For some time there has been a dispute between the online retailer and sometimes publisher Amazon and the publishing house, Hachette. Amazon wants more flexibility to sell books at lower prices, while Hachette stands by its right to maintain higher prices for its goods. This week Amazon attempted to reach out to Hachette’s authors in…
The Thursday Book Beat: J. K. Rowling Pens A Harry Potter Short Story
Gillian Flynn’s ‘Sharp Objects’ Being Developed for TV Sharp Objects, author Gillian Flynn’s debut novel, will be adapted into a television show. Marti Noxon will come on board as showrunner and writer of the one hour drama with Jason Blum and Charles Layton to executive produce.
HarperCollins Will Now Sell Directly to Customers
HarperCollins announced today that it will sidestep Amazon, by moving to sell directly to customers. The international mega-publisher already sells e-books direct to customers globally, and in August, will move to sell paper and physical audio books to its UK customers. US, Canadian, and Australian stores will follow.
No Place To Hide Is A Necessary Reading Experience
No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald Random House Canada I received a copy of this book from the publisher for an honest review. I don’t usually tell people they need to read a book. I do so in the hyperbolic sense when you connect to…
Interview with Caldecott Winner Erin Stead
Erin Stead’s artwork is just beautiful. You can frame pages from any children’s book she has illustrated and you are looking at a piece of strong stand-alone art. Even zooming in on minor images does not detract from the effect. Take a look for yourself: The large images are gorgeous:And close-ups of the details from…
Dogears: Alien Psychiatry
The Fire Witness Lars Kepler Random House Canada Lars Kepler is a pseudonym for a Swedish husband and wife writing team: Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril. The Fire Witness is the third book about Chief Inspector Joona Linna as he figures out a tricky murder only he can solve.
Review: Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Bird Box Josh Malerman Ecco / Harper Collins I received a copy of this book via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Close your eyes. You probably have a pretty good sense of what’s around you. You see it all the time. But would you be able to go about your day like…
Staff Picks for July: Books
The Queen of the Tearling Erika Johnson HarperCollins The Queen of the Tearling is the story of a young queen, Kelsea, taking the throne in a dangerous time. She has lived in hiding almost her entire life and has no practical experience running a country. But she sets out to rule by the strong values…
The Thursday Book Beat: Melissa de la Cruz Writes Descendants Prequel
Melissa de la Cruz to Pen Descendants Prequel Melissa de la Cruz, author of Witches of East End and Blue Bloods, will be writing a novel based on the characters of Disney’s new movie, Descendants. It’ll be a prequel to the film that’s set to come out in 2015 and will be titled Isle of the Lost.
A Goodbye Letter to Walter Dean Myers
Fade In: Interior: A Classroom Ardo (Voice-Over) Walter Dean Myers died on Tuesday July 2, 2014 at the age of 76. I’ve read one book by Mr. Myers. His 1999 book: MONSTER. It was in Grade 8 which is a year that I like to think of as life changing. I had just discovered my passion…
(TW) Marion Zimmer Bradley and Child Abuse
(Trigger warning: child abuse, sexual abuse) On June 10th, Deirdre Saoirse Moen published an email from Moira Greyland, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s daughter. In the email she states that her mother molested her from the age of three until the age of twelve.
Stephen King and Women’s Words
Mr. Mercedes Stephen King Scribner Spoilers. Beware. Mr. Mercedes focuses on the consequences of ignoring what women have to say.