Buy Salt’s hardback short story titles in dollars from the Book Depository!

Yesterday saw the launch of The Book Depository ‘s US web site. You can now buy ALL Salt’s trade hardbacks in dollars with great discounts and free shipping worldwide . Every book is available cheaper than Amazon, too. It’s a fabulous service, take advantage today.

Salt Hardback Short Story Titles

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Siân Hughes shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Best First Collection Prize

Siân Hughes has been shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Best First Collection Prize in the 2009 Forward Prizes for her collection The Missing.

Siân Hughes shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Best First Collection Prize

Si?n Hughes has been shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Best First Collection Prize in the 2009 Forward Prizes for her collection The Missing .

David Wheatley reviews Tim Dooley’s Keeping time in the TLS

David Wheatley reviews Keeping Time in the TLS:

Dooley’s poems could not be more varied in their line-lengths, from long, rolling cadences to ultra precision …. One unifying factor … is (his) consistently humane vision and concern for the disaffected and inarticulate … he makes an implicit case for the underground [...]

Salt moves to London

Salt moves offices

We?ve moved offices to London.

Our new address is

Salt Publishing Ltd Fourth floor 2 Tavistock Place Bloomsbury LONDON WC1H 9RA

Why Social Networking Works for Writers

Sometimes stats speak for themselves. If you want to know why social networking works for writers and publishers here are the Salt Web stats from today:

Salt's Web stats

The JustOneBook campaign began on May 20th.

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Being your own agent: know the list you’re submitting to

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There are almost no agents in poetry and short story publishing, this is because they can’t make any money out of the genres. You’ll have to work as your own agent in finding the right press. A common mistake in pitching books is poor research. Sending books to publishers you’ve never bought [...]

Discoverability: for publishers, authors and readers, the Web provides collisions

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If you?re not on the Web, pretty soon you won?t exist in the minds of readers. Only networked writers will survive. This is an issue of discoverability and of consumption. Being a writer has a lot to do with the three Ps: profile, publicity and presence. That?s Web presence. Out of thousands [...]