Hollywood studios offer striking writers a guaranteed minimum length of employment and control around the use of generative artificial intelligence. August 23, 2023–The coalition representing Hollywood studios and streaming services made what it believes to be its best offer to striking writers on August 23, releasing the terms of its latest contract in the hopes of persuading the Writers Guild of America to accept the deal,
Books to Read: The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel, Douglas Brunt, Atria Books – The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I
Books to Read: A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, Anna Smith Spark, Flame Tree Press – Readers of Shauna Lawless and Thilde Kold Holdt will love this Celtic-inflected adventure by critically acclaimed, grimdark epic fantasy novelist, Anna Smith Spark.
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, August 23, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 20, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
The Indie Bestseller List -Published Wednesday, August 16, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 13, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award program, which include over fifty categories recognizing excellence in book editorial and design, are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers. The awards are administered by the Independent Book...
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, August 9, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 6, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
The longlist for the Booker Prize has been announced! It features books from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognized by the Booker Prize for the first time Novelist Esi Edugyan, twice-shortlisted for the Booker...
Joint Statement of the National Association of Broadcasters and Canadian Association of Broadcasters on Meta’s News Blocking Washington, D.C. – In response to Meta blocking news on Facebook and Instagram for Canadian users after the passage of Canada’s Online News...
The Cloud Mary Clark Dalton (Deep River Books, 95 pages) The Cloud is a lovely tale of the redemption of a high school boy whose life has fallen apart, and in his anger and feeling of abandonment, decides to do something desperate. The Cloud is perfect for high school...
