Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you.
You probably think of Amazon as the largest online bookstore. Amazon helped make e-books popular with the Kindle, now the dominant e-reader. Less well known is that since 2009, Amazon has published...
View ArticleRon Charles looks back on an "extraordinarily horrible year" that revealed...
One year ago this week, I was staring up at my dentist's eyes hoping the stories about a deadly virus were exaggerated. The next day, worried we might be putting people at risk, I interviewed poet...
View ArticleIndependent bookstore owners look back at a year spent trying to stay afloat
Some independent bookstores prospered during year one of the coronavirus pandemic — their stories silver linings that pop against so much darkness. Others decided to call it a day. And for others yet,...
View ArticleBook related Oscar Nominations
The nominees have been revealed for the 93rd Academy Awards, including several movies based on books or with book connections. On April 25, the Oscars will be televised live on ABC and worldwide in...
View ArticleOprah announces four Gilead novels as book club picks
Oprah Winfrey has chosen Marilynne Robinson's four Gilead novels (Gilead, Home, Lila and Jack) as her new book club selections (87th, 88th, 89th and 90th). Winfrey said Robinson "is one of our...
View ArticleElsevier strikes historic open access deal with the University of California
After a tense two-year stalemate, Elsevier and the University of California this week announced they have struck a groundbreaking open access agreement. The four-year deal is set take effect on April...
View ArticleUniversity presses are overwhelmingly white
The Association of University Presses, in collaboration with Lee & Low Books, analyzed university press data from the most recent Diversity Baseline Survey of U.S. publishing released last year...
View ArticleABA releases report detailing Amazon's anti-competitive behavior
The American Booksellers Association (ABA) has released a white paper detailing the scale and scope of Amazon's anti-competitive behavior: American Monopoly: Amazon's Anti-Competitive Behavior Is in...
View ArticleHow crying on TikTok sells books
"We Were Liars" came out in 2014, so when the book's author, E. Lockhart, saw that it was back on the best-seller list last summer, she was delighted. And confused. "I had no idea what the hell was...
View ArticleOnline writing groups thrive during the pandemic
...The number of writing groups and people involved with them are difficult to count because formats and membership vary so widely, but participants interviewed by the New York Times said the groups...
View ArticleJoan Walsh Anglund, illustrator who distilled childhood to its essence, dies...
Joan Walsh Anglund, a prolific children's author who earned the devotion of millions of readers with her sentimental depictions of little ones, their features often reduced to their all-seeing eyes in...
View ArticlePiranesi narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor wins Audiobook of the Year award
The Audio Publishers Association hosted the 26th annual Audie Awards virtually last night, making them open to the public for the first time. The award for Audiobook of the Year was given to Piranesi...
View ArticleEight writers awarded $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prizes
The winners of the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prizes have been announced. Eight writers, who are being honored for their literary achievement or promise, will receive $165,000 each to support their work....
View ArticleBook workers call for day of solidarity with Amazon workers
Publishing professionals, independent booksellers, literary publicists and others throughout the book business have pledged to join a day of solidarity on March 26 in support of Amazon warehouse...
View ArticleJRR Tolkien's own illustrations appear in Lord of the Rings for the first time
A series of 30 illustrations, maps and sketches created by JRR Tolkien while he was writing The Lord of the Ring are to be included in the epic fantasy novel for the first time since its publication...
View ArticleNational Book Critics Circle awards announced
The winners of the National Book Critics Circle awards have been announced:Fiction: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Nonfiction: Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire by Tom...
View ArticleLarry McMurtry, novelist of the American West, dies at 84
Larry McMurtry, a prolific novelist and screenwriter who demythologized the American West with his unromantic depictions of life on the 19th-century frontier and in contemporary small-town Texas, died...
View ArticleBeverly Cleary, beloved children's book author, dies at 104
Children's author Beverly Cleary died Thursday in Carmel, Calif. She was 104 years old. Cleary was the creator of some of the most authentic characters in children's literature — Henry Huggins, Ralph...
View ArticleGeorge RR Martin signs five-year, eight-figure deal for more HBO projects
After the huge success of HBO's adaptations of his Game of Thrones books, George RR Martin has signed a deal to develop several television series for the network and its streaming arm, HBO Max....
View ArticleSwiss billionaire Joins the bidding for Tribune Publishing
An octogenarian Swiss billionaire who makes his home in Wyoming and has donated hundreds of millions to environmental causes is a surprise new player in the bidding for Tribune Publishing, the major...
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