• Publishing’s Latest Piracy Problem: Audiobooks on YouTube
    Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
  • Gothic Fantasy Novels Filled With Dark Magic
    Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NYT > Books
    The best-selling author Rachel Gillig recommends books that bring the haunted hallmarks of Gothic fiction into enchanted settings.
  • The A.I. threat to audiobooks
    Thursday, May 21, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Artificial intelligence has made pirated audiobooks faster to make and harder to detect. Our reporter Alexandra Alter tells us about the latest threat to the publishing industry.
  • DuRoBo Rolls Out Software Update 1.2 for Krono
    Thursday, May 21, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Version 1.2 introduces a native browser app, giving users direct access to the web within Krono. Desktop customization now lets users pin their favorite apps directly to the home screen. Korean language support also arrives as a full...
  • Was a Story That Just Won a Literary Prize A.I.-Generated?
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    A respected literary magazine has published an award-winning short story many readers believe to be generated by artificial intelligence. Experts aren’t all so sure.
  • International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    “Taiwan Travelogue” is the first novel originally written in Mandarin to win the major award for fiction translated into English.
  • Luminous New Historical Fiction
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Our columnist on the month’s best books.
  • Book Review: ‘On Witness and Respair,’ by Jesmyn Ward
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    The two-time National Book Award winner collects essays, profiles and appreciations in a new book, “On Witness and Respair.”
  • Children of Radicals Write to Understand Their Legacies
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn and Harriet Clark on activism, violence, guilt and trying to make sense of their “incomprehensible” early days.
  • Book Review: ‘Dog Days,’ by Emily LaBarge
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    In her ingenious “Dog Days,” Emily LaBarge writes about a terrifying event without resorting to “the trauma plot.”
  • Book Review: ‘Glyph,’ by Ali Smith
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Ali Smith’s new novel, “Glyph,” dispenses with subtleties and takes on an age of war and the ghosts left behind.
  • Book Review: ‘Keeper of My Kin,’ by Ada Ferrer
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    A stirring memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer chronicles her family’s life in the aftermath of traumatic rupture.
  • Kobo e-readers increased in cost in Canada and USA
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Rakuten Kobo has increased prices by $10 to $30 for its e-readers, which are getting older every day. The post Kobo e-readers increased in cost in Canada and USA first appeared on Good e-Reader .
  • ‘Beaches’ to Close on Broadway Months Earlier Than Planned
    Wednesday, May 20, 2026 from NYT > Books
    A musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker will close months earlier than planned after opening in April to negative reviews and soft sales.
  • How to Build the Ultimate Digital Library in 2026
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    This guide gives you a working system for 2026. You’ll learn how to build a library you can search, back up, move, and read without losing yourself or your books. The post How to Build the Ultimate Digital Library in 2026 first appeared...
  • Rakuten Kobo and StoryGraph Team Up
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Today, Rakuten Kobo is announcing an exciting new partnership with StoryGraph – the popular independent reading platform known for its personalized recommendations and reader-first community – to introduce a novel integration that is...
  • Book Review: ‘Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young,’ by Zayd Ayers Dohrn
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s parents were leaders of the Weather Underground. His new book traces how their revolutionary ideals collided with their family life.
  • The Creator of ‘Shrek!’ Never Got to See the Memes
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    The writer and illustrator William Steig lived several lives before his book about a surly ogre became a Hollywood hit.
  • Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ With John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, Turns a Profit in 10 Weeks
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.
  • America's foremost Cuba historian wrote a memoir. It arrives at a pivotal moment
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
    Pulitzer winner Ada Ferrer's of-the-moment new memoir, "Keeper of My Kin," examines the agonizing personal costs of the Cuban exile and the families left fractured in its wake.
  • Book Review: ‘An Inconvenient Widow,’ by Lois Romano
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    In “An Inconvenient Widow,” Lois Romano defends the most reviled first lady from her detractors past and present.
  • Do You Even Thinketh, Bro?
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Lots of guys are recommending “As a Man Thinketh” for self-improvement. That’s not what it gave me.
  • Book Review: ‘Talking Classics,’ by Mary Beard
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from NYT > Books
    For her latest book, the popular British scholar Mary Beard gets personal about how she fell for ancient Greece and Rome.
  • New Kindle e-readers will have user-replaceable batteries
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    In the recent Kindle software update 5.19.4, there is text mentioning user-replaceable batteries. This will adhere to a new EU law that takes effect early next year. The post New Kindle e-readers will have user-replaceable batteries...
  • Offseason by Avigayl Sharp review – wry comedy of a frazzled teacher
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    Sharp’s deadpan debut reads like a gen Z update on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, playfully skewering modern literary tropes The unnamed 28-year-old narrator of Avigayl Sharp’s debut novel teaches literature at a girls’ boarding school...
  • Gripping account of US leadership and altruism that Donald Trump should read
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Daily Express :: Books Feed
    A timely look at the era in which America led the world with dignity and generosity, a warm-hearted rom-com and two unputdownable thrillers are all out now
  • If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn review – how on earth do you translate Shakespeare?
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    Is Hamlet still Hamlet when every word has changed? A superbly diverting book about language and creativity The great Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, who translated William Faulkner, André Gide, Franz Kafka and Virginia Woolf into...
