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National Book Awards to Return in Person in November 2021

National Book Awards to Return in Person in November 2021

The 72nd National Book Awards will return to a primarily in-person celebration, with additional virtual elements to reach a broader audience  The National Book Foundation (NBF) announces today that the 72nd National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner will be held...

Pulitzer Prize Book Submissions Open, New Chairs Picked

Pulitzer Prize Book Submissions Open, New Chairs Picked

NEW YORK —The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Books competition is now open for the 2022 awards in Fiction, U.S. History, Biography, Poetry and General Nonfiction has opened. The recommended deadline for books published in the first half of 2021 was Thursday, July 15, 2021. But...

Indie Bestseller List

Indie Bestseller List

The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, July 21, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 18, 2021). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. F

Indie Bestseller List

Indie Bestseller List

Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, July 7, 2021 (for the sales week ended Sunday, July 4, 2021). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

Bookshop.org Earns $15 Million for Indies, Fights Amazon

Bookshop.org Earns $15 Million for Indies, Fights Amazon

1.47 million customers flock to ethical alternative to Amazon Over 1,200 independent bookstores benefitting from the platform Independent booksellers report Bookshop.org has helped them attract new customers, build an online presence, feel connected to their community...

Create a Powerful Story Using Five-Act Stucture

Create a Powerful Story Using Five-Act Stucture

This article originally appeared on Novel Factory Understanding story structure is critical if you're going to write successful novels. Knowing how to set up a story, build to a climax, create reversals that surprise your readers, and tie up loose ends will make the...

Sony TV’s Diverse Writers Program Wrapping Up

Sony TV’s Diverse Writers Program Wrapping Up

Culver City CA – July 13, 2021 – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) in early June 2021 announced the launch of its Diverse Writers Program. Sixteen participants kicked off a six-week professional development program in which they had discussions with creative executives,...

PRO Act May Harm Writers and Other Freelancers

PRO Act May Harm Writers and Other Freelancers

After California passed Assembly Bill 5, Lisa Rothstein lost a big piece of her income. She works as a freelancer in various roles, including a cartoonist, copywriter, and advisor. AB 5 requires many independent contractors to be reclassified as employees, preventing...

Books to read: The Summer Thieves by Paul Di Filippo

Books to read: The Summer Thieves by Paul Di Filippo

The Summer Thieves, Paul Di Filippo, Night Shade – A masterful, witty, picaresque science fiction adventure story evoking the styles of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance, The Summer Thieves is the first novel in the new Quinary series by noted author and reviewer Paul Di Filippo.