E-publishing for Writer's Circle

The MPH Writer's circle meeting this month will focus on trends in e-publishing on demand. The guest speaker is Mr Paul McLean , Epicenter Manager, Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte Ltd who will talk about the role of print-on-demand in e-publishing.

I will be there because 1) it's good to know everything about publishing if you're a writer ... and even if the knowledge doesn't seem relevant now, a little light bulb in your head may go on further down the line 2) I have no choice 'cos am the moderator.

So come along and join us:

Date : 18 Nov (Sat)

Time : 11am - 1pm

Venue: The Booker Room, MPH Megastore 1 Utama, 1 Utama Shopping Centre

To register, please call Customer Service at 03-7726 9003 or email csoneutama@mph.com.my

Yesterday an MPH catalogue Tokens of Love with a picture of Christmassy baubles on the front fell into my letterbox, and I expected to be beguiled and tempted by bookchoice. But the fiction pages (all two of them out of 27) featured only popular stuff - thrillers and chic lit and the like (fine in its place, but not my cup of tea).

More literary (more quality? more prize-winning) fiction was nowhere at all to be seen (she says wagging an accusing finger in the direction of the marketing department).

Bibliobibuli's heartfelt message? Please don't dumb down the choices or underestimate your readers.

That said, I will be enjoying a little bookspree after the meeting on Saturday and I hope the books I've coveted will be there. (I haven't bought a book in days and have delirium tremens.)