This week: the comics industry is concerned for Stan Lee, Sherman Alexie has turned down an award in light of sexual allegations, Apple has bought the e-magazine service Texture, the comics and publishing industry reacts to the death of Stephen Hawking, the estate of Harper Lee has sued the Broadway adaptation of her book, an indie publisher is offering a free eBook because of the new CIA nominee, and Tunisia censors two online games. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, the Amazon Charts, and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.
This week: Portland Schools have banned books that question climate change and now face some blowback, Amazon’s Book Review policy might be sabotaging their authors’s sales, a fantasy series has become a bestseller after starting on the web, a brave debut has won the Baileys Women’s Prize, the nominee to be the next Librarian of Congress heads to the full Senate, the UK Poet Laureate is taking poetry on the road, and a scientific study says that if your read more, you make more money. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week. This episode is sponsored by The Empty Spaces poetry collection by Bianca Palmisano now available from aois21 publishing.
