This week! Books! First up, my heart goes out to everyone affected by the utterly senseless war in Ukraine. If you’re interested in helping, I hope you’ll join me in supporting Nova Ukraine, an organization one of my Ukrainian friends is involved in, which is working to provide humanitarian aid to those affected. Pretty big […]
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How a book is made (This week in books)
This is one of those weeks when the news is distressing and other topics can seem a bit trivial in comparison. But books are still crucial, writing will keep playing an important role in whatever’s next, and your writing matters. So on to the links. The NY Times has a pretty fascinating look at how […]
Publishing Twitter loses it over two new ideas (This week in books)
This week! Books! Publishing Twitter was aflame this week about two new ideas for publishing. The first to set tongues wagging was an interview in Forbes with author and entrepreneur Allison Twobridge, who started an app called Copper that she pitches as the LinkedIn of the book world. It allows authors to connect with readers, […]
The week everyone was talking about a kidney (This week in books)
This week! Books! Everyone in publishing this week was talking about a kidney. Here’s why. I personally couldn’t get through it, but consider yourself alerted that this story managed to overshadow all other publishing news this week. And it was a week where National Book Awards finalists and the Nobel Prize for Literature were announced! […]
Supply chain disruptions could affect the holiday book season (This week in books)
This week! Books! First up, a programming announcement: I’m going to be traveling (see above) and taking a blog break for the next few weeks, but there will be some guest posts for you to enjoy! I’ll be back with new posts on September 27. Feel free to contact me in the meantime if you […]
Amazon to launch…department stores (This week in books)
This week! Books! In a bid to prove that time is a flat circle, Amazon is developing plans to launch…department stores. Yes, really. The first stores will reportedly be in Ohio and California and will sell all sorts of things and facilitate returns. In yet another step in the publishing industry’s long, long history of […]
