The publishing business mirrors the natural world in many ways: it’s a fertile, creative process influenced by myriad conditions, some as unpredictable and unforgiving as weather. The coming of the ebook and digital publishing to the Canadian book industry can be compared to the approach of climate change. Although the digital revolution was long predicted, there were ebook deniers and those who predicted the end of publishing and bookselling civilization. In recent years, Canadian publishers prepared, digitizing their frontlists and backlists as fast as they could, while watching the effects of the phenomenon as it washed through the U.S. industry first. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Let’s take a deep dive into what makes book adaptations good and take a look at some of the best recent book adaptations you can watch! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-05-27 10:38:00 UTC ]
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In this panel—scheduled for May 24, 3–4 p.m. ET, and moderated by Carlyn Robertson, marketing lead at BookBub—book marketing experts will discuss what’s changed in the world of digital advertising in the past year. Topics of discussion include how marketers can adapt as major ad platforms and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2022 anime calendar is filled to the top! Let’s take a look at some upcoming manga adaptations you need to have on your radar, like Spy x Family. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-05-09 10:37:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook adaptations of comics, like The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, often come with a full cast and offer a whole new perspective on the story. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-04-19 10:33:00 UTC ]
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The tools and scope of the digital world present unprecedented challenges for intelligence agencies, Amy B. Zegart writes. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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As women writers adapted to a changing post-WWII job market, so too did they adapt in their work, translating their skills into writing suspense for television and turning short stories into screenplays. In her essay on adaptation and “gendered discourses,” Shelley Cobb writes that “feminist... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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At the risk of reigniting the Sally Rooney Discourse—today, Hulu and BBC Three released a few early images from their upcoming adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling first novel Conversations With Friends, which will premiere sometime this spring. (If you somehow don’t know what this novel is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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In an overcrowded market with the proliferation of streaming platforms alongside the traditional broadcaster, creating content based on previous IP is an ever-growing trend (see today’s news piece on Netflix). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A queer sci-fi retelling of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet", The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu, has been signed by Solaris. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Denzil Meyrick's DCI Daley series will be adapted for television, and will star "Game of Thrones" actor Rory McCann in the lead role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Queen’s Gambit, Bridgerton, Mindhunter, Maid: Netflix has a track record of turning books into hit television series. And though popular adaptations often drum up interest in their source material—after the show premiered, Walter Tevis’s The Queen’s Gambit landed on the New York Times... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Director/writer Mike Flanagan has quickly made a name for himself as a horror maestro. The man behind Netflix’s hit anthology series The Haunting and the recently released Midnight Mass is set to adapt Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Although there isn’t a release date yet,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Sarah Phelps will adapt Jackie Collins’ Lovers & Gamblers (S&S) as a major new television series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 21:38:50 UTC ]
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From the magazine’s archive: a selection of short stories and nonfiction from the magazine that have been adapted into films. Continue reading at New Yorker
[ New Yorker | 2021-09-26 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Back in April, A24 and Rhombus Media optioned the rights to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning debut novel about a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who serves as a communist double agent after the fall of Saigon. The novel is being adapted into a limited... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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“The Chosen and the Beautiful” doesn’t wholly reimagine the Roaring Twenties; it simply adds black arts to the illicit inebriation. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-18 12:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s been a big year for Michelle Zauner. This spring, her much-lauded memoir Crying in H Mart was published, and last week her band Japanese Breakfast released Jubilee, another critically acclaimed album. And the excitement continues: yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter announced that Crying in H... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Independent Bookstore Day, administered by the American Booksellers Association, takes place this coming Saturday, April 24. More than 740 stores are participating and booksellers are adjusting to the times, moving many events outdoors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Exciting adaptation news: A24 and Rhombus Media have optioned the rights to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s Pulitzer-winning debut novel about a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who serves as a communist double agent after the fall of Saigon. The novel is being developed... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Over the course of eight essays with poignant illustrations by Forsyth Harmon, Febos interrogates the strength, savvy and vulnerabilities of girlhood. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-28 12:00:00 UTC ]
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