Author Challenges ChatGPT to Writer a Better Beach Read

A bestselling author takes on the bots, Penguin Random House acquires a comics publisher, an epic bookstore roadtrip, and more. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-11 15:00:00 UTC ]

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5 Tips for Writing a Fast-Paced Psychological Thriller

International bestselling author Douglas Corleone reveals his top five tips for writing fast-paced psychological thrillers readers love. The post 5 Tips for Writing a Fast-Paced Psychological Thriller appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2025-03-31 18:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Sales Rose 8.5% in 2024, Topping $5 Billion

A bounceback year at Penguin Random House US, which included several acquisitions, helped to increase sales and profits at the world's largest trade book publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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9 Weird Ways to Unstick Your Writing

Bestselling author Lisa Rogak shares nine weird ways to unstick your writing in even when you feel stuck in a rut. The post 9 Weird Ways to Unstick Your Writing appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2025-03-28 18:32:31 UTC ]
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How ‘Sucker Punch’ by Scaachi Koul Got Made

An inside look at the publication process for the bestselling author’s latest collection of essays Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author and former Times writer Dennis McDougal dies at 77

Dennis McDougal, a former L.A. Times reporter and bestselling author of over a dozen books, including a biography of Otis Chandler, dies after car accident. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2025-03-26 15:54:43 UTC ]
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'Brave' D.C. Episcopal Bishop Inks Two-Book Deals with PRH

Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Washington, D.C., who urged President Donald Trump to show “mercy” in his second term, has inked deals with two Penguin Random House imprints for books for young people. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, Nonprofits Raise Funds to Back Freedom to Read, Free Speech

As challenges to free expression show no signs of abating, Penguin Random House and the National Coalition Against Censorship have announced separate fundraising initiatives to counter the threat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House’s ‘Banned on the Run’ Event: US$10,000

Ahead of the States' National Library Week, Penguin Random House and Sourcebooks open a 'Banned on the Run a fundraising effort. The post Penguin Random House’s ‘Banned on the Run’ Event: US$10,000 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2025-03-26 02:24:13 UTC ]
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The London Bookstore Just Named the Most Popular in the Entire World

The most popular bookstore in the world, an aspirational lifetime reading plan, and more of the day's top book news. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-03-18 18:30:00 UTC ]
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Inside ‘The Unusual Suspects’: A Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell and Kenya Barris

Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell and award-winning creator Kenya Barris sat down with Fast Company’s KC Ifeanyi at the FC Grill at SXSW. The trio discussed The Unusual Suspects, Gladwell and Barris’s latest podcast series, as well as their business partnership and creative process. Stay tuned... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2025-03-15 20:55:50 UTC ]
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Setting the Gothic Scene in the South

Internationally bestselling author Mark Mustian discusses setting the gothic scene in the South in fiction. The post Setting the Gothic Scene in the South appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2025-03-14 21:00:00 UTC ]
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Greenlight Bookstore Ratifies New Union Contract

Union employees at Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn have ratified a new contract that guarantees annual pay raises and provides more benefits that are designed to reduce turnover and reward skills developed on the job. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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First Day Sales Lift Barnes & Noble Education

Revenue rose 2.1% in the third quarter at B&NE, with the college bookstore turning a net loss last year into a profit in the most recent period. Still, long term profitability remains elusive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-03-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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9 Captivating Books Set in Remote Places

An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves. A family ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2025-03-06 13:30:00 UTC ]
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Remember This

The young woman—young, though nearly forty—stood with her head bent slightly toward the window of McNally Jackson bookstore on Prince Street. She had stopped mid-stride, was on her way somewhere—was, in fact, late—and to see her father’s image in a bookstore window was not anymore such a new... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-03-03 09:18:50 UTC ]
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Jane Austen Is Natalie Jenner’s Lodestar

The bestselling author’s latest historical novel, Austen at Sea, is a paean to her literary guiding light. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Things We Learned in the Fire: On the Destruction (and Rebirth) of a Bookstore

On July 30th, 2024, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland, California was completely destroyed by a fire. The bookstore (previously DIESEL, a Bookstore) had been in that location for thirty years. In the months that followed, its owner, Brad Johnson, began keeping a journal of thoughts. What follows... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-26 13:46:45 UTC ]
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