Tag: bookstores
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7 Black-Owned Bookstores to Check Out During #BlackHistoryMonth
Looking for a way to support black authors AND black bookstores during this #BlackHistory month? Here are some black-owned bookstores from around the United States. Each one has an expansive and interesting catalogue with online ordering available. Enda’s Booktique (Duncanville, Texas) Enda’s Booktique is an independent bookstore located in Duncanville (Dallas), Texas, founded by Enda Jean […]
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Theft of Unpublished Manuscripts, a Rollercoaster Year for Publishing, and more…
Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts? (New York Times) Mr. Hannaham was just one of countless targets in a mysterious international phishing scam that has been tricking writers, editors, agents and anyone in their orbit into sharing unpublished book manuscripts. It isn’t clear who the thief or thieves are, or even how […]
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Indie Bookstores in the Age of Corona…
Indie booksellers turn virtual in response to pandemic (MPR News) Dobrow said Zenith closed the store to browsers in mid-March, long before the governor’s first stay-at-home order went into effect on March 25. Sensing people would want books, but little contact, they began offering curbside pickup in the parking spaces beside their building. They also […]
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A Literary Contest that Excludes Men, the Success of Indie Booksellers, and more…
A Code-Obsessed Novelist Builds a Writing Bot. The Plot Thickens (Wired) A native of India, the 58-year-old Chandra supported himself as a graduate student studying creative writing in the United States by working as a programmer. He is as comfortable with code as he is with prose, and his startup, Granthika, is a geekily sublime merger […]
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French Bookshops Revolt, Dressing Your Characters, and more…
How do you choose an outfit for a fictional character? 5 authors explain. (Vox) I asked the authors of five buzzy novels to select one important look they’ve created for a specific character and dissect what the ensemble means to the character. How does she choose to dress herself, and what does that signify about […]
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Trump is Ruining Book Sales, Ava Duvernay Producing Afrofuturism Adaptation…
Detroit author self-publishes high suspense, urban romance novels set in the city (WXYZ Detroit) Sylvia’s own story reads a bit like a novel. It begins when she was a little girl, who had a penchant for lying. Her mom wouldn’t stand for it. “She would make me write down my lie and come back and […]
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Too Many Superheroes, Trump’s Making America Read Again…
Can The Industry Survive On Superheroes? Retailers, Publishers Talk Genre Diversity (Newsorama) But decades later, the majority of comic books shipped each week to comic book stores are still the ones starring Marvel and DC heroes. And now that the film industry seems to be in the midst of a love affair with superheroes, the […]
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The Demise of Traditional Publishing, and B&N Stores Showcasing Indies…
A long journey to success for local author (Katy Times)
Waking Writer 