http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:13:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our autumn title BUGLE BOY by Len Chester is published. This wonderful short book tells Len`s own story of how he  joined the Royal Marines at the age of 14 in 1939 and was sent first to Scapa Flow and then, the only boy among several hundred men, to Russia ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/10/19/bugle-boy/ Is this week so everyone in London publishing is out of town. There will be  a lot of talk, meetings, handshakes, eating and drinking, a load of money spent on hotel bills and air fares. And to what purpose ? Whenever I have had a book being presented there by ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/10/08/the-frankfurt-book-fair/ Amazing how much gossip the book trade generates. The on-going saga of the literary agency PFD and its new boss Caroline Michel, has hit the mainstream press and even the gossip columns. It is an interesting and somewhat convoluted saga which is still really of serious interest only to book ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/27/publishing-makes-news/ Thrilled for Chris Ewan with this wonderful review in American uber-booktrade journal PUBLISHER`S WEEKLY. "This impressive debut, a comic whodunit from British entertainment lawyer Ewan, owes much of its charm and success to its compelling antihero, Charles Howard. An established author of mysteries featuring a burglar-detective, Howard himself is a successful burglar. While finishing ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/23/fantastic-review-for-the-good-thiefs-guide-to-amsterdam/ I love working with illustrators. I am in awe of their talents, probably because I can`t draw an egg. We are launching three new children`s book series next year - books for the 5-8 year olds, storybooks rather than Picture Books, but ones which do need both great full-colour covers ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/19/signing-up-some-wonderful-illustrators/ Just about everyone in the book trade seems to believe that e-books - so far much talked about, little used - are about to explode onto the scene and destroy the printed book. I wonder. Reading on a screen is still not easy on the eyes and there is still ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/14/e-books-who-will-suffer-if-printed-books-disappear/ Publishers nowadays often give or sell for a modest amount, the text files of a book they have published, to others who have bought the rights in different countries but sharing the same language. This saves everyone typing and setting their own book. We have just bought two crime novels ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/07/how-some-people-would-rather-have-nothing-than-something/ People ask. Well, one thing is for sure - we almost never get offered anything by literary agents. That is because we pay a flat, universal advance of £1,000 and do not enter into auctions or competition or negotiations. Agents don`t like that, they like high advances. But Long Barn ... http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/06/where-do-you-get-your-books/ The six on offer were snapped up in half an hour. If you receive a book eventually you were one of the six.. if not, I`m afraid, not ! Thank y0u for everyone who responded. http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/04/free-copies-of-bugle-boy-update/ Our special autumn book will be available next month and we are giving away just SIX free copies. First come first served. Please e-mail editorial@longbarnbooks.com to bag one. http://www.blog.longbarnbooks.com/2007/09/03/bugle-boy-free-copies/