Earlier this month we signed a new distribution agreement with Ingram for our digital catalogue. What this means for Five Rivers is that we’ll not only have expanded distribution, but better profile with some of the distribution partners with which we’ve been dealing directly or through Smashwords. While our data is in the process of streaming to all 55 of Ingram’s partners, there may be a short period of time our eBooks won’t be available…
A virtual opportunity to meet and chat with crime writer and journalist, Nate Hendley, on Friday, April 20, 6:00 PM ET. Nate’s writing credits include The National Post, The Globe and Mail, Marketing Magazine, eye weekly, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Journal, to name but a few. He is particularly adept at writing about political, social and cultural issues, automotive, high-tech and business topics and health-related concerns. In addition to his work as…
Congratulations to Five Rivers’ author, Alicia Hendley (A Subtle Thing) on making the long list in the Vanderbilt-Exile Short Fiction Competition for her short story, Uncle. The competition carries a $5,000 cash prize. Well done, Alicia! We’ll be rooting for you in the next round.
Five Rivers Intern Editor, Amy Bright, has been short listed (with two others) for the Writer’s Guild of Alberta’s Howard O’Hagan Award for best Short Story by an Albertan. Her story, “Look at it this way” was published by Character I Press in 2011.
Mike Plested, author of debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero, delivered a fabulous revision earlier this week. Robert, the editor for the project, signed off on it. The manuscript is now on Lorina’s desk for layout and proofing. The layout began yesterday and will be finished, for the most part, later today. Galleys will then be generated and sent to Mike, Robert, and two other proof-readers. In the meantime we’ll wait on bibliographic data…