Focus on the Family Launches Fiction Imprint

The first three titles under the Focus Fiction imprint will be acquired and edited by Jerry B. Jenkins and will be published this fall. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road Launches Geo-Targeting Service to Fight Book Bans

In an effort to help consumers find and read books that have been banned in their localities, Open Road Integrated Media has started a new marketing service, the Free Voices Geo-Targeting initiative, focusing on 10 states where book banning is most prevalent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Five things: Bain Capital, lab vacancies, and science fiction becoming reality

Good morning, Boston. Happy National Root Beer Float Day. Here are the five things you need to know in local business news to start your Tuesday, before you go get that Black Cow. The biggest business news of the day — unless you include the continuing Wall Street meltdown — is the finding by... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2024-08-06 10:16:18 UTC ]
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Christian Fiction Embraces a Classic Genre—The Western

Cowboys, wide open spaces, and strong women are drawing Christian writers to stories set in the American West. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Flatiron to Debut Pine & Cedar Imprint with S. A. Cosby's Next Book

Pine & Cedar Books plans to publish “compulsively readable, story-driven novels,” starting next summer, with the first title in a three-book with the 'All the Sinners Bleed' author. Christine Kopprasch has been named VP and publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How QAnon Destroys American Families

WIRED speaks with Jesselyn Cook, whose recent book chronicles five families impacted by QAnon. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2024-08-01 18:10:46 UTC ]
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The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has announced its 2024 longlist.

Distinct among the literary prizes for its emphasis on debuts, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has been recognizing “exciting emerging voices in contemporary fiction” since 2006. This year, a panel of readers and judges selected a longlist of 25 novels out of 144 debuts submitted for... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-08-01 14:21:54 UTC ]
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The 'Southwest Review' Launches New Pony Press

The Dallas-based 'Southwest Review' is launching New Pony Press, which plans to publish works by cult writers, putting out one book a year. Its first title is 'Disappearances,' a book of drawings by Barry Gifford, publishing October 8. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Kevin Barry’s The Heart in Winter, Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, and Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Long Island Compromise all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-31 12:18:55 UTC ]
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6 New Works of Fiction and Nonfiction About Immigrant Experiences

Authors from across the globe document the joys and travails of diaspora communities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Kaepernick Launches AI-Based Self-Publishing Platform

The former NFL quarterback turned civil rights activist, who founded his own publishing company in 2020, has launched Lumi, an AI-based platform providing authors and other creatives with another alternative to traditional publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Kaepernick is launching an AI startup to empower manga creators

Starting with comics and graphic novels, Lumi will help creators develop and illustrate ideas, then sell their work through an all-in-one platform. A new AI platform led by activist and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick aims to make it easier for anyone to publish—and monetize—their... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2024-07-24 16:00:00 UTC ]
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LitUp Greenlights Fiction Debuts from Underrepresented Authors

A partnership between Hello Sunshine, Reese's Book Club, and We Need Diverse Books is behind a spate of debut novels by underrepresented writers, including Chatham Greenfield's 'Time and Time Again.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction

A few weeks before the release of my first book, a memoir about my mother’s murder, I had to take a polygraph exam. The two things were not in fact related, but that was easy to forget once I found myself strapped in a chair in a windowless room on the fourth floor of a […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-07-15 08:56:51 UTC ]
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New Science Fiction and Fantasy This Week, July 12, 2024

Dive into this double dose of new science fiction and fantasy releases out this week. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-12 16:15:00 UTC ]
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Unnamed Press Inaugurates Smith & Taylor Classics Imprint

Los Angeles independent publisher Unnamed Press has unveiled Smith & Taylor Classics, a new imprint helmed by acquiring editors Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) and Brandon Taylor, author of 'Real Life,' 'Filthy Animals,' and 'The Late Americans.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Launching Books into the World: A Conversation with Carolina Orloff, by Aitana Bellido

Launching Books into the World: A Conversation with Carolina Orloff, by Aitana Bellido Interviews [email protected] Mon, 07/01/2024 - 15:54 Carolina Orloff is a translator, author, and researcher of Latin American literature. In 2016, after... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2024-07-01 20:54:02 UTC ]
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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Deals for July 1, 2024

An epic fantasy inspired by Nigerian mythology, a found family wuxia fantasy, a historical fantasy set in the 1920s, and more of today's best science fiction and fantasy deals. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-07-01 14:30:00 UTC ]
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8 Science Fiction Books that are Impossible to Adapt to the Screen

What are your favorite science fiction novels that have yet to see a film adaptation? Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-06-27 10:30:00 UTC ]
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How a Small Press Poetry Contest Launched Samuel Beckett’s Career

Paris, June 1930. At 3.00 in the morning, Nancy Cunard quickly writes a letter to her friend Louise Morgan, American journalist and editor at Everyman magazine: We found a poem, a beauty, by a poet—so much so that it must be printed by itself. Irishman of 23, Ecole Normale here, that’s all I... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-06-26 08:56:36 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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