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geke (70)in #dansk • 6 years ago
Historien af Os: en billede bog for min kæreste's mor
In preparation for visiting Denmark next month with Allan (@hanedane), I've been trying to learn a smattering of Danish. I'd heard that some people learned the language by…
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poetrybyjeremy (62)in #bookreview • 6 years ago
Book Review: Like Bees to Honey — Caroline Smailes
Like Bees to Honey by Caroline Smailes Nina Aquilina travels back to her homeland, Malta, to visit her ageing parents who had previously disowned her. The stay turns out to…
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Book vending machines now exist!
A publisher in France has installed story dispensers. Each story is free and is chosen for the reader at random:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Stranger Things now in book form
Penguin Random House Books UK has partnered with Netflix to publish them:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Boston Review poetry editors resign over Junot Diaz retention
Diaz, a Pulitzer Prize winner and editor at the Boston Review, has now been accused of sexual harassment:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
De Montfort Literature will be using algorithm to identify novelists
Company will then offer the right novelists a guaranteed salary:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Book Marks: the Rotten Tomatoes of books
"Literary Hub has launched a new section of their site to showcase book reviews from the most important and active outlets of literary journalism."
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Amazon imprint launching new line: Collections
"Collections brings together short works of fiction and nonfiction from a single writer or a group of writers." --
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Do books written by women get priced lower?
Study leads Dana Beth Weinberg and mathematician Adam Kapelner say yes:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Pitkin publishing first Harry & Meghan book
It's called The Royal Wedding Book and will be available in stores in two weeks:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Bookchoice is partnering with HarperCollins
Bookchoice is a digital reading platform that will now highlight HarperCollins titles on its app:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
The copyright connundrum
Rick Anderson at the Scholarly Kitchen tackles the pros and cons of the "monopoly" of copyright:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
1st quarter of 2018 good for book publishers
HarperCollins,Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Random House all report profits:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Arcadia Publishing bought by Lynton siblings
Michael and Lili Lynton have purchased Arcadia Publishing, heading the company with David Steinberger, former CEO of Perseus Books Group:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
The ultimate cynical thought: are gov't literacy programs meant to enrich book publishers?
If so, they must have failed to hire decent lobbyists as Quick Reads loses funding in Britain: (Photograph: John Stillwell/PA)
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
"Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine" crowned Book of the Year
But see if you can find the glaring typo in The Telegraph's headline about it:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Eight literary gardens to explore this summer
Amy Hendricks recommends eight books with a garden theme:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Looking for a good book?
Mary Cosper-LeBoeuf of the Terrebonne Parish Library gives her recommendations:
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steembooks (48)in #zappl • 7 years ago
Publishers happy to avoid digital publishing
It seems to boil down to old versus new ways of doing things, including publishing and reading books:
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shadowolfdg (59)in #writing • 7 years ago
How to Become a Successful Author Before You Publish Your First Book
Many of you have already done what I am about to discuss, so for you: Yay on you! Well done. Many writers, though, miss the essence of what will make you a successful author.…
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