Happy Holidays, lovely readers! Welcome to another exciting installment of Book Beat, brought to you by your editor Paige. As this is the last Book Beat of 2018, I can’t help but feel a bit thoughtful about this past year. For many, 2018 was both the longest and shortest year by far. There were so many amazing highs and…
Book Beat: More Poetic Plagiarism, U.K. Publishing’s Code of Conduct, and A Phone Call Dispute
Hello lovely readers! This is your Bookmarked editor Paige, here to share all the latest publishing news in this week’s Book Beat. Admittedly, it was a little difficult finding news that wasn’t a Top Books of 2018 list. The holiday season is upon us, so the news cycle has started to slow down. Between that…
Presenting Dark Horse: November 2018
Come one, come all, to the November installment of Presenting Dark Horse! We’re in the thick of holiday season, folks. So, whether you’re still recovering from Thanksgiving or Hanukkah, you’re prepping for the several late winter holidays about to bring in good tidings and cheer, let this pubwatch give you a nice little break in…
Holiday Gift Ideas for Your Favorite Reader
Happy Holidays lovely readers! Tis the season of merriment and joy, which for many means basking in the love and comfort of good company and good food. It also means that this is a time of some serious shopping splurges to find the perfect gift. Personally, one of the hardest people to shop for during this gift-giving…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2: Back in Red and Better Than Ever?
Dystopian literature is all the rage these days — and given the current state of the world, it makes sense. While a new generation of dystopian authors emerges, the works of older authors have gained a second life. None have seemed to stand the tests of time longer than The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Fans of the…
Book Beat: An Awful Book Won’t Be Sitting in the Library Anytime Soon
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked Editor Paige. Considering Thanksgiving lulled the U.S. into a massive food-induced coma last week, you’d think the book world would be super chill and not up to any mischief. Truly, I thought I’d had a calm week of…
Book Beat: PW Industry Salary Survey, B&N/WHSmith, and J.K. Rowling’s Lawsuit
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another week of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked editor, Paige. As we near the end of the year, it’s about time for some self-reflection. You take a good hard look at your year and see all the things that have gone right, what’s maybe gotten a little…
Presenting Dark Horse: October 2018
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to the October installment of Presenting Dark Horse. We’re back with a snazzy new logo (courtesy of our fabulous DC Pubwatcher Cori), some cool new comic reads, and the hottest publisher news that Dark Horse Comics has to warm up these suddenly frigid November nights. This Dark Horse Pubwatch has all…
To All The Classic Books We Loved Before
Ah, school. For all the highs and lows long years can inspire in our lives, one good thing about school is that it opens up a world of literary possibilities to us as we grow up. More often than not, this brave new world of assigned reading is filled with books from that expansive, nebulous genre known…
Book Beat: Diversity in U.S. Publishing Languishes and Arisia (Finally) Fires President
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to another weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by your Bookmarked editor Paige. It might be a bit unnecessary to say, but the publishing industry is a unique, concentrated microcosm of our society. When the industry and the books it releases into the world succeed in embodying the diversity, complexities,…
Book Beat: Potential B&N Buyout, Amazon Wages, and Good Omens TV News
Hello lovely readers, this is your Bookmarked editor Paige here! Welcome to your weekly installment of Book Beat. The United States is just getting over a three/four-ish day weekend (in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise), so the news cycle has been a little slow. But fear not, for…
Presenting Dark Horse: September 2018
Hello lovely readers! Welcome to the September installment of Presenting Dark Horse. We’re officially in the throes of autumn’s chilly embrace, and I am so ready to get my sweater weather on with one of my favorite publishers. And what goodies does Dark Horse have to bring me in these last few weeks before Halloween?…