Reading advocate and icon Levar Burton will serve as the first actor to lead Banned Books Week as the honorary chair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-09-21 16:12:23 UTC ]
Lachlan Murdoch, Murdoch’s eldest son, now seems to be his successor after seven-decade run as controversial media mogulRupert Murdoch stepping down – live updatesRupert Murdoch is stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp – ending a seven-decade run as one of the world’s most transformative... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-21 13:45:06 UTC ]
Eliza Clark’s debut novel was a hit on TikTok. With her next book, “Penance,” she aims for literary longevity over viral success. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-09-21 04:01:24 UTC ]
Publishers who attended the Digiday Publishing Summit opened up about their top challenges, concerns and curiosities during closed-door, anonymous town hall meetings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-09-21 04:01:00 UTC ]
"Amid a growing climate of censorship, school book bans continue to spread through coordinated campaigns by a vocal minority of groups and individual actors and, increasingly, as a result of pressure from state legislation," the report finds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association devoted its Fall Tradeshow’s second day to the exhibition hall, a membership meeting, and events to celebrate 40 authors and their new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
Solid-selling new books, including the new biography of Elon Musk, weren't enough to stop unit sales of print books from falling 5.7% last week from the comparable week in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
The six-book shortlist for this year's Booker Prize for Fiction includes books by the Americans Jonathan Escoffery and Paul Harding. The winner will be announced on November 26. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
'To bring our sales and publishing teams even closer together,' says Michael Pietsch, Lauren Monaco follows Alison Lazarus at HBG. The post Hachette Book Group Names Lauren Monaco as EVP, Director of Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-20 21:48:53 UTC ]
The company announced the new limitations after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale but said that ‘very few’ publishers will be affectedAmazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-20 16:22:58 UTC ]
Actor warns about dangers of artificial intelligence after discovering version of his voice based on Harry Potter audiobooksStephen Fry has issued a warning about the potential dangers of AI, after claiming that a history documentary faked his voice without his knowledge. Speaking at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-20 16:05:11 UTC ]
I’ve been a notebook person for most of my life. I’ve had dozens of notebooks over the years that served as repositories for to-do lists, story ideas, meeting scribbles and everything in between. But at a certain point in my adult life, I turned away from physical... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-20 14:40:06 UTC ]
After Apple's iPhone event and just before Microsoft shows off new Surface devices, Amazon is set to reveal its latest arsenal of hardware. As it typically does every September, Amazon is hosting an event to unveil the goods, only this time it's doing so not in Seattle,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-09-20 14:00:09 UTC ]
Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Amy Lin’s debut memoir Here After, which will be published by Zibby Books in March. Here’s a bit more about the book from the publisher: Here After is an intimate story of deep love followed by dizzying loss; a stunning, taut memoir from debut... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-20 14:00:02 UTC ]
JIC’s move comes as Nielsen nears key Media Rating Council vote on its own new measurement system. Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2023-09-20 12:00:00 UTC ]
No matter what device you read ebooks on, there are thousands of free romance titles available this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2023-09-20 11:00:00 UTC ]
Because we never spoke of it, I’ve had to imagine the conversation: Me: “Why have you never told me anything about Partition?” My grandfather: “What is there to know?” My grandfather’s reply would indicate both a lack and a surplus—a surplus of memories and visions of vehicles big and strong,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-20 08:24:56 UTC ]
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. Andrew talks to John Sargent, author of Turning Pages, about his adventures and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-20 08:10:10 UTC ]
During the Digiday Publishing Summit, the COO of VMG’s news and entertainment arm explained how its publishing business plans to bounce back over the next 12 to 18 months. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-09-20 04:01:00 UTC ]
Ahead of Banned Books Week, the ALA reported 695 attempts to censor library materials between January 1 and August 31, 2023, and 1,915 unique titles challenged—a 20% jump over last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]