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The ecosystem around a small fruit inspires an ecological alternative to capitalism When you look at a berry, what do you see? A snack, a storehouse of energy, a transformed flower, a commodity, a gift? In her latest book,...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from NYT > Books
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
The Chinese digital book publishing industry is growing. Audiobooks and ebooks are taking off in a big way. A new report proclaims that the entire digital publishing industry earned an estimated 1.6 trillion yuan ($229 billion) in...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from The eBook Reader Blog
Another new Android-powered eNote recently hit the market. It’s called the Viwoods AiPaper and it’s now available to purchase on Amazon. It isn’t cheap, but there’s currently a Black Friday coupon to get $90 off....Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from TODAY Books
Colleen Hoover's bestselling book 'Verity' is becoming a movie! Learn all about the project, its release date and who will be starring in the cast.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Amazon Music subscribers will have access to the Audible catalog of over a million audiobooks from Tuesday onwards. However, they will only be able to listen to one audiobook every month. They won’t have purchasing rights, which...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
WEBTOON has just announced “Webcomic Legends,” a new contest launching in 2025 that will seek out the next wave of visionary webcomic creators — with over USD 1 million in prizes. The contest will highlight emerging talent on...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
For the holidays, T asked readers to write in about their hardest-to-shop-for loved ones. Here, our editors respond with their suggestions.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Writing can take you places you never expected. For author Maurice Broaddus, that includes the offices of some higher ups in his community. Read on to see where else his newest novel, Breath of Oblivion, has taken him. MAURICE BROADDUS:...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
We want to know what stuck with you this year. What were the best things you watched, read and heard?Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
The living embodiment of resilience, ruggedness and old-fashioned British decency, the Cruel Sea and Bridge On The River Kwai star heroically fought back after losing his famous voice, as every bit as stoic in real-life as he was on the...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The odds of winning the lottery are one in 292 million fir Powerball and a slightly worse one in 302 billion for Mega Millions. But that does not stop millions of people from spending over 100 billion dollars this year for a slim...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Apple News is a great way to stay informed about breaking news stories worldwide. There is a lot of free content, and you can manually enter your favourite websites, so your feed is full of appealing articles. Apple is starting to...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the age of extinction and despair Richard...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
Tove Jansson’s illustrations for a rare 1966 edition of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” are melancholy, complex and occasionally scary.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and eat.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The short novel narrating a day in the life of six astronauts on the International Space Station becomes the first book to top the charts in the week of its win Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning Orbital has rocketed to the top of the UK...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The murder story and manhunt for the killers could take place anywhere. It is the city that sets this book apart from others. Mel Harrison – 20 November 2024 The Back Flap Alex Boyd and Rachel Smith are only a … Continue...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
“The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The acclaimed Norwegian author explores the impact of childhood trauma in this portrait of a life lived in fear Stay With Me is a brief novel, but the whole is overshadowed by fear. The narrator, a Norwegian novelist living in Milan,...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
The Hulu series unfolds in a Chinatown that “is both physical and psychological,” said Charles Yu, the creator. Here’s a look at how four key settings bring the story to life.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from NYT > Books
For his latest book, the French writer Emmanuel Carrère sat in a Parisian courthouse, absorbing grueling testimony about the 2015 massacre at the concert hall and other venues in the city.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
From beat-em-up guides to video game deep dives, these are the books to look out for this Christmas and Black Friday.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours It is not easy to review any book by Jordan Peterson, the prolific Canadian psychologist turned lifestyle sage. The temptation is to respond not to the...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Set during the Big Freeze of 1962-3, this story of two marriages brilliantly evokes the legacy of the second world war Andrew Miller is a master of nuance, expert at exploring the various chambers of the human heart. In his...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
At a time when much of what passes for international commentary has the depth and nuance of a […]Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The Bologna Book Plus program is announcing details of its 2025 audio programming and 'author ambassador' for the trade fair in April. The post Bologna Book Plus 2025 Has Another ‘Audio Forum’ and ‘Ambassador’...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Whether you’re an accomplished or aspiring dinner party host, these books brim with ideas that will add sizzle to your soirees.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Australia's Richard Flanagan becomes the first author to win both the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction and the Booker Prize for Fiction. The post Richard Flanagan’s ‘Question 7’ Wins the Baillie Gifford appeared...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
When he published "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" in 1957, the young lawyer kicked off a new era in travel, persuading middle-class Americans that London, Paris and Rome weren't just for aristocrats.Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The book market in Spain, the market’s publishers association reports, sees turnover growing by 5.1 percent, up 30.1 percent in 10 years. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson FGEE’s Stand at Frankfurt:...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
I shall never be able to keep up with Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine editor George Easter when it comes to cataloguing all of this year’s lists of “best” crime, mystery, and thriller fiction. Every so often, though, I do want to...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
A former 26-year director of Frankfurter Buchmesse, Peter Weidhaas is recalled for his dedication to the trade show and to internationalism. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Peter Weidhaas, Dead at 86 appeared first on Publishing...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
Today's TTT prompt is: Top Ten Oldest (earliest published) Books On My TBR List , but I don't have many older titles on mine, so I went rogue. Since we're getting to the end of the year (2024 has whizzed by!), I thought I'd look at my...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Books
The first volume of her frank autobiography is a testament to resilience, chronicling a grim childhood and the brazen path to stardom, with and without Sonny.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Books
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood, her fraught marriage to Sonny Bono and how she found her voice.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The eBook Reader Blog
Here’s a quick comparison between the new Kindle for 2024 and the previous 2022 model. Amazon only changed a few details with the new 2024 model. In fact, they changed so little they’re still calling it an 11th generation...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
The 11th China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair saw 32 world markets represented among its 497 exhibitors this year. The post Shanghai’s Children’s Book Fair Draws 41,263 Attendees appeared first on Publishing...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Amazon UK is offering a nice deal on the Kobo Libra Colour that brings its price down by £20. This makes the Libra Colour to be priced £179.99 which otherwise sells for £199.99. The e-reader impresses with its 7-inch Kaleido 3 display...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Supernote is a brand that is quite toxic, their management of their official Reddit page is quite draconian. The company is quick to ban anyone asking about shipping dates, asking about competing products and are quick to delete anyone...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
I did not particularly care for Martha Stewart when she became famous for dictating to Americans how to prepare meals and entertain guests. Once she went to jail for essentially insider trading, I openly disliked her. But...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Books
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from its paintings.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Books
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permission Publisher HarperCollins will allow some of its titles to be used to train AI models, with the permission of authors. The company “has...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from NYT > Books
A poet, scholar and literary critic, she turned a feminist lens on 19th-century writers like Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, creating a feminist classic.Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
As you may know, 2025 is the 20th anniversary year of Old Man’s War, and to celebrate, there will be a new installment in the series, which will come out in September of 2025. Before then, however, we’re taking the previous...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Things surely can’t be considered ideal for Amazon’s first color Kindle, the Kindle Colorsoft. The yellow band issue has forced many to return their devices and this, as Wired reported, has led to a rather unpleasant scenario...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
The new Xueyisheng X1 e-note device launched days ago isn’t just another e-paper tablet device coming our way. It is unique because it comes with a new e-paper display that its makers claim is faster and has better colour...