Medium's Series feature looks a lot like Snapchat Stories

Snapchat is the muse of virtually every app right now. Everybody from Instagram to Tinder is borrowing ideas from the platform, and now it's Medium's turn. Today, the self-publishing site is introducing a new feature for its mobile app called Series,... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Spanish-language Audiobook Success Stories

Mariane Féged, director of Spanish markets at Bookwire, highlights three titles that have been especially popular on the service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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David Attenborough's new series at last shows dinosaurs in all their feathered glory | David Hone

The prehistoric age has been stuck in a cultural rut since Jurassic Park. As a palaeontologist, I’m glad to see this era is overThe utterly extraordinary Prehistoric Planet has returned this week for a second season and, as a palaeontologist, I remain utterly enthralled by the whole thing. You... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-05-26 11:08:56 UTC ]
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Tiffany Hammond Believes Stories Are the Best Teachers

In her No. 1 best-selling picture book, “A Day With No Words,” the debut author shows an average day in the life of a boy who has autism. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-05-25 09:00:12 UTC ]
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PW Cover Reveal: 'Ways to Build Dreams: A Ryan Hart Story'

In this exclusive cover reveal, PW takes a look at Ways to Build Dreams, the latest installment in the bestselling A Ryan Hart Story series, by Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Award-winner Renée Watson. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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London Public Library refuses to rent space to event featuring author of How Woke Won

The London Public Library in southwestern Ontario is standing by its decision to block The Society for Academic Freedom from holding an event featuring controversial British author Joanna Williams. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-05-18 08:00:00 UTC ]
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20 Must-Read Short Stories on Audio

These must-read short stories on audio will help you break out of reading slumps and give you a taste of an author's style, like Some People Have Real Problems by Brit Bennett. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-05-17 10:36:00 UTC ]
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Here are the guest editors (and covers!) for the Best American Series 2023.

Do you like the Best American series? Of course you do! Each book in the annual series showcases of best short fiction and nonfiction in a given year, from short stories to essays, science and nature writing, to food writing. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-16 15:00:45 UTC ]
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U.S. Book Show 2023: Featured Speakers

National ambassador for young people’s literature Meg Medina, Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, and bestselling novelist Lauren Groff are among the authors and comics creators appearing live at the show. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Short Stories about Art and Artists

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) What are the best short stories about painters, artists, and the world of art? From Gothic pioneers like Edgar Allan Poe to realist writers like Edith Wharton, masters of the short story have often touched upon the subject of art and painting, using... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2023-05-10 14:00:48 UTC ]
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‘There’s a lot of desperation’: Confessions of a PR industry veteran on PR’s ‘reputation problem’

PR pros say they're feeling the pressure of new client demands in a changing digital media landscape. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2023-05-10 04:01:00 UTC ]
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‘There’s a lot of desperation’: Confessions of a PR industry veteran on PR’s ‘reputation problem’

PR pros say they're feeling the pressure of new client demands in a changing digital media landscape. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2023-05-10 04:01:00 UTC ]
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A Different Look at the Anne Frank Story

'The Last Secret of the Secret Annex' explores the betrayal of Anne Frank to the Nazis and the pain still felt by the family of a woman who had helped hide the Frank family. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

Respect and support to Wasilla, Alaska’s Black Birch Books, who’re getting a lot of online flack for announcing a drag story time in June. But despite a slew of negative, and sometimes threatening, comments and reviews, Black Birch owner Taylor Jordan is going on with the show. As she told... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-05-04 15:21:17 UTC ]
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Jack Zipes: Still Finding Stories That Need to Be Told

Jack Zipes technically retired from his position as professor of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota in 2008, but he hasn't paused his prolific contributions to storytelling and radical children's literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Coming-of-Age Stories about Adolescence

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Many notable short stories focus on the rough passage from childhood to adulthood. Of course, the transition from ‘child’ to ‘adult’ does not happen overnight, and is not the result of a single epiphany of crucial moment, but writers of short fiction... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2023-05-01 17:00:31 UTC ]
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The Best Short Stories about Marriage

Marriage is a key theme in literature, of course: a fact which need hardly surprise us when we reflect that many people spend the majority of their lives married to somebody else. Marriage also touches upon other prominent themes, including love, commitment, having children, lust, conflict, and... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2023-04-26 14:00:21 UTC ]
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This Baby Book Series Satirizes Lack of Parental Paid Leave

The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world without a national paid leave policy, and 1 in 4 American women have had to return to work within two weeks of giving birth. With many parents unable to take much time to raise their newborns, this calls for a crash course in infant... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2023-04-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrating 100 Books in the MIT Press’s Essential Knowledge Series

The broad-ranging series, which provides fundamental basics on complex, pressing topics, is hitting a major milestone and looking to the future. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Short Stories about Religion

Religion is an important feature of many people’s lives, so it shouldn’t surprise us that many writers of short stories have written about religion from various perspectives: the power of superstitious belief, the importance of religious conversion, the cultural role of Christianity, and many... Continue reading at Interesting Literature

[ Interesting Literature | 2023-04-19 14:00:16 UTC ]
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On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

Story collections are the country cousins of the American publishing landscape, tolerated with benevolent condescension while their authors are urged to produce that more glamorous product: novels. A novel might find a broad audience, even become a bestseller! Whereas—as a writer friend once put... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-04-13 08:53:59 UTC ]
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