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Literary Agent Jim Hornfischer Dies at Age 55
June 22, 2021
Austin writer, naval historian, book editor, and literary agent James D. Hornfischer died June 2, 2021 at age 55 after a lengthy illness. This report is reprinted from Lone Star Literary Life The author of several books focusing on the U.S. Navy, Hornfischer recently had been honored with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award for… View Article
Love Local, Choose Indie Bookstores Over Amazon Prime
June 22, 2021
Love Local, Choose Indie Bookstores Over Amazon Prime Bookshop.org offered free shipping on June 21/22 to encourage customers to support local bookstores instead of Amazon during that weekend. New York, 22 June. This Prime Day, Bookshop.org, the book buying platform that financially supports independent bookstores, encouraged book lovers to ‘love local’ and buy from your… View Article
Amazon’s MGM Buy Starts Video Content Wars
May 27, 2021
Amazon gears up for the content war as MGM acquisition strengthens Prime Video portfolio, says GlobalData Following today’s news (26 May) that Amazon has officially announced the acquisition of MGM for $8.4bn; Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “While Amazon boasts many top-tier titles, leading originals… View Article
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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 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
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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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
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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
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