November 14, 2018

Are you oh-so-slowly plugging along at that novel manuscript? Did your plot hit a plateau? Are your characters falling silent and dull? Writing can be a frustrating and vexing process.… Read more »

Authors

Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Joanne Harris amongst those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list — Nikki Griffiths
Joanne Harris suggests some "parents, largely fathers" perceive reading as "girly" — Tom Clayton
Waterstones appeal aims to raise £1m for Ukraine disaster fund — Tom Clayton
Returning an ebook after reading: is Amazon's return policy damaging to authors and publishers? — Nikki Griffiths

New York Magazine and related properties will adopt paywall model

Ryan Harrington

A few weeks back we ran a little checkup on the New York Times that returned a healthful picture of the newspaper’s online revenue, particularly its growth in digital subscriptions. The takeaway… Read more »

Under recent propaganda law, Russian publishers are erasing queer stories from forthcoming titles

Alex Primiani

A Russian publisher is deleting queer stories from children’s books, reports Daria Litvinova for Reuters via the Huffington Post. The most recent book attacked by this particularly troubling censorship is the… Read more »

Amazon, a trillion dollar company, set to receive billions of dollars from New York and Virginia

Stephanie DeLuca

Hear that sound? It’s the sound of New Yorkers writing their “Goodbye to All That” essays. As speculated last week, Amazon has chosen the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens,… Read more »

Melville House Books

What to do when you’re stuck: check out Neil Gaiman’s writing advice

Stephanie Valente