Preparing the annual list of people from the writing whom we lost over the year is the least favorite of my year-end blogging tasks. Rereading the list always painfully takes my breath away. Ursula K. Le Guin, 1/22 Barbara Wersba, 2/18 Lisa Garcia Quiroz, 3/16 Philip Kerr, 3/23 Anita Shreve, 3/29 Drue Heinz, 3/30 Sergio […]
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Source: New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out – The New York Times This coming year marks the first time in two decades that a large body of copyrighted works will lose their protected status — a shift that will have profound consequences for publishers and literary estates, which stand to lose
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Related Post: Best Books of 2018 The Best of the Bunch: Bookish’s Favorite Books from 2018 THE 2018 OSCARS, BUT FOR BOOKS The Oscars (but less white and for books) is in its second year here at Book Riot, and we’re honoring the best of the best 2018 releases in Hollywood fashion! Fiction Faves: Novels
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Here’s a short entry for this busy holiday week. In Fiction, It Was the Year of the Woman An interesting look at the bulk of novels published this year: They didn’t launch any franchises — no “girl”-titled blockbusters and probably no future Jennifer Lawrence vehicles — but collectively, they dominated a shrunken literary ecosystem. Each
Ten years ago, the arrival of the recession combined with Amazon’s deep discounts seemed to herald the end for independent bookstores. But in the past few years they’ve made an improbable comeback. At Third Place Books, which opened its first store 20 years ago, the key to success is community. Source: Seattle bookstores were doomed.
The Best Books of 2018 Amazon got us started off back in early November with its many best books lists. This page is the portal on which you’ll find links to lists of best books in many different categories. Best Books of 2018 This is The Washington Post ’s portal into its lists of books
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How are you doing on your reading challenges or goals now that the end of 2018 is quickly approaching? If you still have spots to tick off on your challenge or need to pad your statistics, here are some books that can be read in one day or less. And Every Morning the Way Home
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Source: World’s Highest-Paid Authors 2018: Michael Wolff Joins List Thanks To ‘Fire And Fury’ Since I have no specific category for this story, it will have to stand here on its own. Can you guess who is #1 on the list?
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Five Writing Tips from Tana French I usually stay away from tips aimed specifically at writers, but I found some of French’s tips here useful for readers as well as writers, especially what she has to say about characters: There’s no such thing as ‘men’ or ‘women.’ There’s only the individual character you’re writing… .
The non-profit event had attracted 2,300 participants as of Saturday, Wehnert said. It will wrap up Sunday. “Last night we had our Great Feast,” Wehnert said. “People were anticipating just having a fancy meal. When it turned out to also be a concert with Voldemort doing belly dancing with an 8-foot-long python, they realized they
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