* Amazon and Penguin have selected the 100 semifinalists in the second Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Now Penguin editors get to browse those manuscripts and select three finalists, to be named May 15. * For those who remain self-publishing, trade publishing veteran Karen Mender and longtime book publicist Diane Mancher at One Potata Productions are launching a Self-Published Book Expo, a one-day show in New York on November 7. It will highlight service companies along with individual titles, and offer advice on marketing and publicity. * Media veteran Thembisa S. Mshaka’s PUT YOUR DREAMS FIRST: Handle Your [entertainment] Business, […]
