Saturday Miscellany—11/6/21

Odds n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House Acquisition of S&S
bullet Self-published? No thanks.: Why do readers value ‘real’ publishing more than self publishing?—a look at the other end of the spectrum
bullet Three Publishers Get Real About Independent Publishing: What does it take to make indie publishing work?
bullet Redemption for Doctor Watson: Olivia Rutigliano reads the detective duo as a brilliant double-act, designed by Watson himself.—absolutely.
bullet Twitter Is The Worst Reader—I disagree with a lot of Lee’s tweets (none cited here, I think, but other things I’ve seen), but this kind of thing is just horrible.
bullet Why Don’t Books Have A Credits Page?—fantastic idea.
bullet Why Cliché Is My Safe Place? Familiarity.
bullet Fantasy Subgenres: A Plethora of Choices—An updated guide to the mini-genres in Fantasy by Witty & Sarcastic Book Club
bullet Hopepunk, Optimism, Purity, and Futures of Hard Work by Ada Palmer—I keep seeing the label “hopepunk,” but have been too lazy to track down what it referred to–but who doesn’t want to read something hopeful? So I was very glad to see this piece this week on my feeds. An answer I didn’t have to work for! Now to I need to start reading some of this stuff, it sounds great.
bullet 5 Hopefully Not Deadly Sins of Book Blogging: It’s High Time To Confess
bullet Damp Pebbles’ #R3COMM3ND3D is back. This yearly celebration of the best of the year is off to a great start with contributions from:
bullet Blogger Nicki Richards
bullet Blogger Lisa from ReadandRated
bullet Blogger Yvonne – The Coycaterpiller Reads
bullet Blogger Sharon Rimmelzwaan
bullet Author Anne Coates

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Prog.Gaming and Stephanie who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger!

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2 Comments

  1. WS_BOOKCLUB

    Thanks for including my post in your roundup!
    I’m really curious how the Random House thing will shake out.

    • HCNewton

      As always, of course!

      Yeah, that Random House thing is huge (either way)

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