- Not a hoax! The first official sequel novel to H.G. Wells’ 118-year-old The War of the Worlds is coming! (The Independent)
- How J.K. Rowling is ruining the Harry Potter series. (Huffington Post)
- Germany bookstores will stock Hitler’s Mein Kampf next month for the first time since 1945 in a new annotated edition. (Quartz)
- Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction finds new sponsor, shifts to international focus. (Booktrade.info)
- Just because an author’s dead doesn’t mean they can’t keep writing books and making their publishers money. (The Boston Globe)
- A number of well-known British authors are applying for financial assistance. (The Independent)
- Stop employing synonyms for “said,” argues Gabriel Roth. (Slate)
- Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch on the future of publishing. (The Wall Street Journal)
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