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Author who self-published book shares exactly how much she earned in one year
The Mirror US
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June 5, 2025
If you're wanting to become an author and wondering where to begin, you can now write and publish your own book without ever having to leave your desk or your home with the help of Amazon. Once considered a last resort for struggling authors who...
State Board of Education challenges Hillsborough handling of banned books
Marco Eagle - Florida
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Florida's Board of Education questioned the Hillsborough County schools superintendent regarding books with LGBTQ+ themes. The books, "Call Me By Your Name" and "Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts)," were deemed pornographic and inappropriate....
Start-ups, once all the rage, never really got publishing
The Bookseller
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In the early 2010s, traditional publishing was assailed by start-up businesses that threatened to up-end the old order. Leaders of these new entities would typically refer to book publishers as legacy businesses, while also attempting to do deals...
Roker Report 24/25 Review: Allez, Régis!
Roker Report
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June 6, 2025
Ewan Bowman says… It was a gamble appointing him last summer but the gamble well and truly paid off. He’s been a calming influence on the touchline and the players clearly love playing for him. To lead us to fourth place in the Championship was...
Moldovan Library Receives Donation of Books in Bulgarian Language
Bulgarian News Agency
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The collection of the Hristo Botev Library in Chisinau has expanded with over 100 new books in Bulgarian for children. The donation was made by the Sava Dobroplodni Regional Library in Sliven (Southeastern Bulgaria) during the 27th International...
Geoff Dyer: ‘I don’t go to books for comfort; I have a memory foam pillow for that’
The Guardian
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June 6, 2025
My earliest reading memory Beatrix Potter when I was having my tonsils out. No point saying how much I loved her books because everyone does, but Roberto Calasso makes a brilliant point in The Celestial Hunter by pairing “two great moments in the...
Book Review | Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition)
Small Wars Journal
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June 6, 2025
Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century (Second Edition). By Anthony King. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2025. ISBN: 978-1-5095-6336-4. Maps. Photographs. Glossary. Notes. Sources Cited. Index. Pp. x, 292. $26.95. Introduction As odd as it might...
Page Turners: ‘Eat The Ones You Love’ author Sarah Maria Griffin
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Sarah Maria Griffin is from Dublin, Ireland. She is the author of the novels Spare & Found Parts and Other Words For Smoke, which won an Irish Book Award in 2019. She writes about video games for The Guardian, and her nonfiction has appeared in...
Just Ask The History Books: These Are The Most Iconic Nail Polish Shades of All Time
Marie Claire UK
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June 6, 2025
I’ll readily admit that I’m a nail art girl wherever possible, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love a flawless full-cover manicure. It doesn’t matter if you paint them yourself or get them done in-salon, the power of cleaned-up cuticles and that...
On sex and seeing: Melissa Febos, author of ‘The Dry Season,’ discusses her year of pleasure and celibacy (Part One)
Montana Public Radio
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This week on The Write Question, the first half of host Lauren Korn’s conversation with memoirist Melissa Febos, author of The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex (Knopf). In this, her fifth book, Melissa investigates love and...
Shrewsbury kids author hopes his new sci-fi adventure tale will get youngsters to put down their phones and read
Shropshire Star
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June 6, 2025
Shrewsbury writer Jamie Russell has penned Mech Brigade, which is for readers aged nine to 12. It tells the tale of 13-year-old Miles, who joins an army of child soldiers in the far future, piloting giant robot ‘mechs’ to protect Earth from...
The best new crime and thriller books to read in June 2025
iNews UK
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June 6, 2025
June’s crime and thriller releases bring plenty to keep pages turning. From whip-smart debuts to returning sleuths, this month’s releases cover everything from poison pens to village murders – with a few surprises along the way. Cosy crime fans...
Amazon cuts more jobs in books division
News.Az
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Amazon (AMZN) has cut jobs in its books division, including at its Goodreads review site and Kindle units, the company said on Thursday. The Seattle-based retailer said that fewer than 100 workers were impacted and the move was meant to improve...
The best new science fiction books of June 2025
New Scientist
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June’s new science fiction includes a space opera from Megan E. O’Keefe Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo Do you like your world ravaged by unstoppable and deadly viruses or technologies? If so, then June is your month, because we have...
Books About Lady Knights—and More SFF Links
Book Riot
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June 5, 2025
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Liberty Hardy is an unrepentant velocireader, writer, bitey mad lady, and tattoo canvas. Turn-ons include books, books and books. Her...
REVIEW: Speedo Mick - The Musical at Liverpool's Royal Court
Wirral Globe
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June 5, 2025
Over in Liverpool's Royal Court, actor Paul Duckworth was singing the praises of a local hero in a home-grown world premiere. A true story about a passionate Evertonian born to walk...into the history books, that is. It's a celebration of a...
Shrewsbury author Jamie Russell releases fourth book
Shropshire Live
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June 6, 2025
Shrewsbury-based children’s author Jamie Russell is celebrating a new milestone today with the release of his fourth book for young readers, “MECH BRIGADE.” Jamie Russell with his new book Mech Brigade Published by Walker Books, a leading...
Geoff Dyer shares his favourite books on war
The Week Magazine
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June 6, 2025
The award-winning author of four novels and numerous works of non-fiction chooses his favourite works of war reportage. His latest book, "Homework: A Memoir", is out now. The Face of War Martha Gellhorn, 1959 A record of multiple conflicts – from...
Blue Apple Books to welcome author/ poet Jim Parker, Mahjong expert Bree Beckwith
The Madison Record - Alabama
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June 4, 2025
During June at Blue Apple Books, Jim Parker and Don Howard will visit for Parker’s book of poetry, “A Man Like Me.” In another session, Bree Beckwith will explain the century-old game of Mahjong. CONTRIBUTED Madison, Madison County Record, News,...
Comic Review - The Nihil Make a Last Stand Over Eriadu in "Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi" #5
Laughing Place
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June 5, 2025
Yesterday saw the release of the fifth and final installment of Marvel Comics’ Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi miniseries, and below are my brief recap and thoughts on this installment. (Note: due to Laughing Place’s evolving...