Amazon, Penguin Random House team up in piracy lawsuit

Posted on 07/09/2020 at 05:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Upon reading about the latest lawsuit in big publishing, we couldn’t help but think of the cliché “the enemy of...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Lawsuit, Scandal

Kindle Cloud Reader loses offline option

Posted on 07/09/2020 at 04:35 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sorry to wrap up the day on a bit of a down note, but The Digital Reader has confirmed the...

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Tagged As: Amazon, The Digital Reader

Free reads: "The Great Gatsby" and COVID-19, reimagined

Posted on 07/09/2020 at 11:06 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Need something to read over your lunch break? Check out these old and new tales. The old tale — The...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, coronavirus / COVID-19, Excerpt, Graphic novel, Literary Hub, Short story, The New York Times

Philip Pullman will release a novella starring a teenage Lyra this fall

Posted on 07/09/2020 at 08:37 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Fantasy fans have even more reason to look forward to fall, now. Philip Pullman will publish a novella previously only...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, The Guardian

"The Far Side" is officially back

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 03:43 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Ready for that midafternoon pick-me-up? Gary Larson’s new material is live! The Far Side cartoonist ended his fifteen-year hiatus yesterday...

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Tagged As: Just for fun, Pop culture

Legal battle over "Too Much and Never Enough" rages on

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 12:29 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Robert Trump is making a final push to block the publication of his niece’s tell-all memoir. Bloomberg reports that his...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood sign letter condemning the spread of 'censoriousness'

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An open letter warning of the spread of “censoriousness” is making its rounds around the internet and drawing strong reactions...

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian

New book examines the act of spreading, from germs to memes

Posted on 07/08/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Remember when “going viral” referred to internet trends? Those were certainly the good old days. Yet they’re not as far...

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Tagged As: Author interview, coronavirus / COVID-19, Nonfiction, NPR

Excerpts from "Want," "Notes on a Silencing," and more

Posted on 07/07/2020 at 03:05 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We may have left the era - at least temporarily — of food samples, but thankfully, book samples are still...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Memoir, Politics, The New York Times

"Too Much and Never Enough" accuses Trump of cheating on SATs

Posted on 07/07/2020 at 01:02 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Mary Trump’s memoir promised “harrowing and salacious” stories about Donald Trump. From what media outlets are continuing to share, that...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Politics, Scandal