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, […]
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Netflix goes Wonka (This week in books)
This week books! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve done a links roundup, and I have quite a few good ones to share. Let’s get to it! Netflix spent over £500 million on a golden ticket and purchased the rights to Roald Dahl’s entire catalog. They have movies, TV shows, and more planned. Jay […]
How to write for a changing world (This week in books)
This week! Books! As you may have noticed there’s a pandemic going on, and it’s upended many of our notions of “real life.” So… what do you do with that as a writer? Writer David James Poissant talked about the struggle (“delusion” in his words) of writing a timely novel in a constantly changing world. […]
Why do some people become lifelong readers? (This week in books)
This week! Books! As you can see above I recently returned from an exciting voyage to Batuu but I have still been keeping an eye out for good writing and book links back on Earth. I missed the National Book Awards longlist for fiction, and it’s quite a list! Congrats to the nominees: Fleishman Is […]
Audible adds a controversial new feature (This week in books)
This week! Books! There was some news that roiled the publishing world this week, as Audible announced a feature called Audible Captions, which would display text while an audiobook is playing. Ya know. Kinda like an e-book. Publishers and literary agents responded with alarm, noting that Audible had not come to them for permission for […]
This week in books 5/24/19
This week! In the books! It’s been a while since we’ve done a good ole link roundup, but I saw quite a few good links this week and I plan to share them with you herewith. As ever, if you see a link you think people would like, feel free to drop me a line […]
