For Readers
The “Indiana Jones of the Art World” has saved another literary treasure. Arthur Brand, who counts among his many other victories the recovery of a ring that Oscar Wilde gave to a friend, has now saved a 15th-century collection of poetry....
Entertainment Weekly unveiled an excerpt from Suzanne Collins’s upcoming Hunger Games prequel today — and it has certainly made a splash. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (releasing May 19), as it turns out, looks at the future Presiden...
Happy release day to author Isabel Allende! Her brand-new novel, A Long Petal of the Sea, follows refugees of the Spanish Civil War who make their way to Chile. Allende explains more of the historical context of the novel, which is based on true even...
2019 was yet another record year for digital book lending, according to Rakuten OverDrive. In total, 326 million ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines were checked out, representing a 20 percent increase over the previous year. While ebooks made...
For Authors
The trick to remembering how many l's belong in the past tense and gerund form of cancel should be pretty easy. As Writer’s Digest editor Robert Lee Brewer points out, the United States prefers "canceled" and "canceling"...
How many times in your life have you decided to strive for some goal … and then barely made it past the starting line? You don’t want your author business to follow that pattern — and fortunately, the Alliance of Independence Autho...
Joanna Penn understands that you may never pitch your book to an agent or publishing company. That’s more than okay — however, it doesn’t mean you still shouldn’t be able to pitch it. Because, as her her podcast guest, Kate Ha...
Those of you prone to earworms may want to skip this post. David Gaughran reflects on the five marketing lessons one can learn from the enduring (and annoying, depending on your tastes) ditty known informally as The Piña Colada Song and f...
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