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University presses taking a stand against book bans and attempts to censor libraries -- up 813% in the past two years. (www.cambridgeday.com)

FantasticFiction - A Website that allows you to sign up and follow your favourite authors, get notifications etc (www.fantasticfiction.com)

Don’t know if people know of this site or not but just in case you don’t, it’s pretty damn good. All they require is an email address (I used an anon one with no issues). You can follow up to 100 authors and get alerts when new stuff is announced and published....

Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/WYdpt...

Down and out in Paris and London (sh.itjust.works)

The adventure starts at the fringes of society....

The Booker Prize 2023 longlist (thebookerprizes.com)

The longlist has been announced! It features work from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognised by the Booker Prize for the first time...

How do you find "Malazan Book of the Fallen"? (now on sale, but probably available in a library near you) (www.humblebundle.com)

Getting a "Little Free Library" for my birthday: (littlefreelibrary.org)

I’m being gifted a “Little Free Library” for my birthday and I’m super excited to get started....

The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics (english.elpais.com)

e-book from Evie Snow, free today (sunny.garden)

cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7269459...

Just in case anyone is interested, Humble Bundle has a Tad Williams bundle containing 21 ebooks for $18. The offer ends in about 1.5 days. (www.humblebundle.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3365555...

Publishing a copy-lefted book (sh.itjust.works)

I’m planning to publish a book in the following months, but I’m not entirely sure if the procedure is the same for both copyrighted and copy-lefted books. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m publishing one with the latter license (i.e. Creative Commons). I’m planning on using Lulu.com for this first book, but I was wondering if...

US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran (www.theguardian.com)

‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/kBVee...

‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers (www.theguardian.com)

The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (open.substack.com)

Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry

Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced (in absence) to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine (www.pcgamer.com)

Fortunately for Glukhovsky, he is not actually in Russia, and was sentenced in absentia. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links (www.theguardian.com)

‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/eK1Rx...

‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/HSmIX...

Please provide me the best materials to understand Macbeth. (sh.itjust.works)

Was recently watching this www.arte.tv/en/videos/…/giuseppe-verdi-macbeth/...

‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers (www.theguardian.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/Uz7ql...

Viberary - Vibe based book search engine (viberary.pizza)

It gives you book recommendations based on ✨vibes. ✨ You enter a search query like “funny scifi” and it returns a list of (hopefully!) good recommendations.

12 reasons to stop using Goodreads - selected by Goodreads staff (help.goodreads.com)

It could be kind of lame to poke fun at a site that I don’t use (anymore), but I find this funny enough to share: Goodreads has started changing and updating their site last year, but apparently they’ve broken a ton of things in the process, and now they’ve published an announcement with the list of 12 bugs they’re...