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Sad news Award-winning children’s-book author and poet Eloise Greenfield, known for her positive depictions of Black family life, her biographies spotlighting notable Black figures in U.S. history, and her efforts…

Fan of mysteries? Podcasts?  Stacey Abrams to Publish Children’s Debut with HarperCollins Her first picture book, Stacey’s Extraordinary Words, launches on December 28 with HarperCollins Children’s Books imprint Balzer. An…

Bologna Children’s Book Fair: “From Page to Screen” Producers seek authentic characters, surprising twists. Dynamite, Curiosity Ink Collaborate on Children’s Books, Graphic Novels Coming Together: Libraries Find Success in Peer…

Call for Submissions: (I Just) Died In Your Arms: Crime Fiction Inspired by One-Hit Wonders Ahh, the One-Hit Wonder! That one song everybody knows but was the only hit for…

Also from Untreed Reads, a new imprint and call for submissions. Deadline is May 31, 2021 Editor-in-Chief, Jay Hartman, says, “For 11 years, Untreed Reads has operated in the daylight…

THE FIGHT IS ON! Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you. Its monopoly is stopping public libraries from lending e-books and audiobooks from Mindy…

Amazon E-book Case Sprawls, Lawyers Propose Consolidation: Amazon and its co-conspirators’ anti-competitive agreements causes consumers to be overcharged for e-books purchased through retailers that compete with Amazon. Bookstore Sales Fell…

Jeffrey Archer left St. Martin’s Press to publish with HarperCollins. A three-book, world English rights agreement was negotiated between HC UK’s Charlie Redmayne, Kate Elton, and Kimberley Young and Archer’s…

Frankfurt Book Fair Plans to Go Back to Basics November’s reorganization has resulted in the New York office being closed, an undisclosed number of layoffs, and a decision to continue…

Susan RoAne, VIRTUAL keynote speaker, international bestselling author of How To Work A Room ® & F2F communication expert, not only knows how to work a room but how to…