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Hallmark Will Publish Audiobooks
Hallmark has partnered with Dreamscape Media in order to produce and distribute audiobooks. Their first audioboook will release on February 12, and of course be Valentine’s Day themed: The Secret Ingredient by Nancy Naigle. Click here for more of what’s to come.
Amazon Is Not To Blame For Falling Author Earnings, According To Amazon
The Authors Guild recently put out a report saying that the “median income from writing-related work fell to $6,080 (£4,730) in 2017, down 42% from 2009, with literary authors particularly affected.” It then stared at Amazon as the culprit. Amazon is now hitting back, saying “many of the survey’s conclusions are flawed or contradictory.” For more on this finger-pointing click here.
You Have Only 4 Hours To See These Manuscripts
Oh, and also, you have to be in Glasgow on January 25th. But if those two things align for you: On Burns Day, two original manuscripts of Robert Burns poems will be on display at the National Library of Scotland’s Kelvin Hall base.