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HarperCollins Publishers

HarperCollins Acquires HMM for $349 Million

March 31, 2021

HarperCollins, owned by News Corp., is acquiring the trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for $349 million. The cash deal is expected to be concluded within the next three months. Under the agreement, all HMH Books & Media employees will join HarperCollins. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which had put the HMH Books & Media division up… View Article

Penguin Random House proposed merger with Simon & Schuster

UK Investigates Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster Merger

March 24, 2021

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.K.’s competition regulator is investigating Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of rival publisher Simon & Schuster, a deal that would create a behemoth in the book industry. The Competition and Markets Authority is examining the proposed merger on the grounds it may lessen competition, and said it would… View Article

National Association of Broadcasters

Emily Barr Testifies at Hearing on Big Tech Impact on Local Media

March 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today (March 12, 20210), the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law is holding a hearing titled “Reviving Competition, Part 2: Saving the Free and Diverse Pres.” In advance of the hearing, the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, the Native American Journalists Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association… View Article

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Award Winners

William Soroyan Writing Prize Winners for 2020

William Saroyan Writing Prize Picks 2020 Winners

December 9, 2020

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Jennifer Croft awarded the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing by Stanford Libraries Adjei-Brenyah and Croft were selected as winners, among 247 eligible submissions, for their ability to evoke raw emotion and masterfully leverage the power of language with their writing. Stanford, CA–Friday Black (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) by Nana Kwame… View Article

Where Reasons End wins PEN award

“Where Reasons End” Wins PEN 2020 Novel Award

September 3, 2020

In March 2020, PEN America announced, the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards winners in a ceremony in New York City, hosted by Seth Meyers. The top prize for a full-length novel was awarded to Yiyun Li for the book, Where Reasons End,  (Random House) Hudson | IndieBound. We are just now catching up on some of the… View Article

Effie Lee Morris Literary Awards

WNBA Names Literary Award Winners

July 14, 2020

The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is pleased and proud to debut the first-ever Effie Lee Morris WNBA Literary Award. Ms. Morris was a pioneering Black librarian and the founder of this chapter of the Women’s National Book Association in 1968. The Virtual Awards Ceremony will take place on July 24th, 5pm PST (see link… View Article

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Authorlink® Interviews

Black Buck

Making it to the Top May be the Quickest Way to Hit Bottom

April 1, 2021

Black Buck, Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Darren Vender was the valedictorian of his high school class, but he is satisfied with his life living with his mother in Bed-Stuy, hanging out with his girlfriend Soraya, and managing a Starbucks in a high-rise office building
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel by Sarah Penner

April 1, 2021

The Lost Apothecary, Debut Novel, Sarah Penner, Park Row Books – Sarah Penner had more than one hundred rejection for her first novel. But she never gave up. Her second work, THE LOST APOTHECARY, has just been published by Park Row Publishing.
Writing pen

Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?

April 1, 2021

Writing Insights – Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?

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Nightbringer

Books to Read: Nightbringer by Graham McNeill

April 1, 2021

Nightbringer, Graham McNeill, Black Library Masterworks – a curated collection of novels celebrating the very best science fiction and fantasy set in the worlds of Warhammer.
Collateral Damage

Books to Read: Collateral Damage by Mark Shaw

April 1, 2021

Collateral Damage, Mark Shaw, Post Hill Press – If there had been no cover-up of Robert Kennedy’s complicity in the murder of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and he had been prosecuted based on compelling evidence at the time, the assassination of JFK by Bobby’s enemies would not have happened …
The Black Coast

The Black Coast by Mike Brooks

March 1, 2021

The Black Coast, Mike Brooks, Solaris – Book #1 of God-King Chronicles. War Dragons. Fearsome Raiders. A Daemonic Warlord on the Rise. When the citizens of Black Keep see ships on the horizon, terror takes them because they know who is coming . . . .

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Writing Insights

Authorlink.com, about publishing and self-publishing

How to Get a Book Published

April 2, 2021

About eighty percent of humans who answered various surveys  in recent years say that someday they would like to write a book and get published. Perhaps half of those will start writing. Maybe five percent of the forty percent will finish, and far fewer will find a publisher for a book. You may be asking,… View Article

Writing pen

Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?

April 1, 2021

Writing Insights – Is 20,000 Words A Good Length for Publishing a Book?
Writing Insights

How to Write a Good Resume With Lack of Experience

March 1, 2021

Writing Insights: How to Write a Good Resume with Lack of Experience

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Rants and Revelations

So Many Books, Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abendance

Review: So Many Books, Publishing in the Age of Abundance

January 1, 2021

So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid, Paul Dry Books – “Books are published at such a rapid rate that they make us exponentially more ignorant,” writes Gabriel Zaid in a little book titled, SO MANY BOOKS,
Carol Van Den Hende, author

Too Chinese for America, Too American for China

November 1, 2020

By Carol Van Den Hende When I was eight years old, my family moved to rural Maryland. I showed up for my first day at the low brick schoolhouse in my best frock, patent leather shoes and matching braids. A pale skinny boy locked eyes with mine. A new friend? I smiled. “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees,… View Article

Writers Weekly

Two Reasons Why Some Readers are NOT Allowed to Post Reviews on Amazon!

October 1, 2020

So, your book has been published and your readers are (virtually) lined up for their coveted copies! Yea!! And, you are asking (begging!) your readers to leave reviews for your book because, as we all know, more sales and positive reviews mean better exposure on Amazon! However, did you know that some people aren’t allowed… View Article

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