News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff
Book News
- Haruki Murakami awarded Hans Christian Andersen Prize (Yahoo.com)
- The National Book Award winners are Adam Johnson (fiction), Ta-Nehisi Coates (nonfiction), Neal Shusterman (young adult fiction), and Robin Coste Lewis (poetry). You can see the awards ceremony at the National Book Award website.
- ABA Head Rings Alarm About Amazon Books and Antitrust Laws — specifically, whether Amazon’s new bricks-and-mortar store is selling books that its online parent company bought wholesale at a much deeper discount than stores of Amazon’s size can get. (Publishers Weekly)
- [British] Bookshops launch Civilized Saturday as an antidote to Black Friday. (The Guardian) I wish they would do the same thing here in the States!
Worth Reading/Watching
- Neil Gaiman on How Stories Last. You can read excerpts or listen to the entire one hour, forty minute lecture at the Daily Good website.
- How to Weed Your Bookshelves (Jessica Pryde, for BookRiot)
- Imitation is Flattery: In Defense of Fanfiction (Vanessa Willoughby, for BookRiot)
For Writers & Bloggers
How to Write Fiction That Comes Alive (Nalo Hopkinson, TED-ED)
Book & Movie Announcements
- B&N Enlists 120 Authors to Sign Books for a Holiday Shopping Program. (GalleyCat) Authors include Veronica Roth, Brian Selznick, Paulo Coelho, and Elizabeth Gilbert. The books will go on sale in B&N’s physical stores on Black Friday. Meanwhile, the company has a selection of books signed by other authors, available through its website.
Awesome Lists
- 22 Times the Dedication Page Was the Best Part of the Book (Distractify)
- 22 Pets Who Have No Intention of Letting You Read Your Book (The Dodo)
Bookish Gifts
KleverCase Kindle covers
- Check out these great Kindle and iPad Mini covers from KleverCase on Etsy!
Bookish Quote
That’s it for this week!
Lory @ Emerald City Book Review
I love those Kiever cases. Putting on my holiday wish list…
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Lark_Bookwyrm
That’s a good idea — great gift for a Kindle owner!
Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
Those kindle and iPad covers are genius!! Not that I actually need one, but my want is pretty strong right now, Lark 😉
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Lark_Bookwyrm
They’re gorgeous, aren’t they?
Bea @Bea's Book Nook
Oh, look at those Kindle covers! I like the one I have but I’m feeling lusftul. 😀
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Same here!
Ro
This is feally cool stuff! Love finding out about news like this and the covers are really unique! Hugs…Ro
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Glad you enjoyed the post! If I didn’t already have a Kindle cover, I’d be looking into those.