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Whats new: 5 April 2021 - What's new 5 April 2021

‘When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for vindications, the paranoia, and the projection are bottled in there, along with all the excesses of envy, desire for revenge, all the...

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Link: World of Books launches SoA award 5 April 2021

World of Books Group, the UK's largest retailer of used books, has partnered with the Society of Authors to launch a new grant to support writers as they work on 'books of any genre that have the power to inspire progressive behaviour change.'

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Link: ‘This is not an easy treasure hunt’: puzzle book offers readers chance to win €750,000 golden casket | Books | The Guardian 5 April 2021

For all the armchair puzzlers for whom sudokus and crosswords have palled over the long months of lockdown, a fiendish new literary conundrum is about to slide on to bookshelves - with a rather lucrative and unusual reward.

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Link: The fact checking thriller writer 5 April 2021

I have been a film-maker for more than 30 years and have acquired filing cabinets full of international research. In my second career as a thriller author, these gems have not been wasted. All my books are based upon my past investigative documentaries.

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Link: On the Behavioral Economy of the Book World ‹ Literary Hub 5 April 2021

An economist's attempt to explain behavior in publishing or any other domain typically begins with the cost-benefit principle: an action should be taken if and only if the benefits of taking it exceed the corresponding costs.

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Link: Publishing Industry Insiders Share Insights into Opportunities, Challenges Ahead 5 April 2021

Yesterday's webinar "Publishing Now '21: Looking Forward," hosted by Westchester Publishing Services and Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including...

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Link: HarperCollins to Acquire HMH Trade 5 April 2021

No one in the industry was surprised last week when HarperCollins emerged as the buyer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media, the sixth-largest trade publisher in the U.S.

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Link: Indies facing 'tough' market welcome ACE Culture Recovery Fund grants | The Bookseller 5 April 2021

Independent publishers including Carcanet, Comma Press and Otter-Barry Books say Arts Council England's second round of grants from its Culture Recovery Fund are much needed as publishers negotiate a "tough" market.

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Link: Authors Guild Asks Members to Support PRO Act 5 April 2021

The Authors Guild is asking its membership and allies in the publishing industry to contact their senators to express support for the PRO Act, which has passed the House and is under discussion by the Senate. The act would enable freelance writers and authors to bargain collectively with...

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Link: Writers grapple with rules of the imagination | PEN | The Guardian 5 April 2021

It's a venerable global cultural institution, dedicated to freedom of expression and set to celebrate its centenary this year. Yet the writers' association PENSupported by eminent writers, this is...

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Link: Have Italian Scholars Figured Out the Identity of Elena Ferrante? ‹ Literary Hub 5 April 2021

When Claudio Gatti published an investigation into Elena Ferrante's identity, a few years ago, he raised an outcry both in Italy and abroad. He had pried into the author's privacy, violated her right to remain anonymous. It was unfair, it was irrelevant, we didn't want to know.

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Link: What’s The Difference Between a Thriller and a Mystery? Pacing. ‹ CrimeReads 5 April 2021

Reading has always been a great escape in my life. Books gave me joy, taught me much, but mostly, they were entertainment.

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