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Hinton Publishing launches new literary ePublication

SEATTLE—Hinton Publishing—a new imprint of VertVolta Press dedicated to amplifying the voices of historically marginalized communities—today announced the launch of Speak the Sojourner. This monthly literary ePublication, delivered online and directly to subscribers'...

Author Leedom-Ackerman to Visit Dallas

Author Leedom-Ackerman to Visit Dallas

Author Joanne Leedom-Ackerman will be in Dallas Saturday, March 16, 2024 to talk about her latest book, THE FAR SIDE OF THE DESERT (Oceanview Publishing, March 2024). Joanne, a former longtime Dallas resident, will appear in conversation with Doris Booth, CEO of...

Call for Entries: 2024 Next Gen Indie Book Awards

Call for Entries: 2024 Next Gen Indie Book Awards

If you would like to receive greater recognition, monetary prizes, awards and exposure for your books, here is an opportunity not to miss. Enter the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Calling all indie book authors and publishers - including small presses,...

Interview: Kittle’s Morning in This Broken World Copy

Interview: Kittle’s Morning in This Broken World Copy

How can I make my writing better?
“You can make it better later. First, you have to make it exist.” Just like anything else in the world, you only get better at it by doing it,” says Katrina Kittle, author of Morning in This Broken World. Read the full interview.

Film Festival Panel on AI Discusses Future Storytelling

Film Festival Panel on AI Discusses Future Storytelling

July 6, 2023--Stage 32's 2023 Cannes Film Festival Marche du Film Panel, The Evolution of Storytelling: AI, Virtual Reality, the Metaverse & ChatGPT. Moderator: Kayvan Mashayekh (Producers Without Borders) and Panelists: Sami Apra (CEO of Largo Film, Switzerland),...

Authors Sue Open AI for ChatGPT Copyright Infringement

Authors Sue Open AI for ChatGPT Copyright Infringement

Authors Paul Gaetan Tremblay and Mona Awad filed suit on June 28, 2023, against  Open AI, Inc. for training Open AI's Chat GPT on copyrighted works. The civil case (4:23-cv-03223-AMO) was filed in the United States District Court Northern District of California San...

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Open for Entries

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Open for Entries

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Submission deadline is March 10, 2023; winners receive $10,000, runners-up receive $5,000 Dayton, OH (February 1, 2023) – The Dayton Literary Peace Prize today launched its call for submissions for outstanding fiction and nonfiction books...

Academics to Review Forged Hitler Diaries

Academics to Review Forged Hitler Diaries

 Extension of research contract with Institute of Contemporary History to investigate the history of “Stern” magazine  Bertelsmann guarantees independence of and full support for research work Gütersloh / Hamburg, February 24, 2023 – Bertelsmann has commissioned an...

The Indie Bestseller List

The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 8, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

PRH-S&S Merger Hurts Authors, DOJ Suit Says

PRH-S&S Merger Hurts Authors, DOJ Suit Says

A planned merger between Bertelsmann’s Penguin Random House (PRH) and Simon & Schuster has been blocked by the Department of Justice antitrust division as harmful to authors. On November 2, The DOJ filed a civil suit in the U.S. District Court of Columbia to stop...