'Community Makes Us Stronger' at Indie Comics Small Press Expo

This year's Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards struck a note of solidarity and defiance against censorship. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Toys 'R' Us uses OpenAI's Sora to make a brand film about its origin story and it’s horrifying

The rise of artificial intelligence in our media and entertainment industries has raised a lot of concerns about programs like Open Al’s text-to-video maker Sora replacing the artistic endeavors and aspirations of humans. If those AI made movies are anything like a new brand film about the Toys... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-25 21:47:30 UTC ]
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Blue Star Press Steps Up

Bend, Ore.–based publisher Blue Star Press's purchase of Sasquatch Books from Penguin Random House earlier this month is the latest effort by the company's cofounder and CEO Peter Licalzi to build a mid-size independent publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Marc Bernardin Adapted Neil Gaiman's 'Anansi Boys' for Comics

We spoke with the writer tapped to adapt Neil Gaiman’s 2005 novel for comics about how he and his collaborators transformed the story into the format—even as Amazon Prime adapted it for streaming. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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San Diego Comic-Con for Newbies: A Survival Guide

SDCC is a marathon of panels, signings, meetings, and sightings, and advance planning is essential to survival. If you’re lucky enough to have snagged a ticket—or your company is sending you for the first time—here are a few tips from vets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 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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Indie Spotlight: June 2024

In this edition of our monthly roundup of BookLife titles, we feature mysteries and thrillers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Most freelance book critics are making less than minimum wage.

Since September 2023, the book criticism working group of the Freelance Solidarity Project (a union of digital media workers, organizing to raise labor standards across the industry) has been collecting data on freelance rates. Its findings, published earlier this month, are pretty damn bleak.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-20 20:53:12 UTC ]
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FairSquare Comics Rebrands as FairSquare Graphics, Launches Horny Dolphin Imprint

FairSquare Comics, which marked its fifth anniversary on June 20, is rebranding as FairSquare Graphics, and will launch Horny Dolphin, a new imprint dedicated to "NSFW" titles focusing on immigrant and minority voices, this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Union Strikes Outside U.S. Office of Oxford University Press

Roughly 30 members of the Oxford University Press USA Guild held a strike outside the publisher's U.S. headquarters in Manhattan on June 18 over stalled contract negotiations and allegations of labor law violations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Christian Indie Publishers' Faith in Marketing

A growing number of small independent Christian publishers and authors see awards and spirited, creative self-promotion pay off in sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Modder gets Android on the Rabbit R1 AI gadget, makes it actually useful

For all the hullabaloo around AI this year, the consumer products that feature AI seem a bit lackluster. They’re either augmenting existing designs (like “AI PCs”) or they’ve flopped hard. Take the Rabbit R1, which was such an instant failure that it made its way into mainstream news.... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-06-10 15:16:41 UTC ]
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This NYC vet makes house calls. In 'Pets and the City,' she's penned a memoir full of tails

As a city kid, veterinarian Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside healing animals a la the classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2024-06-10 13:18:31 UTC ]
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College Community Rallies Against DOE Effort that Would Upend Inclusive Access Programs

The college instructional materials community and a number of book business organizations are in the final stages of trying to fight off a plan by the Department of Education that would make it more cumbersome for college students to take part in programs that permit them to buy instructional... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Innersloth is spending all its Among Us money on indie games

The massive success of Among Us changed the lives of the developers at Innersloth. Now, the team is paying that forward by helping to fund a bunch of other indie games under its new label Outersloth (perfect name, zero notes). Among the projects that Outersloth has backed so far are Mars First... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-06-07 22:40:10 UTC ]
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Librarians Celebrate Comics in the Face of Censorship

Ahead of this year's American Librarian Association conference, librarians are joining forces to seek out “the good stuff” to celebrate and sharing strategic practices to counter challenges leveraged increasingly at comics and graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Project LIT Builds Book Community

A teacher’s class project on book access for kids becomes a national grassroots literacy movement. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics Thrive in Libraries Through Digital Lending

Comics Plus and other digital lending platforms are a growing area for the discovery and circulation of graphic novels in libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Comic Anthology for Pride Month and Beyond

Dive into this comic anthology featuring 29 transgender and nonbinary comic artists sharing their unique coming out journeys. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-05 13:30:00 UTC ]
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Blue Star Press Buys Sasquatch Books from PRH

Bend, Ore.–based Blue Star Press has acquired Sasquatch Books from Penguin Random House, which had bought the Seattle-based publisher and distribution client in 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic Writers on AI: An Oxford University Press Study

The 2,300+ international researchers responding to Oxford University's Study revealed high interest but also extensive misgivings about AI. The post Academic Writers on AI: An Oxford University Press Study appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-30 20:52:30 UTC ]
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