Barnes and Noble rescued and turned into an indie bookstore? We can hope.
https://tinyurl.com/tqvhyk2
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Colvin Ramps Up Graphic Novels at LBYR
https://tinyurl.com/vejk6jh
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New Survey Finds Little Improvement in Diversity in Romance Publishing
https://tinyurl.com/v56us4m For every 100 romance books written in 2019, only 8.3% were written by people of color. Kensington scored the highest with 28% of its 2019 titles written by persons of color.
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55 Best New Cookbooks of Spring by Epicurious
https://tinyurl.com/u6hga87 not all writing has to be prose
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Fun ways to celebrate April and writing – https://buildbookbuzz.com/april-book-promotion-calendar/ There’s April 5 Plan Your Epitaph Day, April 15 Rubber Eraser Day (does that have anything to do with Tax Day?), April 17 Pet Owners Independence Day, April 29 National Zipper Day and more.
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From Jane Friedman – Knowing their audience is key to authors’ success
https://booklife.com/create/writing/09/30/2019/no-clear-readership-no-clear-sales.html
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ViacomCBS Is Looking to Sell Simon & Schuster
https://tinyurl.com/s9bolej
