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In April 1994, violence broke out in the African country of Rwanda that would result in more than 800,000 deaths — the majority of victims from the Tutsi ethnic group — in a span of three months. During what is now officially known as “The Genocide Against the Tutsi”, a hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina provided a shelter for refugees in the Hotel des Mille Collines. …
Almost two years ago I announced the formation of BenBella Cause, a small line of books associated with various charities. For books in the BenBella Cause line, we donate half of our profits back to the relevant charity.
I’m delighted to announce that our first gift was just made, $18,000 to The Lab School of Washington DC. …
Just kidding! Cory, a friend of the BenBella, actually published a very nice article in Publishers Weekly reminding us that publishers, for all their flaws, are straight-shooters relative to their equivalents in music and film. As a publisher, I do appreciate Cory’s kind words.
But aren’t authors rising up to defend publishers one of the signs of the apocalypse? …
I’ve been the Publisher of BenBella for ten years now, and it’s truly awe-inspiring to consider the amount of change this industry has experienced in this time. And to think that I created BenBella to join the sedate publishing industry!
The Nation has a great overview of what’s happening now, particularly Amazon’s rise to an industry-redefining power. …
BenBella Books recently announced the acquisition of Dr. Colin Campbell’s next book, a follow-up to the bestselling The China Study, to be released in January 2013. On Thursday, several members of our staff headed to Ithaca, New York, headquarters of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation, to meet with Dr. Campbell, …
Here at BenBella, opportunities for the entire staff to meet authors in person are rare. Last week we had the pleasure of catching up with two BenBella authors, both of whom made stopovers in Dallas during their busy travel schedules.
Lindsay S. Nixon, author of The Happy Herbivore Cookbook and Everyday Happy Herbivore, …
As usual Mike Shatzkin presents the most incisive thinking about what’s happening in this industry. As an independent publisher, I don’t have the luxury of bemoaning or the challenge of trying shape the way the industry is moving. My job is to carve out on ongoing niche in a continually changing industry dynamic. Interestingly, over the last three years, …
U.S. bobsled pilot and BenBella author Steven Holcomb took home the team’s first-ever gold in the two-man race at the Bobsled World Championships on Sunday, Feb. 19. Read the story here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ141-vu6pMPDRTgIbd56YcD0ARQ?docId=8b91d29c98b241919ec61e67b49e87c4
In his upcoming book But Now I See, to be released later this year, Holcomb discusses his battle with Keratoconus during the height of his career. …
I’m thrilled to announce BenBella’s acquisition of bestselling author T. Colin Campbell, PhD’s next book for publication in January 2013! Picking up where THE CHINA STUDY left off, the next book (tentatively titled WHOLE) will force us to rethink our assumptions about the reductionist science of nutrition. THE CHINA STUDY taught us the “what” of nutrition; …
The standard ebook royalty, at least from the big publishers, is 25% of net receipts. Is this the fair royalty level?
Publishers aside, everyone seems to agree that 25% of net isn’t fair. If the general intent of the established royalty rates is to split profits between author and publisher (an ancient but unsourced rule of thumb), …
