Author James Patterson Funding Drive To Save Indie Booksellers

On Thursday, the best-selling author pledged $500,000 to a new campaign: #SaveIndieBookstores. Continue reading at 'HuffPost'

[ HuffPost | 2020-04-02 20:17:14 UTC ]
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Best Chromebook deals for Prime Day 2024: Start saving for school

Amazon’s Prime Day Chromebook deals are ramping up in anticipation of the big event beginning on July 16. We’re busy poring through early Prime Day sales, looking for the best Chromebook deals on both budget and premium machines. Prime Day takes place on July 16 and July 17 this year,... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-07-12 10:10:00 UTC ]
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Two Authors, One Subject: Zoë Eisenberg and Rhaina Cohen on Writing Intimate Friendships

Novelist Zoë Eisenberg and journalist-turned-author Rhaina Cohen have something in common: they both published books about extraordinarily intimate friendships. Their debut books published in February of this year with strikingly similar titles—Significant Others (Eisenberg) and The Other... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-12 08:55:38 UTC ]
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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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Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina DalcherMore than 500 authors and book industry professionals have signed an open letter calling on Waterstones to reverse a decision to dismiss an employee who said she... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-11 10:31:48 UTC ]
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Obituary: James Proimos

Children's author, illustrator, animator, and designer James Proimos died on July 8. He was 68. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Overlooked No More: Ursula Parrott, Best-Selling Author and Voice for the Modern Woman

Her writing, about marriage and divorce, sex and its consequences, work-life balance, the challenges of child-rearing and other topics, still resonates today. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-07-10 20:21:55 UTC ]
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Is TikTok Saving Print Books and Bookstores?

Print book sales and store traffic are on the rise. Plus: Book Riot's best books of 2024, adaptation news, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-10 15:00:00 UTC ]
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The Future of Children’s Bookselling

Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Future of Children’s Bookselling

Forward-thinking booksellers are reinventing community programming staples, from author visits to subscription boxes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Remembering Samuel Roth, the Bookseller Who Defied America’s Obscenity Laws

Samuel Roth was the sort of bookseller whose wares came wrapped in brown paper. Titles like Gershon Legman’s The Sexual Conduct of Men and Women, Maxwell Bodenheim’s My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village, and most notoriously his anthologized periodical of high-brow smut, American Aphrodite: A... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-03 08:56:41 UTC ]
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ALA 2024: Authors and Librarians Address 'Soft' Censorship

Numerous activities and events at the ALA annual conference addressed the problem of book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Spotify’s new audiobook bundle may reduce music royalties and shortchange authors | Millicent Weber for the Conversation

Music artists say the bundle is ‘cheating’ the royalties system while authors have concerns about how streaming will affect how they’re paid and rights over their workAudio streaming giant Spotify, one of the world’s largest audio platforms, entered the audiobook market last October, offering... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-07-02 03:23:25 UTC ]
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NYC libraries are getting their funding back.

As the saying goes, you know you’ve fucked up when the librarians start protesting—and while New York City makes a sport out of hating its mayors, current problematic mayor Eric Adams really stepped in it when he announced cuts to the city’s libraries in the mid-year budget last fall. As we... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-28 14:01:00 UTC ]
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'Braiding Sweetgrass' Author Robin Wall Kimmerer Heads to Scribner

Kimmerer's 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World' will be published by Scribner on November 19. Her breakout hit 'Braiding Sweetgrass,' which has sold over 2 million copies, was published in 2013 by Milkweed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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City budget deal allocates $2B for housing, restores library funding

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has reached a deal with the City Council on a budget that undoes at least some of the cuts he had previously imposed and adds new funding for housing construction, according to City Hall and a person familiar with negotiations.The mayor’s office announced... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-27 23:09:36 UTC ]
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Writers Talking Writers: Paul Theroux on George Orwell and Ferdia Lennon on James Joyce

Two writers discuss the literary forebears who directly inspired their latest novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Against Book Bans Officially Launches

The group's 1,500 members from all 50 states aim to provide “support and encouragement for the educators, librarians, parents, and students who are the first line of defense against censorship, and for the authors whose books are under attack.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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YA Author Lee Wind Launches Kickstarter to Donate Books to LGBTQ+ Teens

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 at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Key funding questions separate Adams, council as city budget deadline nears

New York City’s improving fiscal situation seemed to foretell an easier path to passing the coming year’s budget, but the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams still disagree on key issues with days left before the deadline to reach a deal.The council’s push to reverse cuts to cultural institutions,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-06-21 17:26:40 UTC ]
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Post-SPD, Indie Publishers Consider the Benefits of Distribution Co-ops

Frustrated by the difficulties of finding and keeping traditional distributors, members of the IBPA came together last week for a webinar led by Microcosm Publishing CEO Joe Biel to discuss the merits of forming their own distribution cooperatives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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