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Jane Friedman / 5:00 am Eastern

A standout writing voice is a mixture of your natural style and sentence-level decisions that bring who you are to life.

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The Bottom Line / 12:00 pm Eastern

A new app called iLands allows the creation of autonomous AI agents that not only write articles but pitch their work to media outlets.

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Jane Friedman / 12:00 pm Eastern

Jon Malysiak seeks narrative nonfiction, memoir, current affairs, wellbeing, entrepreneurship and culture.

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Publishing Perspectives / 8:20 am Eastern

Next month's Frankfurter Buchmesse will have a focus on Czechia in their turn as guest of honor country. The country is already seeing the benefit of the program through increased interest in their authors. The post Czech Book Industry Sees Guest of Honor Role as Boost for International Promotion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .

Publishing Perspectives / 7:49 am Eastern

François von Hurter, publisher and co-founder of Bitter Lemon Press, said the new imprint will focus on "international fiction you enter at your own risk, that gets under your skin before it lets you go.” The post U.K. Indie Bitter Lemon Press Launches New ‘International’ Imprint appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .

Poets & Writers / 10:54 am Eastern

Creative Nonfiction “To translate a book is to enter into a relationship with it, to approach and accompany it, to know it intimately, word by word, and to enjoy the comfort of its company in return,” says Jhumpa Lahiri in her 2021 Sebald Lecture “In Praise of Echo.” In the lecture, Lahiri invites readers to think of translation in broad terms, as not simply restating something in another...

BookBaby Blog / 10:46 am Eastern

By BookBaby author Madison Brown As an independent author, it can be challenging to build your audience and keep them engaged on social media. With the right strategy and approach (and some good lighting), you can post like a pro and connect with readers online and off.

Copyright Alliance / 9:46 am Eastern

This is part one of a four-part blog series about AI companies use of pirated copies of copyrighted works taken from illicit sources to train their AI models. As generative […] The post AI’s Piracy Problem: You Can’t Build an Empire on Stolen Goods appeared first on Copyright Alliance .

Self-Publishing Advice Center / 8:00 am Eastern

Before anything else, a point of clarification after reading Jane Friedman's incredibly in-depth roundup of all things Anthropic. The wrangling over lawyers' fees, she has said, should not delay the onset of payments to rights holders. The first of those payments, in instances where there is clarity over who the rights holders are, should start trickling through in November.

The Scholarly Kitchen / 6:22 am Eastern

What if the systems designed to protect scientific rigor are also making it harder for new ideas to emerge? Do different scholarly contributions deserve unique forms of evaluation? The post Rethinking Scholarly Evaluation: Matching Rigor to Purpose appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen .

The Bottom Line / 12:00 pm Eastern

The transatlantic publisher is focused on books by Jewish and Israeli writers as well as nonfiction titles that shape public conversation.

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The Bottom Line / 12:00 pm Eastern

What to do if your Amazon KDP account is terminated, a closer look at people who use AI to write custom fiction, and more.

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Jane Friedman / 12:00 pm Eastern

Three Dragons Press is a no-advance, revenue-sharing publisher that relies on print-on-demand and digital distribution.

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Publishing Perspectives / 7:46 am Eastern

The 10 titles on this year’s Translated Literature longlist were first published in seven different languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian (appearing for the first time as a translated language in the category) Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 6. The post U.S.

Publishing Perspectives / 7:42 am Eastern

The non-for-profit initiative of the Australian books industry co-hosted an event last week bringing together members of local government and publishers, booksellers, librarians, and authors to highlight the coordinated effort needed to champion reading in Australia and beyond.

BookNet Canada Blog / 11:19 am Eastern

A mini AI glossary for our Tech Forum session on marketing for the AI search era.

Poets & Writers / 10:56 am Eastern

Fiction In a 1981 interview published in the Paris Review , Gabriel García Márquez tells Peter Stone how his grandmother inspired the narrative voice in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude , which tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family and presents its fantastical elements with utter naturalness.

Lulu Blog / 9:00 am Eastern

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The Scholarly Kitchen / 5:30 am Eastern

Today's Peer Review Week post is a Kitchen Essentials interview with Daniela Saderi, Executive Director of PREreview. The post Kitchen Essentials: An Interview with Daniela Saderi of PREreview appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen .