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Surprise Laura Ingalls Wilder Bestseller Transforms a Small Press – This story is really about the success of two things: South Dakota Historical Society Press and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography. I’m actually not surprised at the success of Wilder’s book, but the impact of its success on this small publisher is ... more >
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How One Man and His Twitter Army Stormed the Bestseller List – An interesting chronicle of Shea Serrano’s quirky social media campaign, and the way it pushed his graphic novel on rap music to the point of selling completely out, before it was even released. What is perhaps most telling here is ... more >
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Awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature to Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich is a bold decision – I like this piece by Arifa Akbar because it focuses on the way Alexievich’s win “recalibrates the status of ‘non-fiction’ in the literary canon. I agree that there remains a perception that non-fiction is somehow less ... more >
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An Introverted Writer’s Lament – Reading this article reminded me of a great conversation I had with friends lately about how much more engaged and vocal the community of Romance authors seems to be now than, say, five years ago. I suggested that perhaps self-publishing has allowed authors to talk ... more >
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Comic Book Sales Hit 20-Year High in 2014, Says Report – Good news for Comic-Con this year – Comic book sales in 2014 were at $935 million, seven percent more than in 2013 and the highest since the mid 1990s. $835 million of that was from print sales. *Digital sales ... more >
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The insults of age: A one-woman assault on condescension – After crawling out of the hole I’ve been working in for the past week, I found link to this story on Twitter from Kat (Book Thingo), which led to a long discussion about ageism, cultural privilege, and the limits of ... more >