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

"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

HarperCollins drops author over his comments on slavery

Posted on 07/06/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A historian’s remarks on slavery have cost him a number of gigs. David Starkey will no longer have books published...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Scandal, The Guardian

Ex-wife of "Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown is suing him

Posted on 07/01/2020 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is facing a nasty lawsuit from his ex-wife, a year after their divorce...

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Tagged As: Scandal, Thriller

Judge temporarily blocks publication of Mary Trump's memoir

Posted on 06/30/2020 at 01:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A judge has temporarily blocked the publication of Mary Trump’s tell-all memoir about her family, reports the website Law &...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Politics, Scandal

Writer banned from Eton after a critical memoir is now welcomed back

Posted on 06/25/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The first Black student to graduate from Eton College wrote a memoir that detailed the racism he experienced there. As...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal, The Guardian

Booker Prize Foundation eliminates honorary titles and roles

Posted on 06/24/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

UPDATE: The Booker Prize Foundation announced today that it was eliminating all honorary roles and titles, based on public criticism...

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Tagged As: Awards, Scandal, The Bookseller, The Guardian

Men convicted of Carnegie Library theft receive years of home confinement

Posted on 06/22/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The two men convicted of stealing over $8 million worth of material from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh were sentenced...

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Tagged As: Libraries, Scandal

4 authors quit the literary agency representing J.K. Rowling

Posted on 06/22/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The literary agency that represents J.K. Rowling has lost four clients in the aftermath of her controversial remarks about transgendered...

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Tagged As: Scandal, The Guardian

Social issues and book sales: George Floyd, J.K. Rowling

Posted on 06/15/2020 at 03:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve likely seen the anti-racist reading lists circulating among traditional and social media — as well as the reporting on...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal, Young adult literature