This week: Neil Gaiman has been challenged to read a menu, a novel from 1985 is topping bestseller lists, is this the year of the blockbuster novel?, the Baltimore Book Festival dropped a controversial author, the National Willa Cather Center has opened, Europe is dropping taxes on eBooks, and the German Government has passed an Open Data act. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.
This week: Judy Blume has opened her own bookstore, Simon Cowell is writing a children’s book, big publishers are on the decline, the daughter of a Hong Kong bookseller wants the U.S. to help, realtors are waiting on Amazon, the National Book Festival poster was released, and the European Union is making all publicly funded scientific articles free. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by Interlude to Sentimental Me! the new poetry collection from Michael B. Judkins now available for preorder from aois21 publishing.
