Slow Winter Days

Added on 29 November 2010

Slow days at Long Midnight Publishing. We’ve long discussed the possibility of a Russian football-esque winter break, and it looks like we might be bringing it for next winter. We will start in the middle of November and resume work in early May. Shackleton is arguing that we oughtn’t t...

To The Kitchen

Added on 23 November 2010

As of 13 November, publishing behemoth Jamie Oliver had sold 446,969 copies of his eponymous 30-Minute Meals book, and has been number one now for a fair few weeks in the Neilsen chart. In the week to 13/11 alone he sold 85,628 copies, more than twice the number two title, Guiness World Records. Th...

Brevity In All things

Added on 18 November 2010

Work continues apace on the forthcoming international bestselling crime blockbuster 21 Years On The Back of Dixie Klondyke's Spanish Guitar (a book, it might be noted, that contains neither a Spanish guitar, nor a character named Dixie Klondyke). The cover proof was approved by Long Midnight Publish...

Elvis Shackleton Over Coffee

Added on 11 November 2010

After a couple of months of frenetic activity as Long Midnight Publishing went digital, beat reporter Eldon Crayfish talks to LMP Head of Marketing and Ebook Strategies Elvis 'Tom' Shackleton about whether he feels this initial period has been successful and what the future now holds for this dynami...

Wild, Windy, Grey Morning

Added on 09 November 2010

Today's Twitter novel - Wild wind, heavy rain, a sea-battered shore. The shop was quiet. Igor swept, Barney stood at the window. Melancholy sat heavily upon them. - is a reasonable reflection of the mood in these parts. And when I say 'these parts', obviously I mean inside my head. Not that I have t...