Definitive proof that publishing your novel won’t make you happy.

Hug an author today! Fifty-four percent of debut authors responding to Bookseller survey said the process had a negative impact on their mental health—equally likely to feel bummed out whether they pubbed with a Big Four or an indie publisher. One, quoted anonymously in The Bookseller’s report, said they started anti-anxiety medication during the run-up […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-24 15:32:12 UTC ]

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Fyodor fever: how Dostoevsky became a social media sensation

White Nights, the author’s 1848 novella, sounds an unlikely candidate to go viral, but the story of lovelorn loneliness is now a favourite among TikTok and Instagram usersBeing popular on TikTok can make just about anything fly off the shelves, from beauty products to cucumbers, which became one... Continue reading at The Guardian

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The shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title includes “leather-daddy bounty hunters.”

The Bookseller has selected six books for their 46th annual Diagram Prize shortlist for The Oddest Book Title of the Year, a prize they’ve been awarding since 1978. (According to Sarah Lyall, the prize began “as a way for Bruce Robertson, co-founder of the Diagram Group, an information and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-11-18 19:09:25 UTC ]
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The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years

Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Election 2024: How will the candidates regulate big tech?

The US presidential election is in its final stretch. Before election day on November 5, Engadget is looking at where the candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, stand on the most consequential tech issues of our day. The Biden administration has been more aggressive than almost any in... Continue reading at Engadget

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Penguin Random House amends its copyright rules to protect authors from AI

Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors don’t have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-18 21:04:36 UTC ]
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Former Humble Games staff form new publisher that will work with their old company

Two former leaders from video game publisher Humble Games, Alan Patmore and Mark Nash, have launched a new outfit called Good Games Group. And ironically, the first deal this indie publisher has landed is with its team's old parent company. According to the statement from Good Games Group, the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-09 21:15:39 UTC ]
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Deals of the Day: Oct. 7

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[ Crains New York | 2024-10-07 17:24:22 UTC ]
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California Booksellers Join Forces in Pasadena

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Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name?

A sweetly situated bookstore and its bookseller in France leads Richard Charkin to speculate on job titles in publishing. The post Richard Charkin in France: What’s in a Name? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

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PW Close-Up: Severn House

Severn House, an indie publisher established in 1974, continues to expand its wide-ranging library of genre fiction. Whether it's romance, cozy mystery, or fantasy, Severn House is committed to publishing unique stories from established and emerging authors. Joanne Grant, publisher of Severn... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Barnes & Noble is opening 58 stores in 2024: Here’s a full list of cities that will get new locations

The national bookseller is continuing its comeback this year, with the most openings in a single year since at least 2009. In a news environment filled with gloomy stories about the decline of brick-and-mortar retail, we’ll take the wins where we can get them. Continue reading at Fast Company

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Fall Regionals 2024: Booksellers Reach Across Regional Divides

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Humble Games reportedly lays off its entire staff

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Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

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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

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