The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: * Justin Haynes (Ibis) Shane McCrae (New and Collected Hell: A Poem) Haley Mlotek (No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce) Maggie Su (Blob: A Love Story)... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-02-11 09:57:52 UTC ]
The forecast for Denver includes a wintry mix of childrens and YA creators, with a flurry of picture books, middle grade reads, and teen novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Don’t give in to moral panic, fellas! Here are some tips from my own bumpy literary journeyIf you really want to make a name for yourself, publish comment insisting you’ve been silenced.It happened again last week in a nationwide publication. Under a byline, accompanied by a headshot and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-04 14:00:09 UTC ]
The Eagles’ star wideout was caught on camera reading a self-help tome on the sideline during a playoff game. Now the book is a No 1 bestseller and Philly are in the Super BowlSarah Jessica Parker is papped on the regular dashing around the West Village with a hot new novel in her grip. Actor... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-02-04 10:00:07 UTC ]
The plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction against against HB 710, which forbids anyone under 18 from accessing library books that contain “sexual content,” regardless of the work's literary or educational merit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’When you buy a new book, you can usually expect to see praise from other authors emblazoned on its cover. A writer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-01-31 17:27:59 UTC ]
The Human Authored online portal allows members to register their book and use a specially designed logo on covers and promotional materialsThe US body representing writers, the Authors Guild, has launched an online portal for members to confirm that their work “emanated from the human... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-01-30 19:26:49 UTC ]
The new certification, intended to counteract the proliferation of AI-generated books in online marketplaces, involves a public database for authors and publishers to register their books as having been penned by humans and not AI. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild has set up an online portal for members to certify that their books “emanated from the human intellect” and not from artificial intelligence Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2025-01-30 00:38:02 UTC ]
At 84, Edmund White is ready to kiss (to put it mildly) and tell ... well, everything. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2025-01-28 16:56:52 UTC ]
Tom Woll worked at Wiley, Storey Communications, and Rodale before forming Cross River Publishing Consultants in 1993. His book 'Publishing for Profit' went through five editions and was translated into 10 languages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
The multitalented Jules Feiffer, known for his caustic wit as an author-illustrator, cartoonist, satirist, playwright, and screenwriter died on January 17, just shy of his 96th birthday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the most impactful books out there are children’s books. They’re often our first experiences with narratives and are ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-01-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fieldsKate Mosse and Richard Osman have hit back at Labour’s plan to give artificial intelligence companies broad freedoms to mine artistic works for data, saying it could destroy growth in creative... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-01-14 17:52:02 UTC ]
The startup, launched by Scribd cofounder Trip Adler, has unveiled its AI rights licensing platform for authors, which allows for the licensing of AI training rights and reference rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Mexican Writer Guadalupe Nettel to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU, by the Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Mon, 01/13/2025 - 09:20 Author photo by Germán NájeraThe 2025 Puterbaugh Lit Fest will return to the University of... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2025-01-13 15:20:12 UTC ]
The imprint, a collaboration between the Crown Publishing Group and merchandising company Storehouse In A Box, will include an online platform for prospective authors to share and submit work. Storehouse In A Box president and CEO Tamira Chapman (pictured) will serve as publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
The Booker Prize winner and National Book Award nominee of the poetry and politics of two writers whose work inspired their own. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistanceThis week will be like A-level results week for authors, but with added economic jeopardy. For a good whack of the 100,000 writers and translators in the UK, finding out how many books they... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-01-05 08:00:15 UTC ]