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June 23, 2018

June 23, 2018

This week: an author is trying to trademark “Dragon Slayer,” the inaugural Excellence in Graphic Lit Awards were handed out, Sarah Jessica Parker has a book imprint, the Carnegie medal winner has a problem with children’s book vocabulary, the Oxford English Dictionary is searching the globe for new words, a long lost series of typefaces are being reborn, and the EU is moving toward Copyright reform, but at what cost? All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, the Amazon Charts, and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

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February 1, 2016

February 1, 2016

This week, Is the Oxford English Dictionary being sexist, The Times of London and Wall Street Journal are strengthening their paywalls, J.K. Rowling has won the PEN Award, there’s a ‘new’ book coming from Beatrix Potter, and a literary magazine has launched just for users of the deep web. All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers, Literally This Week.

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