How Four Bestselling Authors Connected with Readers, Helped Indie Booksellers, and Beat the Pandemic

What launched as a sort of support group in the early days of Covid-19, Friends & Fiction celebrated its 100th episode on November 24. PW caught up with show's creators and hosts, Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry, to talk about the remarkable rise of a special literary community. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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WHS launches new £169.99 Kobo e-reader

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International Bestsellers, November 2011: Literary Novels Hit in Germany, Italy

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Daunt: booksellers face same "crisis" as libraries

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