- Denis Johnson explains why consolidation among the big publishers is a very, very bad thing. (The Atlantic)
- So many images I see of illuminated manuscripts are from Christian works that it’s refreshing to see illuminated Judaica. Chag semeach to everyone who celebrates! (LitHub)
- Richard Jean So and Gus Wezerek look at publishing’s numbers, revealing that not only is publishing very white but also looking at the industry’s hypocrisy in talking the talk of Black Lives Matter and refusing the walk the walk. (New York Times)
- Katie Moench reveals the existence of Instagram book clubs. (Book Riot)
- Walker Caplan reviews BookBinge, a new book discovery service. (LitHub)
- Larissa Irankunda wants these characters to be protagonists, or at least wants them to narrate their own stories. (The Mary Sue)
- Amy Collier compares dating during the pandemic to being in a Jane Austen novel. (The New Yorker)
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I find the first article you link to really troubling. Bad enough that the bookstore are being consumed and steamrolled amzn- now the publishers are turning into one homogenous mass? sad sad sad and it will make me haunt used bookstores all the more for the older, more interesting unique titles I’m happy to blow the dust off them
I agree! Media consolidation does no favors for readers or writers. I hate that consolidation makes publishers ever more cautious about taking risks. One would think that, with the amount of money they have to throw around, they would take more chances. Alas.
Thankfully, there are independent publishers still around and, like you said, bookstores full of the world’s backlog of books for us.
Just read that article about BookBinge. Sounds far too clunky. I’ll devote my time to reading the books I already have
That was my thought! I have no problem finding way too many books to read; I definitely don’t need help there. 🙂
Now if someone could come up with a system that read my books for me I’d be very interested 🙂