… Read more   Is the independent bookstore back?
I was speaking with a bookstore owner the other day, and she told me that business is better than it’s been in a long while. “Publishers are finally paying attention to us once again,” she said, after years of neglect and even a certain amount

A decade after his first book deal, British writer Matt Haig posted a list of “30 Things Every Writer Should Know,” which appeared in The Telegraph. It’s a very worthwhile list, and more knowing than cynical and filled with aphoristic advice that every writer should take to heart… Read more   .
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… Read more   Publishers promote their enhanced e-books, which offer quick updates, links to maps and additional data, even videos. Now, to compete – in a way – with those extras, some print books will offer extras, available at bookstores. For example, the new book by Joanne Harris, author of the bestselling “Chocolat,”