Even books have a carbon footprint. How can you help neutralize it? The Society of Authors is pushing toward a carbon-neutral future. Read more in The Optimist Daily.
Orbit Launches New Imprint, Orbit Works
Orbit, a division of Hachette Book Group, has launched a new imprint, Orbit Works for sci-fi and fantasy but published exclusively in digital form.
London Book Fair 2023: Talk of AI and Other Tech Fills the Halls
Award-winning writer Lydia Davis is boycotting Amazon with her new collection of short stories
Her new book will be sold only in bookstores and selected online retailers to protest the company’s business model.
Marketing Your Work by Tooting Someone Else’s Horn
Help yourself by helping someone else with these tips from author Julie Lavender on marketing your work by tooting someone else’s horn.
Starting Salaries at Big Publishers Grow by 23%
ALA Releases Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, for LGBTQIA+ content and claims it is sexually explicit.
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, for LGBTQIA+ content and claims it sexually explicit.
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, for depictions of sexual abuse and EDI content.
- Flamer by Mike Curato, for LGBTQIA+ content, claims it is sexually explicit.
- Looking for Alaska by John Green, for claims it is sexually explicit and LGBTQIA+ content.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, for claims it is sexually explicit, LGBTQIA+ content, depiction of sexual abuse, drugs, profanity.
- Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, for LGBTQIA+ content, claims it is sexually explicit.
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, for claims it is sexually explicit, profanity.
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez, for claims it is sexually explicit
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, for claims it is sexually explicit.
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins, for claims it is sexually explicit, drugs.
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews, for claims it is sexually explicit, profanity.
- This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson, for LGBTQIA+ content, sex education, and claims it is sexually explicit.
PEN Report Shows State Legislation ‘Supercharging’ Book Bans
Texas and Florida lead the way. Most banned titles include topics of race, racism, have LGBTQ+ characters or characters of color.
The Consequences of Book Bans by David Lenihan | Publishers Weekly
Although Right to Read Day has passed (April 24), you can still take action. Here are five simple ways to fight book bans.
Anatomy of a Fake Literary Agency Scam
Posted by Victoria-Strauss for Writer Beware® on April 21, 2023
