styler Spotify seems to be expanding its audiobook offering yet further with Follow Along. Thanks to Publishing Perspectives for the details offered here. Spotify has been gathering pace in rolling out its audiobook program of late, with its Audiobooks+ offer to those on Family and Duo plans coming to a growing number of markets. The post …
The year is 4050, and there is a serial killer on the loose. The Family Guy—so called because he murders entire families—is such an elusive and dangerous criminal that the authorities decide the only way to capture him is to build a real-life synthetic investigator designed with the mind and memories of fictional Scotland Yard …
Libraries offer more than just shelf space—they can be a consistent source of income and visibility for indie authors. In this episode, Dale L. Roberts talks with award-winning author and publishing strategist Sylvia Hubbard about how to build strong relationships with libraries. Sylvia shares how she pitches events, lands paid speaking gigs, and gets her …
Harrold is a former butler to King Charles III and the United Kingdom’s “leading expert on etiquette,” according to the jacket description, but he makes a good impression and does well without a ghostwriter. The Crown plays a modest role in the lives of most Britons, but Harrold’s parents were genuine enthusiasts who enjoyed visiting …
As writers, many (not all, as for the purposes of this item reading for pleasure is differentiated from reading for work or study) of us rely for our living on the fact that people love reading for pleasure—which is something probably almost all of us do and cannot imagine not doing. The post News Summary: …
Steve and his magpie pal, Maggie, are headed to a pirate party. Both sport pirate hats, and they have a map to guide them on their journey. The map offers a clue, presented in the form of a rhyming challenge: “Look along your street. What’s got leaves up high and roots at your feet?” Gazing …
The story is narrated by CATCH-M, a starlike spark born in darkness, and follows a fantastical path from fear and loneliness to awakening and connection. Children are invited to tune into their inner “braveheart,” face their feelings, and trust in their potential. Along the way, CATCH-M meets animals, such as Baby Cheetah and Zebra, who …
After the success of Jesse Eisenberg’s film A Real Pain, American readers seem ready to embrace a comic novel featuring a visit to a concentration camp. Reza, a French writer best known here for the plays God of Carnage and Art, brings her skill at high-energy dialogue to this story of three aging siblings, Jean, …
The author first went to South Asia in 1971, and in the half-century since then, he’s explored India “by rickshaw, bicycle, camel, bullock cart, horse-drawn buggy, elephant, tuk-tuk, scooter, motorcycle, car, bus, plane, boat, and on foot,” visiting almost every district, talking to countless people, and reveling in all aspects of the nation’s art and …
In the Bernese German dialect, “grossmeer,” or grandmother, translates literally to “large ocean,” and the sense the narrator has of their own beloved but often troubling Grossmeer reflects this vast, enveloping unknowability. As Grossmeer’s condition declines, the narrator sets out to compile the stories that form the complex throughline from their cloistered childhood in the …