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Nine months after scandal, publishers are still sorting out a plagiarism mess
Ghostwriter Kristin Loberg and many of her clients have apologized for misusing authors’ words without attribution. But publishing firms have been largely quiet.
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On collaborating with your spouse
Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss what they learned from writing a book together as a married couple.
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Is Ghostwriting Ruining Literature?
Ghostwriting is a tradition that has been around since the 5th century, and has carried into the present day. But does it delegitimize a work?
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Swapping books for audiobooks has reignited my love of literature
The prospect of reading a book filled me with anxiety and shame. But an ADHD diagnosis changed everything, says writer and presenter Verity Babbs
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Editorial: Huntington Beach will let neighbors censor neighbors' reading choices. That's wrong.
Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.
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How To Rekindle Your Love Of Reading
Revive your inner bookworm
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The secret life of a ghostwriter
What does it take to lend one's writing to someone else? A ghostwriter who has authored multiple books offers a peek into the world of writing sans the fame.
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Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin Among 17 Authors Suing OpenAI
Authors Jodi Picoult and Jonathan Franzen are also part of the suit, which accuses OpenAI of copyright infringement and “systematic theft on a mass scale."
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The Psychology of Reading
Why a book can be good for mental well-being.
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Barack Obama's summer 2023 music, book recs: SZA, Ice Spice, Peso Pluma make the cut
Nine books and 41 songs, including tracks from rising stars Peso Puma and Ice Spice, made the former president and tastemaker's recommendations list.
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Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bought it.
A prominent author's decision to pull her novel from publication after being "review bombed" highlights Goodreads's power and raises questions about its owner: Amazon.
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Fabio says men in modern romance books are too 'soft' and 'woke' now, but readers disagree
Have romance novel characters become, well, too romantic? Fabio Lanzoni, the Italian American actor and model popular known as just Fabio who famously flaunted his muscular body on the covers of scores of romance novels, thinks so.
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Everyone Likes Reading. Why Are We So Afraid of It?
Book bans, chatbots, pedagogical warfare: What it means to read has become a minefield.
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AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside-Down
The latest generation of AI is a game changer. Not incremental change—something gentle, something gradual: this AI changes everything, fast. Scary fast. I believe that every function in trade book publishing today can be automated with the help of generative AI. And, if this is true, then the trade book publishing industry as we know it will soon be obsolete. We will need to move on.
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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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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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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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Tom Gauld on the trouble with writing dystopian science fiction – cartoon
Chatbots, surveillance, climate crisis … reality bites
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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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