For Readers
Perhaps after a week in a noisy office, you’re basking in the relative peace and quiet of your home. (Or, conversely, the office is where you go to escape the chaos.) Either way, for most of us, we seek silence — but some have it thrust u...
Here are the literary birthdays to celebrate over the week of May 19, 2019. Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930): Hansberry’s canonical play A Raisin in the Sun received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, while its film adaptation rec...
In stark contrast to our earlier post — one that encourages you to enter an internet rabbit hole — we offer up an homage to losing oneself in a book. Specifically, author Ben Dolnick invites readers to consider binge-reading in place of b...
We’re making today Cat-urday by sharing an amazing new collection from the Library of Congress that’s solely free vintage cat images. Browse this purr-fect mixture of vintage posters and old photos whenever you need to brighten your day &...
For Authors
Joanna Penn has kept her focus in recent months on how audio trends will affect writers. Her latest expert interview goes beyond the more mainstream (audiobooks) and into what’s now more niche but certainly growing: voice search. See what Miral...
Gretchen Rubin divides the world into four types of people, depending on how they respond to internal and external expectations. Upholders respond well to both expectations; obligers, to external ones only. If this describes your approach to writing,...
Those who use MailChimp for their author newsletters have likely received some bad news: that the pricing structure is changing for many existing users, in addition to new ones. David Gaughran breaks down the whole saga and how it affects legacy user...
An ongoing theme in book-marketing for indie authors is the value of repurposing your content across platforms. In that spirit, Joanna Penn offers a guest post from Makoto Tokudome on how to convert your book into audio, either for free or at minimal...
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