self-Publishing Seriously The Women's Writing Festival in Matera, Italy was a showcase for the growing importance of women's fiction and self-publishing in Europe.

Discussion: How Soon Will the Majority of Books Be Self-Published? Literary agent Andrew Lownie believes that in 5-10 years, 75% of books will be self-published, 20% assisted by agents, and only 5% traditionally published.

More News: Retrofitting Adult Non-Fiction Retrofitted for YA Readers The NYT writes "slimmed-down, simplified and sometimes sanitized editions”" of best-selling nonfiction has become a hit with YA readers.

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Frankfurt 2014: Moroccans Finally Make a Stand in Frankfurt Working in multiple language and genres, twelve publishers from Morocco exhibited together at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair.