Category: News & Notes

News & Notes – 11/19/2022

News & Notes – 11/19/2022

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 Worth Reading/Viewing For Writers & Bloggers Books, Movies, and TV Lists Bookish Quote Twitter Facebook 0 Pinterest 0 StumbleUpon 0

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The Twitter Debacle

The Twitter Debacle

The Twitter Debacle If you have been following the news at all recently, you’re probably aware of the growing problems at Twitter following Elon Musk’s purchase of the site a few weeks ago. Since taking command of the company, Musk has These moves leave Twitter with a significant employee shortage…. Read more »

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News & Notes – 10/01/2022

News & Notes – 10/01/2022

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 Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of the Wolf Hall trilogy and a number of other works, died on Sept. 22, 2022, three days after suffering… Read more »

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News & Notes – 9/10/2022

News & Notes – 9/10/2022

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 NAME, short bio Obituaries and tributes: The Guardian; Los Angeles Times; NPR. Bibliography and Biography: Goodreads; Wikipedia Bookish News The Hugo Award winners were announced and presented on… Read more »

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News & Notes – 9/03/2022

News & Notes – 9/03/2022

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 Judge thwarts Va. Republicans’ effort to limit book sales at Barnes & Noble (Washington Post) Val McDermid reveals ‘Queen of Crime’ legal threat from… Read more »

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News & Notes – 8/20/2022

News & Notes – 8/20/2022

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Salman Rushdie By now you have probably heard that author Salman Rushdie was attacked and stabbed onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state. (AP)… Read more »

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News & Notes – 7/30/2022

News & Notes – 7/30/2022

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 Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Mo., Damaged by Flooding (Shelf Awareness) Worth Reading/Viewing A medieval carved ivory casket serves as an early graphic… Read more »

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News & Notes – 7/23/2022

News & Notes – 7/23/2022

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 HarperCollins union held a one-day strike on July 20 to publicize their demands for “higher pay, improved family leave benefits, a greater commitment to… Read more »

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News & Notes – 7/09/2022

News & Notes – 7/09/2022

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 Is the Book Sales Boom Finally Over? Print book sales are down 6.6% in the early part of 2022, compared with 2021’s numbers. Publishers… Read more »

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News & Notes – 7/02/2022

News & Notes – 7/02/2022

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 AAP Seeking $300K in Legal Fees After Winning Maryland E-book Case (Publishers Weekly) Macmillan Slowly Bringing [Computer] Systems Back after taking them offline due… Read more »

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