Publishers file lawsuit over Audible Captions feature

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 04:11 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Big publishers weren’t happy when Audible revealed its planned Audible Captions feature last month. Today, they ac...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Lawsuit, Licenses, copyrights, and other legalese, Technology, The Digital Reader, The Passive Voice

New York Times bestsellers: Week of September 1, 2019

Posted on 08/23/2019 at 08:32 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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

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

Ray Bradbury's hometown kicks off fundraising for a museum about him

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chicago-area fans without plans this afternoon (or with boring plans) — consider swinging by Waukegan. Specificall...

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Tagged As: Literary tourism, Science fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin documentary is still streaming ... but not for long

Posted on 08/24/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This is your last weekend to watch Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin through PBS. (Unless, of course, you work a nontraditiona...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Science fiction, Video, Women in literature

Here's what's up next from the Hugo Award winners

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations (again) to the winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards — what are they going to do next? If they’re...

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Tagged As: Awards, Fantasy, Science fiction

Jury sides with Nicholas Sparks in suit filed by ex-headmaster

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 10:43 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Nicholas Sparks has emerged victorious from a lawsuit filed by his school’s former headmaster. Sparks, auth...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Scandal

Alice Walker argues against covering 1930s murals depicting slavery

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 09:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning author has weighed in on a debate over controversial murals at a high school. Alice Walker, who...

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Tagged As: History, Women in literature

Crowdfunding campaign raises enough to buy Jane Austen letter

Posted on 08/22/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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A crowdfunding campaign has ensured that a piece of an 1814 letter from novelist Jane Austen to her niece will remain pu...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Literary tourism, Memorabilia, The Bookseller

"His Dark Materials" show unveils another casting choice

Posted on 08/21/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Another casting choice has been unveiled for the TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, TV adaptation

Why Barack Obama's book picks are so popular

Posted on 08/20/2019 at 04:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We shared Barack Obama’s late-summer reading list last week, and we were by no means alone. The sheer number of si...

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Tagged As: Book lists, Politics