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Book Links: Obamas’s farewell speeches coming in book form; U.S. and Canadian theatres to screen 1984

Melville House to publish the Obamas's farewell speeches in book form. (Publishers Weekly) Toronto's The Royal among theatres screening 1984 film adaptation to protest Trump. (The Telegraph) Hoping these seven fictional planets are the ones ... Read More »

February 23, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Atwood among artists petitioning Trump’s travel ban; Kobo joins unlimited ebook subscription game

By Becky Robertson

Margaret Atwood among 65 authors and artists behind open letter against Trump's immigration ban. (PEN) Kobo introduces its first unlimited ebook subscription program, Kobo Plus, in Netherlands and Belgium. (Kobo) Will Milo Yiannopoulos's book still ... Read More »

February 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: S&S cancels Yiannopoulos deal; new books from Neil Gaiman, Tom Hanks, and … Walt Whitman?

By Becky Robertson

Simon & Schuster cancels Milo Yiannopoulos book over pedophilia comments (Good e-Reader) Roxane Gay, who withdrew her forthcoming book from S&S over its affiliation with Milo Yiannopoulos, responds to cancellation. (Entertainment Weekly) Lost Walt Whitman book ... Read More »

February 21, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Mick Jagger has a “delicious, heady” memoir tucked away; anger over all-white Carnegie Medal list

By Sue Carter

Milo Yiannopoulos's literary agent is proud of his client, and stands by his message. (Melville House) Mick Jagger doesn't want to play with fire, or publish his "delicious, heady" 75,000-word memoir. (Vulture) Children's authors angry ... Read More »

February 17, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Canadian professor finds only known footage of Proust; how Amazon is reinventing physical book retail

By Becky Robertson

Laval University professor discovers what he claims is the only existing footage of French author Marcel Proust. (The Guardian) Do Amazon's brick-and-mortar stores solve the design problems associated with traditional bookselling? (Fast.Co Design) Happy World ... Read More »

February 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Yiannopoulos delays release to write about release; Fifty Shades gets sales bump despite movie

By Becky Robertson

Milo Yiannopoulos delays book release to add addendum about controversy over its publication. (The Guardian) Fifty Shades Darker book gets a sales boost, despite film adaptation's bad reviews. (Los Angeles Times) Some of the Trump administration's ... Read More »

February 15, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Piers Morgan forced to read Harry Potter; if you’re hearing voices, it may be that novel you’re reading

By Becky Robertson

London-based bookstore is tweeting all of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Piers Morgan after his feud with J.K. Rowling. (MashReads) Study finds some readers hear voices, experience characters "narrating their world" after putting a ... Read More »

February 14, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Anne coming to Netflix in May; Holocaust denial titles found on Amazon

By Becky Robertson

Netflix announces release date for Anne of Green Gables adaptation, Anne. (Nerdist) Margaret Atwood says The Handmaid's Tale is seeing renewed interest because of Trump politics. (The Guardian) Edinburgh International Book Festival looks at ways ... Read More »

February 13, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: Kate McKinnon is our new Ms. Frizzle; dystopian books sales a paradise for booksellers

By Conan Tobias

Copy editing Trump's Black History Month speech. (The New Yorker) Dystopian fiction is on the rise in newly dystopian America. (Good e-Reader) Kingston, Ontario's Novel Idea: a survivor's tale. (Publishing Perspectives) VR makes publishers story-doers ... Read More »

February 10, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Book Links: First Amazon Go location slated for London; Mariko Tamaki to pen middle-grade series

By Becky Robertson

Silenced-not-silenced U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren to write book on saving the middle class. (Los Angeles Times) Amazon plans to cut queue, scours London locations for first-ever no checkout Amazon Go store. Also plans to increase its U.S. ... Read More »

February 9, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

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Book Links: Obamas’s farewell speeches coming in book form; U.S. and Canadian theatres to screen 1984

Book Links: Atwood among artists petitioning Trump’s travel ban; Kobo joins unlimited ebook subscription game

Book Links: S&S cancels Yiannopoulos deal; new books from Neil Gaiman, Tom Hanks, and … Walt Whitman?

Book Links: Mick Jagger has a “delicious, heady” memoir tucked away; anger over all-white Carnegie Medal list

Book Links: Canadian professor finds only known footage of Proust; how Amazon is reinventing physical book retail

Book Links: Yiannopoulos delays release to write about release; Fifty Shades gets sales bump despite movie

Book Links: Piers Morgan forced to read Harry Potter; if you’re hearing voices, it may be that novel you’re reading

Book Links: Anne coming to Netflix in May; Holocaust denial titles found on Amazon

Book Links: Kate McKinnon is our new Ms. Frizzle; dystopian books sales a paradise for booksellers

Book Links: First Amazon Go location slated for London; Mariko Tamaki to pen middle-grade series

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