Harlequin: 20p ebook price 'out of our hands'

Tim Cooper, commercial director of Harlequin, has spoken out over the inclusion of one of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Book Bans and Antisemitism Go Hand in Hand

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'A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky' reveals Octavia E. Butler's early life in Pasadena

Drawing on Octavia E. Butler's journals and notes, "A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky" offers a glimpse inside her journey to becoming a science fiction writer. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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BookExpo 2018: At PEN Panel, Free Speech and Race Go Hand in Hand

This year’s PEN America–hosted BookExpo panel saw journalists and a civil rights activist debate the meaning of free speech in an era of “fake news” and deep racial tensions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The ebook is dead. Long live the ebook

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Net Pricing: Is It Time to Take Prices off Book Covers?

Pointing to the need for pricing flexibility at a time when bookstores face a growing number of economic challenges, some booksellers question whether it’s time for publishers to stop printing suggested retail prices on book covers and dust jackets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

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Higher Prices Boost Book Sales in International Markets

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The Morning After: Senate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their hands’

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