Extra income potential without writing and translating a book from scratch Who would not want a bit of extra cash? A lot of authors are retrieving their copyrights of out of print books these days. Up to now, however, these have only been original books, but it can be done with translations as well and […]
Haroldo Conti’s “Southeaster”: Talk with Translator and Self-Publisher Jon Lindsay Miles
A few days ago, I attended an event at the Free Word Centre here in London with Jon Lindsay Miles as the translator and self-publisher of “Sudeste”, a book that was originally published in Spanish. He talked to senior editor Sophie Lewis of And Other Stories, the publishing house that has now picked up […]
20 Reasons Why I Love E-books
I can’t do without e-books anymore and here are my reasons: 1. Buying Foreign Books Is Easy You don’t have to pay expensive postage for foreign e-books and can start reading straigthaway. The German satire novel – “Er ist wieder da” (translated into English by Jamie Bulloch) is an example: it is available as […]
5 Reasons Why Self-Publishing Could Help To Get More Books Translated Into English
Many books are translated from English into other languages, but not vice versa. A certain rumour is wrong, though: There is no “stigma” attached to translations in the English-speaking world… they can be just as popular as original English books. The last London Book Fair was an eye opener for me: A bookseller told us, […]