Catching up on April 2024's excerpts

Posted on April 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Literary Hub is always full of excerpts, and sometimes our newswire doesn't keep up with the bounty. So here's every...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Excerpt, Literary Hub, Poetry, Short story

From the stacks: Libraries in the news

Posted on April 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two posts in my RSS feeders, both about libraries, could not have been any more different. Condé Nast Traveler highlighted...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Libraries, Literary tourism, The New York Times

Top tips for authors: April 19, 2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 at 1:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and business advice to offer. Here are the ones that we...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Keywords, Kindle Direct Publishing, Marketing / promotion, Plot / narrative, Writing advice

News of note for readers: April 19, 2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Poetry, Politics

New York Times bestsellers: Week ending April 13, 2024

Posted on April 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week ending April 13, 2024.  1....

Categories: Today in Books

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

Craft tips for authors: April 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.  Here are the ones that we thought were...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Dialogue, Horror, Language, Writing advice

Book doctors, book clubs, and book anniversaries (sort of)

Posted on April 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

These three posts have one thing in common: they are both interesting and not particularly time-sensitive. With that less-than-inspired introduction,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Book club, Classic literature, Just for fun, Pop culture

Audio news for authors: April 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 at 9:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The publishing experts we follow had several posts with news from the audio world. Here are the ones that we...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Amazon, Audiobook, Email newsletter, Podcast

News of note for readers: April 18, 2024

Posted on April 18, 2024 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Awards, Bans and challenges, Literature in translation, Obituary, Politics, TV adaptation

News of note for readers: April 17, 2024

Posted on April 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Author events, Author interview, Literature in translation