The rise of artificial intelligence in our media and entertainment industries has raised a lot of concerns about programs like Open Al’s text-to-video maker Sora replacing the artistic endeavors and aspirations of humans. If those AI made movies are anything like a new brand film about the Toys... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-25 21:47:30 UTC ]
The journalist, essayist, and author Anne Applebaum wins the German Book Trade's Peace Prize for her work's focus on democracy and peace.' The post Anne Applebaum Wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-25 16:25:40 UTC ]
Here are some of the most exciting new children's book out this week, plus board books you should know about! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-25 16:00:00 UTC ]
Former UFC and WWE champion Ronda Rousey will publish her first graphic novel next year. She said it's somewhat autobiographical, 'even though it didn't really happen.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-06-25 14:14:00 UTC ]
Shani Gonzales of Warner Chappell says that although people are ‘having fun’ with creating AI songs, ‘what happens when someone tries to sell it?’Arriving in London in the teeth of the pandemic to take a top music industry job, Shani Gonzales had few opportunities to immerse herself in British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-06-25 13:00:26 UTC ]
Artist Sophy Hollington created a gorgeous reimagining of Dante’s ‘Inferno.’ It’s not every day that an illustrated edition of a 700-year-old classic poem explodes on Kickstarter, surpassing its $100,000 goal in less than a week. But then again, it’s not every day that an author is so... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-06-25 09:15:00 UTC ]
My first personal encounter with the rarest book in American literature was memorable, even moving, for many reasons, but its physical appearance wasn’t one of them. If ever a book ought not to be judged by its cover, Edgar Allan Poe’s debut collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems, is that book.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-25 08:56:56 UTC ]
His memoir began when he was a child, watching his father die young. Mine started when my young children learned their father died by suicide. We were drawn to each other’s perspectives, thought they could inform our own. In a writing class, students often make alliances such as these,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-25 08:54:10 UTC ]
Heinold spent 25 years at Borders and Waldenbooks as a buyer and merchandise manager. She died at her home in Alexandria, Va., on February 10. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Wind, who is also chief content officer at the Indie Book Publishers Association, is creating a limited collector's edition of his latest YA novel, initially published this spring by Chicago Review Press, as an incentive for donors to his Kickstarter campaign benefitting LGBTQ+ teens. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sagnette was most recently VP and editorial director at Atria, where she edited such authors as Jamie Ford and Jennifer Weiner. She will join Putnam as VP and editor-in-chief on July 15, rounding out its executive team following the Sally Kim's departure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
The cofounder and former CEO of Scribd envisions Created By Humans as a plug-and-play platform that will encourage AI companies to legally license content from authors and publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Brooding on Existential Mysteries in Stephen King’s You Like It Darker, by J. Madison Davis Book Reviews [email protected] Mon, 06/24/2024 - 15:20 Photo by Shane LeonardAs I wrote in World Literature Today some years ago, the quality of Stephen... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-06-24 20:20:45 UTC ]
Major music labels are taking on AI startups that they believe trained on their songs without paying. Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued the music generators Suno and Udio for allegedly infringing on copyrighted works on a “massive scale.” The Recording Industry... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-24 17:29:16 UTC ]
No Village Voice, no Village home.Peter Barbey, a billionaire apparel mogul who led a failed effort to revive the storied Village Voice newspaper in the mid-2010s, is looking to say goodbye to the neighborhood in the publication’s name.Barbey has listed his 4,000-square-foot duplex condo at 140... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-06-24 17:26:41 UTC ]
Anyone who’s an avid Kindle reader is gonna want this tiny page turner for Kindle devices—and right now you can get it for just $15 if you’re an Amazon Prime member (or $18 if you aren’t). This nifty gadget is a total game changer if you love reading ebooks but hate having to tap the... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2024-06-24 16:23:09 UTC ]
Richard Hatch gave up a career as a physicist to become a magician — and a one-man historical preservation society dedicated to a German author killed in the Holocaust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-06-24 15:00:18 UTC ]
Washington D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library reopens with an impressive new exhibit, audiobook narrators get their due, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-24 15:00:00 UTC ]
The Beijing International Book Fair reports finishing its 2024 run with a gain in public attendance and some 1,600 exhibitors. The post Beijing’s 2024 Book Fair Closes, Some 300,000 Attending appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-24 12:58:54 UTC ]
Before he began to write, John Cheever put on a three-piece suit and took the elevator from his Manhattan apartment down to the basement, where he took off his jacket and tie, and then began. Hemingway famously needed a drink to loosen him up. Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver has said,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-24 08:55:40 UTC ]