Posted on May 29, 2015 at 12:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Check out some of our favorite Web links from the past week.
INDUSTRY THOUGHTS
Find an audience in a customer-driven world ... Is self-publishing being oversold? ... Don’t write off bookstores just yet. ... One author says books on women don’t win big awards and proposes solutions to the problem.
ADVICE FOR AUTHORS
How to get early feedback on your book idea ... Deal with your insecurities ... Writing as the opposite gender can be successful (and while you’re at it, don’t gender-section your books).
ON A LIGHTER NOTE
We played the “How to Be A Writer” game ... rolled our eyes at this year’s entries into the Merriam-Webster dictionary ... and laughed at the hashtags famous characters might’ve used.
THINK BEYOND THE PAGE
This Instagram feed re-creates the experience of reading a novel. ... The Paris Review is launching a video-interview series with authors. ... Five hundred new fairy tales have been discovered in Germany.
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