Publishing NewsArt / Auschwitz / bookstores / digital books / Gamergate / gender / harassment / History / Kobo / Misogyny / optical illusions / oral history / print books / representation / World War II2 Comments
Mixed Results for Bricks-and-Mortar Stores with Digital Content – Many independent bookstores have been making a comeback, in large part from the strength of print books. However, according to this article, when it comes to digital, the brick and mortar bookselling industry has not figured out exactly what their place ... more >
Publishing NewsBiography / Ebooks / independent bookstores / maps / poetry / print books / publishing / World War II5 Comments
Book News: James Patterson Makes Good On $1M Promise To Indies – Regardless of whatever you think about James Patterson’s insistence that American literature is imperiled, you have to respect his willingness to put his money where his mouth is and substantially aid independent bookstores. 81 more independent bookstores have ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBooks / non-fiction / reading / World War II10 Comments
When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscabin romance / forbidden-love / holiday setting / love story / m/m / virgin hero / World War II5 Comments
Dear Amy Lane: Readers have been expressing their dissatisfaction with the lack of depictions of religion or faith in romance, outside of inspirationals. The Bells of Time Square isn’t at all preachy, but religion is very much a part of the main character’s life. By strict definition, this is a ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / crowdsourcing / History / Kindle Scout / lawsuit / literary awards / paperback books / price-fixing / World War II3 Comments
Can Apple Win Its E-book Appeal? – This is a pretty good primer on Apple’s appeal to Judge Cote’s 2013 judgment against them in the now-infamous conspiracy and price-fixing case against the big NY publishers and Apple. The Department of Justice, of course, continues to claim that their evidence against ... more >
C ReviewsAlternate History / biracial heroine / scholastic / World War II / Young-Adult3 Comments
Dear Ms. Richmond, For the benefit of our readers, I’m going to repost the cover copy here. It’s been a while since I’ve read an alternate history, and I’m realizing it’s awfully hard to be concise when describing it! In a stunning reimagining of history, debut author Caroline Tung Richmond ... more >