Amazon’s Jet City Comics imprint is serializing the comics adaptation of sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s 'Wool' simultaneously on Comixology and Amazon. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent roundup of the ‘best books of 2021’ had every possible genre of novel – with the unsurprising exception of romanceIn the four months since my first novel came out, I’ve had the same conversation probably a dozen times.“What’s it about?” a well-meaning stranger will ask. “Well,” I’ll... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-12-05 15:25:24 UTC ]
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A posthumously published story collection by the best-selling author of “The Shadow of the Wind” blends the familiar with a new perspective. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-01 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Zestworld, which counts Alexis Ohanian as a supporter, will allow comic book writers and artists to present new work and reap the benefits. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-11-29 14:30:05 UTC ]
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Yomi Sode, Raymond Antrobus and Victoria Adukwei Bulley are among 17 contemporary Black British poets recording their poems for a new collection by the Poetry Archive and Obsidian Foundation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-25 19:40:50 UTC ]
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The pandemic, coupled with the protests that followed George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis last year, has transformed the Twin Cities bookselling scene in the last 20 months. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeremy Dauber's 'American Comics: A History' is a lively historical survey of the American comics medium across 150 years of literary and commercial development. The book will be published this month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In September 1939, Elizabeth Hardwick took a Greyhound bus to New York to pursue a doctorate in 17th-century English literature at Columbia University. A few years earlier she had visited the city with two high school friends, staying at the Hotel Taft in Times Square. The women’s accents had... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-16 09:55:56 UTC ]
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Lana Wood’s “Little Sister” offers circumstantial evidence that Natalie’s death might not have been an accident. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Jesse Sutanto has won the CWIP Prize for Published Comic Novel, for her "deliciously frantic comedy caper" Dial A for Aunties (HarperCollins), with Dolly Alderton coming runner-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 09:52:15 UTC ]
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The trade publishing segment continues to perform well in 2021, with August sales up 15.1% in the adult category and ahead 21.8% in the children’s/young adult segment at publishers that report results to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Comics has declined a request by union organizers to voluntarily recognize Comic Book Workers United, an effort to unionize the independent comics publisher, and has moved to hold a vote to determine whether the CBWU will represent eligible Image staff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In an unprecedented effort at labor organizing in the comics industry, a group of 10 staffers at Image Comics, a major independent comics publisher, have announced plans to launch a union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This may be one of your best chances of scoring a smart speaker or e-reader before the holiday rush. Amazon is selling multiple recent Echo devices (plus a Kindle reader) at very low prices. To start, the fourth-generation Echo speaker is on sale for just $60 (usually $100), or the same as its... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-10-31 14:22:12 UTC ]
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The New York Times takes a look at lesser-known children’s books written by literary titans such as Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner, and more. Though these writers did not stay long in this genre, their efforts were lauded, as in the case of James Thurber and Many Moons. “When... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2021-10-25 20:30:32 UTC ]
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In ‘Prayers for the People,’ debut author and youth pastor Terry J. Stokes blends traditional prayer practices with contemporary needs and concerns, from online dating to anti-racism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher's pro-rated terms and its temporary story time permissions will now run through March, 31, 2022, as the pandemic continues to impact schools and libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Children are being exposed to aspects of Netflix’s gory and dark drama Squid Game, but it’s most likely not from the streaming service itself. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-10-21 05:35:19 UTC ]
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The newly piloted program from Springer Nature translates into English from Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese and French. The post During Frankfurt: Springer Nature Offers Auto-Translation for Research appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-19 07:06:57 UTC ]
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After a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, New York Comic Con returned to New York City's Javits Convention October 7-10, and welcomed back thousands of fans to the newly expanded convention center. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This is part of a broader marketing effort by the online financial company that includes its first foray into TikTok. Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2021-10-16 17:30:00 UTC ]
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