For Readers
In some ways, Thanksgiving 2020 doesn't look like the holiday of years past. We can keep at least one tradition alive, though: the pattern of sharing holiday-themed reading material. Facebook fan Susan S. recommended the Outlander series (&q...
Ready for a holiday challenge that isn’t about how much you can cook, how much you can eat, or how you can adapt to a pandemic? Merriam-Webster is ready with a Thanksgiving word challenge! And if you ace it, then you may be interested in learni...
Novelist Haruki Murakami's alma mater is building a new library to house everything he’s donated to it. Tokyo’s Waseda University hopes to open the Murakami Library (also called the Waseda International House of Literature) in 2021, r...
The British Library has issued an apology to poet Ted Hughes’s widow (and his other family members and friends) for linking him too strongly to a man involved in the slave trade. The library has been compiling a database of figures with “...
For Authors
A writing career, in the best of times, feels like a calling or a passion that happens to pay. But other times, it can certainly feel like work. Zara Altair recognizes that reality and has some advice on how to bring more joy back to the process. Hea...
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that the world can change — whether we want it to or not. Joanna Penn’s latest podcast covers a lot of publishing industry ground, as usual, but focuses on several issues related to change. Speci...
It may be the day before Thanksgiving, but there’s still plenty of time to implement festive holiday marketing. Don’t believe Penny Sansevieri on this? She lists off a number of holidays that are several weeks out and emphasizes that book...
Amazon has announced a small change to its Audible program in response to recent pressure from authors and writing organizations. The Digital Reader shares an email from Audible to authors in which the company says it will pay a royalty on audiobooks...
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