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RWA files for bankruptcy — and doubles down on racism If you read romance blogs or a select few news outlets, you may seen the announcement by now: Romance Writers of America (RWA) has filed for bankruptcy, and they are blaming their financial woes on DEI instead of their own… Read more »
Indie publishers lose a major distributor; Hugo Awards finalists announced; Google discontinuing “news” search refinement; Herculaneum scroll partially deciphered; authors and translators facing threats from AI; and more book news and interesting articles.
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Vernor Vinge, 5-time Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer who popularized the concepts of both cyberspace and a coming tech or AI singularity, died on… Read more »
This week’s links include: more on the Hugo Awards controversy; OpenAI lawsuits; Balzer + Bray moves to MacMillan; fantasy and romantasy explained; GenZ turns to physical books & libraries; diversity in romance; book banning (again); a fiction piece about a fearsome giant snail; a fantastic review of Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell mystery series; and more.
This week’s links include: Babel and the Hugo Awards controversy; book banning news; an author’s creepy TikTok request; ABA closing headquarters; Gen Z rediscovers public libraries; grappling with Robert Burns’s legacy; rise of romantasy; plus a wonderful free short story and several book lists
This week’s links include: lots of book banning and library news; ChatGPT and copyrighted materials; Tor.com rebrands; indie bookstore given to new owner; the ethics of biofiction; Ranger’s Apprentice series to get TV adaptation; plus reading challenges to check out, and more
This week’s links include a Tolkien copyright fight, an author losing a book deal for review bombing other authors, Overdrive’s most downloaded authors, fighting book bans, and more.
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News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Bookish News *NOTE: I usually pull together an obituary and provide several links, but I don’t have time this week. Worth Reading/Viewing Free Fiction Online Books,… Read more »
