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Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 19, 2020

Posted on 01/25/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our...

Tagged As: Audiobook, Libraries, Reading, Romance, Scandal

What the new California gig-economy law could mean for writers

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writers in California have likely (hopefully) already been paying attention to a new state law intended to improve life as...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: The business of writing, Writer Beware

Gallup poll: Going to the library is Americans' favorite cultural activity

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Okay, we’re sure you’ll all tell us that you went to the library FAR more often in 2019 that the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Libraries, Reading

NPR re-interviews "American Dirt" author

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR interviewed one of the most talked-about authors last week — and then had to toss it out. The writer...

Categories: Author Interview

Tagged As: Author interview, Diversity, NPR

Jim Lehrer's death is a loss for literature as well as journalism

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The journalism world lost a great figure yesterday, with the passing of Jim Lehrer. Lehrer was, of course, best known...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Nonfiction, Obituary

What "The Morning Show" shows us about power in contract negotiations

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 09:27 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s post about understanding your own power in contract negotiations just might be the only pep talk you...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, TV adaptation

New York Times bestsellers: Week of February 1, 2020

Posted on 01/24/2020 at 07:31 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of February 1,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

David Gaughran's seven tips for an effective author newsletter

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 02:44 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You maybe (probably) already have an author newsletter, or if not, you might be ready to make that a priority....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: David Gaughran, Email newsletter

Barnes & Noble CEO joins the National Book Foundation's board

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

James Daunt has another new gig: member of the National Book Foundation’s board of directors. The new CEO of Barnes...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Barnes & Noble / Nook, Charity

What effect did "Fifty Shades of Grey" really have on society?

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Love it or loathe it, by one measure, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James was the past decade’s bestselling...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Scandal, The Guardian