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30/03/2021

Good luck to all doing NaNoFiMo in April! Maybe these tips will help.

As part of our "National Novel Finishing Month" track for Camp NaNoWriMo in April, we asked our Twitter followers: what's your number one piece of advice for people who are trying to reach The End?

29/03/2021

"The shortest distance between two people is a story." - Patti Digh

01/03/2021

We support this idea.

“all negative book reviews should end with “despite all this, it’s pretty impressive that this person wrote a book!””

18/12/2020

"Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same."

NEW YORK — Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same.

17/12/2020

"Potter said he is unaware of any other library system that walks patrons through the entire process of creating a published work."

This is a great initiative. Hopefully more libraries follow suit so more people will have the tools to tell their stories.

Although the center offers various methods for printing and distribution, a printer dubbed “The Espresso Book Machine” – so named because it prints and binds a book in about the same time as it takes to brew a cup of coffee – is often used.

16/12/2020

"Though we don’t know exactly when we’ll be back to ‘normal’ life, we can be fairly certain that many of these changes will have a lasting effect on the way consumers behave, work, relax and buy."

“There’s no doubt that the lockdown measures introduced to combat the spread of COVID-19 have had a demonstrable and lasting effect on consumers,” according to a new whitepaper by programmatic media specialist MiQ.  The whitepaper, How Covid-19 changed the UK consumers, looks into how the pan...

15/12/2020

Sad to see the end of BookExpo—but what a legacy (and we know legacies)!

From the first American Book Association convention in 1901 to the first and final virtual BookExpo in 2020, the biggest trade show in the American book business was a central event in each publishing year.

13/05/2020

Publishers shift content to focus on faith and religion during this crisis—

Religion publishers are racing to respond to the global Covid-19 pandemic with titles aimed at encouraging and comforting readers.

06/05/2020

Read aloud of "Why We Stay Home: Susie Learns About Coronavirus," a diverse children's book explaining the current state of the world (and it's free!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu07djSvLNg

Learn more here:
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/stay-home-free-book-coronavirus-children-color/

Why We Stay Home: A free book on coronavirus for children of color Posted by Staff | May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 | Two medical students recently wrote an illustrated children’s book about coronavirus, to help parents of color communicate with their children about why so many families across t...

29/04/2020

"My book is set in 2020. My characters now do ridiculous things, like hang out with each other."

My characters now do totally unrealistic things, like hang out with each other.

22/04/2020

What's it like to be published during this time? Read about an author's experience here—

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/pregnant-book-debut-memoir-coronavirus

13/04/2020

Publishers are trying to move publication dates of upcoming releases—but to when?

With the new coronavirus pandemic affecting every part of the book business, now is not a great time to be publishing a book, and many authors with titles scheduled for the coming months might be tempted to a new publication date. But for publishers, moving titles en masse will be tricky.

08/04/2020

Journalists deal with mass layoffs and pay cuts as a result of the coronavirus—

https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/147956

An already fragile business model for journalism might be dealt a lethal blow in the corona crisis. And the freedom of the press itself is coming under extreme pressure, as governments take swift and debilitating measures fighting the pandemic.

03/04/2020

How is the virus affecting authors who had scheduled releases coming soon? The Independent interviewed some of these authors—see what they have to say here:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/coronavirus-book-industry-publishing-authors-writing-income-a9436781.html

01/04/2020

The Association of American Publishers has been keeping a partial record of the actions of their members during this pandemic here:

https://publishers.org/aap-news/covid-19-response/

30/03/2020

Libraries nationwide have closed, book festivals and author tours are being canceled, and no one is shopping at bookstores. Publishers are struggling to adjust to how to change their sales strategies with what will be America's new reality for the foreseeable future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/books/coronavirus-impact-publishing-industry-booksellers-authors.html

27/03/2020

Colleges are happy donors are helping current students out in this crisis, but worried how this will affect finances, since most were planning on receiving funds from giving day

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Coronavirus-Upends-College/248322

For colleges and universities hoping to engage students and young alumni in lifetime giving, these fundraising drives can be especially valuable. But as institutions respond to the coronavirus by shuttering campuses and moving students to online lear

25/03/2020

Almost half of nonprofits that have canceled their upcoming events due to Coronavirus have no plan on how to mitigate those losses. A third of organizations have also had to stop some of their normal program activities.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/44-Percent-of-Nonprofits-Have/248302