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How important is bookstore distribution for nonfiction books?
"No matter what the topic of your book, you should be able to find a unique venue for it. I’ve been sold at wineries, hardware stores, and even apparel shops. I’ve just been asked to sell my books during a Biker Week that draws 18,000 people."
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23 books to read this summer
Whether you’re traveling or catching the sun at home in the coming months, here are books we’ve enjoyed this year that make for good summer reading.
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Illinois to Become First State to Ban Book Bans
The Illinois Senate has passed HB 2789, a bill whose terms dictate that state funding from libraries that remove books will be withheld.
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Alice in Wonderland’s hidden messages
Is Lewis Carroll’s tale really about sex, drugs, and colonialism? Some say yes. Others argue it’s about eating disorders or the Wars of the Roses. Hephzibah Anderson takes a look.
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Decades Old? No Problem: Publisher Makes a Bet on Aging Books
A company is republishing books that have fallen out of print and finding new ways to market works that are years, even decades, old.
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19+ Reading Tips For Turning into a Bookworm In No Time
Are you in a reading slump? Do you want to build a habit of reading on a daily basis? Let my tips help you start!
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Book Publishers Are Trying to Destroy Public E-Book Access in Order to Increase Profits
A recent ruling against the Internet Archive for copyright infringement threatens a treasured and critical public institution: our libraries.
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What I Learned About Writing From Reviewing
"The reading itself is the thing, and not necessarily the exegesis. I read almost every book I review twice, the first time as a reader, to see if the title holds my interest all the way to a good ending. The second time I go through as a critic, making notes and highlighting passages that illustrate key points or the author’s style."
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‘Everyone has a story.’ Growing industry makes memoir-writing more accessible
What is our legacy? What do we leave behind after we’re gone? During the pandemic, many of us pondered these questions. Now, more people are passing on their stories in the form of memoirs. As Jeffrey Brown reports, these books — once reserved for the famous — are becoming more accessible than ever.
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Stacey Abrams on Writing and Her Future in Politics
Stacey Abrams talked to TIME about the role fiction has played in her life, voting rights and whether she will run for office again.
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"I'm making thousands using AI to write books"
This approach has been successful. I have an unprecedented rate of production.
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Royal Family News: Prince Harry Ticked Off His Ghostwriter, Join The Club
British royal family news divulges that the latest person to disavow Prince Harry is the man he made a pretty penny for, his ghostwriter J. R. Moehringer.
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Book days, weeks and months around the world (the 2023 list)
Updated for 2023 - all the world and national book days, weeks, months and holidays to celebrate your love for reading and writing.
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Opinion: Books are not landmines
NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the effects of book bans on libraries and young readers.
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A Q&A With the Author Whose Book Is Rocketing up the Charts Thanks to a Tweet From “Bigolas Dickolas”
The tweet appeared on Sunday. By Monday, the book was in Amazon's Top 100—and rising.
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Amazon Is Being Flooded With Books Entirely Written by AI
Books almost entirely generated by AI are flooding Amazon's marketplace, The Washington Post reports, a worrying trend.
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He wrote a book on a rare subject. Then a ChatGPT replica appeared on Amazon.
The web has long been full of spammy content. AI is on the verge of making it much worse.
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‘People who love books will come’: man opens bookstore atop a mountain in China
A man in China who spent 800,000 yuan (US$116,000) building a bookshop in a remote village on top of a mountain has captivated mainland social media after a video of the store was posted online. Milestone Bookstore is located in a rural area of Zhejiang province in eastern China, surrounded by farmland and woodland atop a mountain, Dami Video reported.
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George R.R. Martin “put The Winds of Winter aside” to write Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin is a famously slow writer. For proof, just look at The Winds of Winter, the long-in-coming sixth volume of his Song of Ice and Fire s...
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‘Can I still listen to David Bowie?’ A superfan’s dilemma
Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Michael Jackson ... In the era of #MeToo what to do with the great art of scary monsters and super creeps?
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