New Kobo e-readers hit WHS

Kobo’s new e-reading devices, Kobo Mini and Kobo Glo are being rolled out across 100 W H... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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More Layoffs Hit Oni-Lion Forge

Less than a month after the publisher and v-p of creative and business development were laid off at the comics publisher, a new round of dismissals hit the company last week, casting uncertainty over its future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Prime Day Kindle deals: Every Amazon e-reader is absurdly cheap

Amazon’s Kindles are the e-readers most people want. Usually, high demand means higher prices. Yet Amazon is all but giving Kindles away for Prime Day 2022, offering up deals on both basic and bougie models at absurdly low prices, even as “Prime Day” continues on into its second day. (You need... Continue reading at PC World

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His First Novel Was a Critical Hit. Two Decades Later, He Rewrote It.

Many fiction writers wind up wishing they could redraft their early works. Akhil Sharma actually did. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Japanese creator of hit manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! dies aged 60

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‘The Crane Wife’ essay hit a nerve. A new book reminds us why.

C. J. Hauser’s memoir-in-essays is a frank exploration of intimacy and romance that doesn’t always lead to a happily ever after. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Hitting the Books: Summer reading list

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Cheryl Klein Named Editorial Director of Algonquin Young Readers

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Children's Institute 2022: Supply Chain Issues Hit Sidelines, Too

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Hit the Road with these Bookish Road Trip Essentials

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Abu Dhabi: Kobo Announces Arabic as a Primary Language

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Bloom Books Is Helping Young Readers Grow

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Wowing Young Readers: Close-up on Union Square Kids

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‘I almost got hit’: the Ukrainian journalists turned war correspondents overnight

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Hitting the Books: Dodge, Detroit and the Revolutionary Union Movement of 1968

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What is it Like to Be a Blind Writer Writing for Sighted Readers?

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