Hogwarts held the most heartbreaking memorial for the Orlando shooting – After discovering that one of the victims of the Orlando massacre worked at the Harry Potter park in Florida, employees held a moving vigil, which was chronicled in photos at the above link and caught on video here. CNN has ... more >
2016 Locus Awards Finalists – Interesting to compare these lists to the Hugos. The Locus Awards will be announced next month (June 24-26) in a ceremony emceed by Connie Willis. A full listing of nominees can be found at the Locus Magazine link above. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi ... more >
Sony pirated ebooks on hacking – Several site, including Boing Boing, are reporting that copies of two O’Reilly books available in PDF form on Sony’s internal servers, and part of The Hack, are pirated (which is ironic, since they’re books on hacking). The books are availably via Wikileaks, and recently ... more >
Most Authors Make Less Than $1,000 a Year: DBW – The title speaks for itself, but the graphics are pretty interesting. The information comes from a Digital Book World report, “What Advantages Do Traditional Publishers Offer Authors: A Comparison of Traditional and Indie Publishing from the Authors’ Perspective.” At this ... more >