Wildbound Weekly Breeze 4/19/18
BOOK INDUSTRY NEWSAnd This Year's Pulitzer Prize Winners Are...The Pulitzer Prize is a big deal, so you should take note and probably pick up some great reading recommendations, like Less by Andrew Sean Greer, who won The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Wow!Do Americans Still Read Books?Yes! is the answer, and this graph, based on a recent Pew Research Center report, proves it. Other interesting parts of the report show that more Americans read audiobooks. It's one of the fastest growing markets, so make sure that your book is available for ears only too.Who's the Better Storyteller: Publishers or the Entertainment Industry?At the London Book Fair, publishers discussed how in an expanding story-telling landscape, they can remain competitive with television and film from companies such as Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and Amazon Studios, as well as gaming, video, music, and other digitally delivered attractions. Read the full article here in Publishing Perspectives.
USELESS FACT TO IMPRESS YOUR FRIEND(S)According to a Facebook study, couples are most likely to break up in the spring and two weeks before Christmas.
BOOK PROMOTION TIPWriting freelance articles and guest posts is a fantastic way to establish your credibility as a writer and can often open the door to coverage in major media outlets. To get you started, check out Beyond Your Blog for a list of opportunities in various categories and interest areas. This website also features interviews with editors at many media outlets to give you some pointers on how to target your pitch.
WEEKLY $10 GIVEAWAYThis Week's Writing Challenge is to spin a story off this sentence: "There was a secret meeting tonight and I had to be there."Email your piece (500 words max) to info@wildboundpr.com. The winner will be announced in next week's Weekly Breeze!Big congrats to the winner of last week's writing challenge, Loren Stephens, for sending in the first paragraph of the first chapter of "All Sorrows Can Be Borne:"Chapter 1 Tokyo 1964Noriko turned toward the window, a light Tokyo rain softened the hard edges of the Shinjuku train station across from the Dai-Ichi Hotel where she spent the last night together with her family. Her husband, Ichiro, was taking a shower, and their toddler, Hisashi was still asleep next to her. He had kicked off the white comforter during the night. She lightly caressed his small body curled up next to her. His even breathing lifted the strands of his shiny black hair from his forehead and his cheeks were still pink from pressing into the feather pillow, which cradled his head. In just a few hours she would put her son alone on an airplane bound for the United States, never to see him again.Thanks Loren for breaking our hearts, we'll be in touch soon with your prize moolah.
Write on.WILDBOUND PR