Libro.fm takes aim at Audible
As Amazon chief Bezos testifies before Congress, the indie audiobook provider blasts ‘Exclusive’ content
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Author: Katie Smith
Why ‘Survivor’ Is the Quarantine Habit I’ll Keep
Keep your Emmy noms: Five reasons to watch the reality show
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No Cure For Wellness
‘Self Care’, a new novel by Leigh Stein, exposes the rot at the core of an expensive industry
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Harper’s Magazine Letter Cancels Cancel Culture
150 authors and academics, including J.K. Rowling, sign the open letter
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#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Racial Disparities
White writers report large advances and ad dollars
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Your New Night ‘Out’ is an Online Silent Reading Party
Seattle’s The Stranger hosts a weekly Zoom meeting for lonely readers
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Literary Agent Gets Cancelled, Fires Her Whole Staff
Marisa Corvisiero didn’t want them “caught in the crossfire.”
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@LitGossip Collects Publishing Industry Drama
Twitter account quickly became the subject of the very industry dirt on which it reports
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You Should Read ‘Normal People’ First
It will make you love the TV adaptation even more
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New Twitter Account Calls Out the Publishing Industry
The cheekily named @PublishrsWeakly continues the conversation started by ‘American Dirt’
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Six Ways To Support Your Favorite Writers
Book tours canceled. Speaking events delayed. Here are some resources to help writers in trouble.
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Writers Accuse Internet Archive of Theft
The National Emergency Library allows unfettered access to more than one million free ebooks
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Celebrity Memoir Books to Read Instead of Woody Allen’s
Life for the rich and famous before Coronavirus
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‘My Dark Vanessa’
The controversial debut delivers a hard-to-read story you can’t put down
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