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La Fabrique’s Moret released from police custodyFromThe Bookseller: La Fabrique’s foreign rights manager Ernest Moret has been released from police custody, after being arrested and...
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Dentologia: A Poem on the Diseases of the Teeth (1833)From The Public Domain Review: Dentologia begins seemingly far away from the world of teeth. Invoking Juno and Apollo, the first canto...
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He who rejects changeHe who rejects change is the architect of decay. Harold Wilson
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A battle royal is brewing over copyright and AIFrom The Economist: C onsider two approaches in the music industry to artificial intelligence ( ai ). One is that of Giles...
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What Hemingway Means in the 21st CenturyFrom The Literary Hub: In the playwright Simon Gray’s literary diary The Last Cigarette , there’s a moment where he struggles to recall...
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One cannot and must not try to erase the pastOne cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. Golda Meir
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The secret of getting aheadThe secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable...
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Self-published authors earn more than traditionally published counterparts, according to ALLi reportFrom The Bookseller: New research by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) claims authors who self-publish currently earn more than...
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Google Becomes a Client of MVB’s MetabooksFrom Publishing Perspectives: As MVB Books UK marks its anniversary at London Book Fair this week (April 18 to 20), the news today (April...
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Paying attention to numbers can open up meaning in booksFrom The Economist: T he members of Oulipo—an abbreviation of ouvroir de littérature potentielle , or “workshop of potential...
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You Have a New MemoryFrom Slate: Lou LouAnn Dagen died in April 2020 in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, hospital, without her family. She had lived in a nursing home...
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Not everyone can be a truffleNot everyone can be a truffle. Most of us are potatoes. And a potato is a very good thing to be. Massimo Bottura
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What I sayWhat I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. A.A. Milne
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5,000 words, but the Amazon CEO letter to shareholders offers little promise for the publishing industryFrom The New Publishing Standard: One cannot help but feel no news is bad news for an industry which has for so long allowed itself to become...
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Can AI Reduce Discrimination Against Non-native Writers?From The Independent Publishing Magazine: Have you encountered job ads that exclusively seek native speakers? Have you faced rejections due...
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The Emperor’s Old Clothes: Publishing’s Supply Chain Needs an UpgradeFrom Publisher’s Weekly: The supply chain we use for book publishing is a lot like an old house. Bringing it up to date is a labor of...
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It’s the beauty within usIt’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what...
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A thrilling account of a shipwreck in the Pacific in 1741From The Economist: A largely forgotten chapter of a little-remembered war between England and Spain provides the setting for this gripping...
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Size of LLMs won’t matter as much moving forwardFrom TechCrunch: When OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman speaks these days, it makes sense to listen. His latest venture has been on...
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Thoreau’s AxeFrom The Wall Street Journal: Ours is an age of distraction. The pings, buzzes and chimes from our phones, tablets, laptops, watches and...
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Bank ProblemsOne of PG’s banks recently became very confused about his accounts. He learned of their confusion yesterday. PG has been gathering...
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No one is discontented at not being a kingNo one is discontented at not being a king except a discrowned king … unhappiness almost invariably indicates the existence of a road not taken,...
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Texas County to Consider Shutting Down Library After Book Ban RulingFrom Publisher’s Weekly: After a federal judge ordered the return of more than a dozen books improperly pulled from the Llano County...
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Publisher Logos: 7 Amazing Examples To Inspire Your DesignFrom The Book Designer: Publisher logos are a part of the wr i ting process that are often overlooked. However, logos are an integral part of...
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How Long Does It Really Take To Write a Novel?From Writer Unboxed: If you Google “How long does it take to write a novel?” you get more than 700,000 results, with answers ranging from...
