Everyone’s giving away games these days and while Square Enix’s new “Stay Home and Play” bundle isn’t free, it might as well be. The breadth and scope of the deal is pretty amazing: More than 50 games for under $40. That’s less than $1 per game, for those who can’t math.It’s the sort of anthology bundle we usually see from publishers during the Steam Summer and Winter Sale, but now available on a random weekend in May. And sure, less than $1 per game makes sense in some cases. Does anyone really want to replay the original Just Cause? Or Conflict: Desert Storm? Probably not.To read this article in full, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2020-05-08 18:45:00 UTC ]
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Strong demand for hardcover titles helped to drive up sales of religion books 38% in April over a year ago, according to the AAP's most recent StatShot report. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This week has felt like a month worth of news, now that we've wrapped up Apple's WWDC 2024 and Summer Game Fest in LA. In this episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss their final thoughts on Apple Intelligence and the company's upcoming software, and they chat about some of our coverage... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-06-14 11:30:57 UTC ]
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Modern gaming laptops are technological modern marvels. The amount of hardware packed into a small form factor can outpace even the best desktops of years past. With such stringent high-performance and tight tolerances, the right suite of software programs can have a surprising impact on... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-06-14 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Mr. Potter narrated the epic sagas of popular comic book heroes and villains on his channel Comicstorian. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2024-06-11 20:31:26 UTC ]
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Plus: an auction in support of a more diverse publishing workforce, a YA anthology to fight book bans, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-11 15:00:00 UTC ]
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The massive success of Among Us changed the lives of the developers at Innersloth. Now, the team is paying that forward by helping to fund a bunch of other indie games under its new label Outersloth (perfect name, zero notes). Among the projects that Outersloth has backed so far are Mars First... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-06-07 22:40:10 UTC ]
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Top book news stories include a new installment in the Hunger Games universe, Costco scaling back book sales, and more highbrow-raising layoffs in publishing. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-06 16:34:34 UTC ]
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Interactive Storytelling in Three Recent Video Games, by Serena Middleton Culture [email protected] Mon, 06/03/2024 - 14:25 As technology develops. it causes changes in the mediums that house our literature, but our human ability to tell stories... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2024-06-03 19:25:12 UTC ]
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Author of Anansi’s Gold, a nonfiction account of a notorious Ghanian conman ‘told with biting wit’, wins £1,000 awardYepoka Yeebo has won the 2024 Jhalak prize for her nonfiction book about a Ghanaian con artist.Anansi’s Gold is an “exhilarating journey” through the life and “almost... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-30 18:30:16 UTC ]
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I hope you had a quiet Memorial Day. It was a quiet one tech-wise, and I briefly fought the urge to copy and paste yesterday’s TMA into today’s newsletter hopper. There were a few teases and glimpses of gaming news, with E3 successor Summer Games Fest kicking off in just over a week. SGF’s game... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-05-28 11:15:37 UTC ]
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The Brownstone Boys, BLK MKT Vintage, Simji, and others release their first books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Washington Square Press, which has for years served as a home for many of Atria's trade paperback conversions, will relaunch as a frontlist hardcover imprint in spring 2025. Helmed by Atria VP and editorial director Lindsay Sagnette, the reimagined imprint will focus on literary fiction,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The campaign, featuring pregnant and near-nude celebrity cookbook author Molly Baz, was deemed indecent by a billboard company ahead of Mother’s Day. In case you missed it, last week, Times Square was the home of a 45-foot billboard featuring an image of pregnant celebrity cookbook author Molly... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2024-05-14 22:45:00 UTC ]
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Times Square is no stranger to women's bodies, but a particular advertisement recently stirred controversy, reflecting deep societal tensions surrounding motherhood and female sexuality. The ad promoted lactation cookies in a provocative campaign by breastfeeding startup... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-05-13 20:32:01 UTC ]
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Bookshop and arts centre run by Salmon Poetry is saved from closure after raising more than €60,000 from 700 individualsA bookshop and arts centre run by a prominent Irish poetry publisher has been saved from closure after a GoFundMe campaign raised more than €60,000 – enough to buy new premises... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-13 15:18:10 UTC ]
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Much like the peripatetic characters in her latest novel, the author understands the importance of finding permanence and a sense of belonging. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Poetry Foundation is funding a new grant program to help presses, while more than 70 former SPD clients have found new distribution partners. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 30 years ago Annika Pergament drove up the coast, starting in Florida, in search of her first journalism job after graduate school—her trunk filled with tapes of herself as a news anchor. She landed a gig in television news just several hundred miles later."I hit every news station on... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-04-23 20:44:42 UTC ]
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In January 2016, I was an unpublished writer working on my first novel when I learned of an artist residency on a tiny island off the west coast of South Korea. Excited, I daydreamed of finishing my manuscript in my motherland, visiting family, and of course, eating an abundance of delicious... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-04-18 11:05:00 UTC ]
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Dozens of former publishers that had been served by SPD have signed with Asterism and Itasca as frustration mounts over the lack of information coming from the now-shuttered distributor. Meanwhile, Ingram is offering some flexibility in its 60-day deadline to have inventory removed from its... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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