FICTION. 1. “The Great Alone” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press). 2. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (Morrow). 3. “An American Marriage” (Oprah's Book Club ed.) by Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books). 4. “Still Me” by Jojo Moyes (Viking/Dorman). 5. “Night Moves” by Jonathan Kellerman
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He studied communications and creative writing at Slippery Rock University. He started doing collage-work and digital art after he was invited to teach an “arts activism” course for kids. Now, he produces visual art and performs spoken word under the name “Grits Capone,” emphasizing themes relevant
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Authors using Amazon's self-publishing service have more on their minds than selling books: Reports have surfaced that some have become the target of cybercriminals. Brian Krebs of KrebsOnSecurity explained how the thieves have stolen authors' identities and used them to launder money: Hackers
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A literary publishing event hosted by the Writers Open Forum on Feb. 20 in Sheldon Hall featured a presentation and discussion with Inkitt representative Lauren Burns. However, Burns never showed up, and the night came to an early close for attendees and club members. Burns reached out to Writer's
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Publishers can hence view their complete audience profile and discover the niche interests and behaviors of individual consumers to identify opportunities, such as exploring new channels, channeling spend or focusing on quality content. This understanding can then inform a structured data strategy
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Taking risks remains at the heart of the Kansas City-based company, now known as Andrews McMeel Universal to reflect its role as a publishing, media and entertainment company. It launched poet Rupi Kaur's second book last year by putting her on a New York stage — leading to talks about creating
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“Nella was writing about the vouching process, where you have to have a social letter of recommendation to move in this world,” said Amina Gautier, a Chicago-based writer and creative writing teacher at the University of Miami. “People think of white communities stratified by class — and black people
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Starwatch writing contest entries due. The deadline for submitting manuscripts for the Starwatch XXXVIII creative writing contest, sponsored by the Tahlequah Friends of the Library, is Saturday, March 3, at noon.
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From our base in Bath, UK, we publish cutting-edge science and technology news and trusted peer-to-peer information to a growing global audience of around 2 million scientists – and we'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our members for being part of the SelectScience community. It's all of you
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This modular online course will help you develop the skills required to produce more accessible and better written materials on a technical topic. This can include technical proposals, bids, reports and specifications.
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While attention has largely focused on poor ad formats that agitate consumers, rather than engage them, the initiative also takes aim at mobile pages overloaded with ads, no matter how consumer-friendly they may be. Therein lies the tightrope for publishers. Ad density – pages being far too packed with
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