Publishing Newsadolescence / bestseller lists / Comics / data and analytics / Macmillan / Mark Millar / Netflix / periods / Pronoun / Self-publishing / sex ed2 Comments
Macmillan’s Pronoun Self-Publishing Platform Signs Off – If you’ve never heard of Pronoun, you may know the company by its former name, Vook. Pronoun’s closure announcement is somewhat vague (“Macmillan is unable to continue Pronoun’s operation in its current form”) and they seem to be retaining the data and analytics ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / adolescence / code / coming-of-age / computer programmers / computers / First-Person / Young-Adult3 Comments
A dazzling debut novel—at once a charming romance and a moving coming-of-age story—about what happens when a fourteen-year old boy pretends to seduce a girl to steal a copy of Playboy but then discovers she is his computer-loving soulmate. Billy Marvin’s first love was a computer. Then he met Mary ... more >
Publishing Newsadapting characters / adolescence / Amazon / best of lists / Marvel Comics / snails8 Comments
The 10 best books of the year, according to Amazon – Not the bestselling books, but their “best of” list. It’s actually an interesting list, with Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad taking the number one spot, and Zadie Smith’s Swing Time rounding out the list at number ten. And it reminds me that I ... more >