PW Star Watch 2024: Celebrating 10 Years of Star Watch

Superstars from years past reflect on the industry and share advice for book-biz newbies Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cosmo's editor reflects on her first year on the job

Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRadio and Pandora too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend! Back in 2008, Jessica Pels was doing exactly what any ambitious, media-obsessed NYU grad should do: interning at A-list publications like... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-17 09:00:00 UTC ]
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A celebration of the outsiders and outcasts who have made music great

Ted Gioia’s sweeping history is as subversive — and immersive — as his title suggests. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-16 16:20:10 UTC ]
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10 Romantic Shojo Manga

We collect 10 romantic shojo manga that capture the fun and charm of the category. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Watch Updates Its Initiative of Partnering Publishers With Creators

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[ AdWeek | 2019-10-15 16:45:31 UTC ]
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10 Book Club Questions for WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

Believe the hype! Where the Crawdads Sing is your book club's next great read. Here are 10 Where the Crawdads Sing book club questions to get started. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-14 10:33:32 UTC ]
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Celebrate, Reimagine the West

This year's Mountains & Plains regional booksellers gathering in Denver was busy and productive, where indie booksellers celebrated their past and present, while reimagining their future as western booksellers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Swedish Academy took a year off to fix the Nobel Prize in literature. It’s still broken.

Austrian author Peter Handke is this year’s winner, which doesn’t inspire much confidence in the selection process. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-10 18:32:28 UTC ]
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Record-breaking year for Women in Translation award longlist

Indie publishers have dominated a record-breaking longlist for the third annual Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 10:26:23 UTC ]
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Sharratt to co-judge The Alligator’s Mouth Award as it returns for second year

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 23:57:08 UTC ]
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Here are the winners of this year’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-07 15:05:09 UTC ]
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10 Edgar Allan Poe Quotes for Writers and About Writing

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[ Writer's Digest | 2019-10-07 05:00:10 UTC ]
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Kroscoczka’s ‘Hey, Kiddo’ Wins Book of the Year at Harvey Awards

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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'Star Trek: Picard' debuts January 23rd, 2020

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[ Engadget | 2019-10-05 18:47:00 UTC ]
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C-3PO star Anthony Daniels to narrate audiobook for DK

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 15:22:38 UTC ]
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In Jojo Moyes’s ‘The Giver of Stars,’ the heroes are librarians on horseback

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[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-03 15:31:45 UTC ]
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Lupita Nyong’o Had a Guilty Pleasure on the Set of ‘12 Years a Slave’

The Oscar-winning actress, whose new children’s book is “Sulwe,” enjoyed “Fifty Shades of Grey” during filming: “I needed something light and inconsequential to take me out of the harshness of the world.” Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-03 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Prince Charles kicks off National Poetry Day celebrations

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-03 07:57:04 UTC ]
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Facebook’s Jennifer Howard reveals best practices for engaging an audience with Facebook Watch

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 19:52:00 UTC ]
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