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fromFast Company
5 days ago

What Kate McKinnon's multi-hyphenate career can teach us about creativity

As a child, McKinnon had loved books about slightly oddball characters, like those found in Roald Dahl books. Her favorite heroine was Pippi Longstocking, whom she played in a kindergarten performance. She loved the character so much that she would show up at school for years in a full-on Pippi costume, complete with pipe cleaners in her hair to mimic the heroine's iconic protruding red pigtails.
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fromwww.npr.org
5 days ago

Why preorders are such a big deal for authors

Planet Money's guide is available for preorder; preorders boost visibility, influence booksellers, and increase first-day sales and bestseller prospects.
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

PlayStation 30th Anniversary History Book Announced, Preorders Available Now

Thirty years ago, the PlayStation console kicked off a new gaming era with its launch in the US and Europe. To celebrate this milestone, Sony has announced that it'll be exploring the history of the console with PlayStation: The First 30 Years. Scheduled to ship out in 2026, you can now preorder the book for $125. PlayStation: The First 30 Years Deluxe Edition
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fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Publishing's New Microgenre

AI poses legal, creative, and existential challenges to book publishing while prompting publishers to release many books debating and incorporating the technology.
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fromPractical Ecommerce
3 weeks ago

Can Writing a Book Grow Your Business?

Creating, publishing, and promoting a book resembles building a startup and requires vision, dedication, management, and targeted marketing to reach paying readers.
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fromFast Company
1 month ago

How Book of the Month club survived 100 years of a turbulent publishing industry

Book of the Month was revived as a curated subscription, offering five recent hardcovers monthly to solve choice overload and target millennials, especially women.
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fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Tell Your Story and Share Your Strategies with the $49 Youbooks Tool | Entrepreneur

Youbooks is an AI-powered tool that enables busy professionals to easily create non-fiction manuscripts.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI | TechCrunch

Authors demand publishers limit AI use, advocating for human narrators and protection of creative rights.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

TikTok parent ByteDance is shutting down its short-lived book publisher | TechCrunch

ByteDance is closing its book publisher 8th Note Press after a short lifespan despite TikTok's success in promoting book sales.
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fromEntrepreneur
3 months ago

Turn Your Professional Expertise into a Book-You Don't Even Have to Write It Yourself | Entrepreneur

Youbooks is an AI tool that simplifies the book writing process for busy professionals.
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fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

Social media is influencing how authors promote their books. Here's how

The future of book publishing may change due to dissatisfaction with traditional book blurbs.
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fromPoynter
5 months ago

Get ready to write your book: 5 tips on becoming an author - Poynter

Writing a page a day can lead to completing a book within a year.
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