  • “Cultural Mavericks: The Business and Politics of Independent Bookselling in China” by Zheng Liu
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Cultural Mavericks traces the rise of independent bookselling in China over the last twenty years. That such a rise should merit a two-hundred-page academic study is, at first glance, counter-intuitive; this, after all, has been an era...
  • The Rainshadow Orphans
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Combining an imaginative technopunk setting with the hidden magical details of movies like Spirited Away, The Rainshadow Orphans introduces a world that’s as enchanting as it is dangerous.
  • Rachel West and the Fallen Starlet
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Rachel West and the Fallen Starlet is a fast-paced and well-plotted mystery set against a backdrop of early 2000s Los Angeles.
  • On Witness and Respair
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Jesmyn Ward writes ‘towards what hurts,’ and On Witness and Respair collects 20 years worth of that practice in essay form.
  • Keeper of My Kin
    Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Ada Ferrer trains her historian’s lens on her own family in her full, resonant and absolutely superb memoir, Keeper of My Kin .
  • Catching Fire by Daniel Hahn – #ABookADayInMay – Day 18
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from Stuck in a Book
      I knew I had to buy Catching Fire (2022) by Daniel Hahn as soon as I heard about it – and, boom, it’s not even three years since I bought it and I’ve read it! Such speed and agility. I
  • Book Review: ‘The Theater,’ by James Verini
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    In “The Theater,” the journalist James Verini recounts the bombing of a performing arts space turned refugee shelter in the middle of war-torn Mariupol.
  • Interview With Children's Book Author Margot Bennett
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
      1. What inspired you to write this book?  I chose to write the story about the therapy dog I worked with for 10 years because he made such an impact on so many in the community. I wanted to share how many ways a therapy...
  • Best Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Books, According to Emily Henry
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    The best-selling author recommends books by Sally Thorne, Jasmine Guillory and more where the line between nemeses and soul mates becomes deliciously flimsy.
  • Interview With Teen-Ager, Award-Winning YA & Fantasy Author, Sara Fanfarillo
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
      NYC Big Book Award - Distinguished Favorite 2025 - Fantasy International Impact Book Awards 2025 - Fantasy Regal Summit Book Award 2025 - Young Adult 1.        What inspired you to write this book?...
  • In a New Memoir, Hayden Panettiere Relives the Drama
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Her mother put her on TV at 11 months old. She lost custody of her own daughter. The “Nashville” star has a lot to reckon with in her new memoir.
  • Books Our Editors Loved This Week
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.
  • Book Review: ‘How to Rule the World,’ by Theo Baker
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    In his first book, Theo Baker chronicles an outrageously eventful year navigating an enigmatic center of power.
  • E-Book revenue was down 5.9% in March 2026
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
    Total revenues across all categories for the first quarter of the year were up 0.9% as compared to the first three months of 2025, coming in at $2.9 billion. The post E-Book revenue was down 5.9% in March 2026 first appeared on Good...
  • Next Gen Kindles Likely to Have User Replaceable Batteries
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from The eBook Reader Blog
    We don’t know when Amazon is going to release their next crop of new Kindles, but when they do there’s a good chance they’ll have user-replaceable batteries. There’s a new law that goes into effect in the European...
  • Total Ohio
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Fun fact: Ohio is the only US state to have a flag that is not rectangular — ours is a pennant. Also fun fact: I hardly see anyone ever fly an Ohio state flag. They will fly to Ohio State flag, which is to say, the flag of the...
  • A Royalty Management System Built for the Modern Author
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Crealo works with publishers to foster stronger relationships with authors through intuitive royalty experience (Sponsored) The post A Royalty Management System Built for the Modern Author appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
  • Around the Book World: Monday, May 18, 2026
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world. The post Around the Book World: Monday, May 18, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
  • Hermann Goring and 23 other Nazis stood trial at Nuremberg in 1945... but do you know the women crucial in bringing them to justice?
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from Books | Mail Online
    The Nuremberg trials defined the 20th century. New book reveals the nine women who helped bring some of the worst war criminals the world has ever seen to justice.
  • In Italy, a Vibrant 38th Salone Internazionale del Libro Torino Offers Something for Everyone
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from BREAKING NEWS: Books (2) mix ot digests
    Torino’s Salone Internazionale del Libro, has established itself as one of the most interesting public fairs for professionals in a country where new literary voices are flourishing.  The post In Italy, a Vibrant 38th Salone...
  • Morning Coffee – 18 May 2026
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from The Digital Reader
    Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Ugh – AI was used to “write” a new work by the French playwright Molière. A 2,000 year dead mummy was recently discovered with a copy of the Iliad, and archeologists...
  • Kennedy Ryan on ‘Score,’ Her TV Deal, and Finding Purpose
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from NYT > Books
    Kennedy Ryan just landed a TV deal for her breakout novel. Her new books challenge readers — and her characters — to dive into the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa review – lost voices from an Irish asylum
    Monday, May 18, 2026 from Guardian Unlimited Books
    Forgotten psychiatric patients are resurrected with imagination and compassion in this extraordinary book Cork Mental Hospital, also known as Our Lady’s, was once the longest building in Ireland: a monster of 19th-century gothic, much...
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