Africa

November 25, 2017

November 25, 2017

This week: Africa’s top fact checker has been awarded, Booksellers prepare to #ShopSmall, Mashable as a cautionary tale, media struggle to contend with Facebook and Google, do you read science fiction differently?, the Odyssey has been translated by a woman for the first time, and a veteran journalist Charlie Rose has lost two honors over sexual allegations. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, the Amazon Charts, and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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April 17th, 2016

April 17th, 2016

This week: Philip Pullman marks the decline of publishers, the ALA shared the most challenged books of 2015, Harlequin’s HQ Imprint is going nonfiction this fall, Amazon has a new Kindle with an incredible battery life, Germany doesn’t like a poem making fun of the Turkish President, Ganxy is now allowing bulk eBook sales, and a panel discussion looked at the role of women in the publishing world. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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