- MacArthur “Genius Grant” winners include poet Claudia Rankine, writer Maggie Nelson. (The Huffington Post)
- Is writing a job? (The Billfold)
- Yes, writing is a job. (Electric Literature)
- Ubisoft launches publishing house, will release video-game-related titles. (Publishers Weekly)
- Comic books sales at 20-year high. (The Verge)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2 bumped Scholastic’s revenue up 104 per cent. (Publishers Weekly)
- China’s newest literary genre the ultra-unreal “intended to reflect the modern Chinese zeitgeist in all its dark oddity.” (Quartz)
- Read a book because … science! (Real Simple)
- Speed reading is only natural. (Scientific American)
- San Antonio‚ Texas, jumps on the free public transit ebooks bandwagon. (Good e-Reader)
- A photographic history of the world’s most famous bookstore. (Literary Hub)
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