I think it's highly disrespectful to teen readers & librarians/teachers fighting book bans when authors & publishers publish "crossover" YA books, then recategorize them to double dip from the adult market.
Mary
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Library YA selector. Queen of Unrestrained Book Buying. Candle connoisseur. Fairy book mother. Opinions are my own. she/her
Did any other library people notice Macmillan & HarperCollins just hiked up their audiobook prices? Macmillan's almost doubled (from $50ish to $90-100ish), and Harper's are now up to $130. Note: these are YA prices. Adults are always more expensive.
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my heart goes out to all the talented creatives at Bungie who struggled under catastrophic mismanagement for years trying to make a good game who will likely be thrown into the worst games job market in history
Hey all, urgent call for all of you this morning: OPM's trying to change RIF rules to make our federal government more like the private sector more than ever. PLEASE file a comment by May 4th. www.regulations.gov/document/OPM...
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Curious who these publishers are who told SARAH DESSEN to try writing ROMANTASY. That feels so disrespectful to me.
To all my bookish & library people, please sign & share this! Putting an article with more context in the reply.
Mary@knoxdiver.bsky.social · 5mo agoTo all my bookish & library people, please sign & share this! Putting an article with more context in the reply.
Mary@knoxdiver.bsky.social · 5mo ago
The potential revisions would remove most mentions of “diversity” and outline certain new standards of acceptance for books and other library materials. kerane.ws/47FYps2
Irving Public Library Board seeks to alter key policy language, remove most mentions of 'diversity'
The potential revisions would remove most mentions of “diversity” and outline certain new standards of acceptance for books and other library materials.
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I understand why Swalwell’s district congressional staff may want to stay on in order to help constituents. But there’s no reason for any campaign staff to stay on.
Does anyone know if Random House shuttered their Underlined paperback imprint? It is very hard to find information because Underlined is also their publicity group's name. This is like Macmillan formerly having an imprint named... Imprint.
one easy and free way to do this is to email the library and thank them for whatever they're doing that you like
Willa@graduatedsapphic.bsky.social · 6mo agoA reminder to support your Librarians! www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
This was my library during my college years, and I am saddened to hear of their board pushing for censorship & discrimination.
Willa@graduatedsapphic.bsky.social · 6mo agoA reminder to support your Librarians! www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
The Stars lost, and I'm on page 162 of a romance novel but the characters haven't even kissed yet. I have spent the afternoon yelling "SCORE ALREADY" at both my tv & my book.
PRH having a slew of layoffs just months after S&S did theirs is just so disheartening. It’s hard not to feel jaded. I feel so bad for all my editorial colleagues and for the fact that Dial BYFR has been completely shuttered. We need books. Children need books. And those editors deserved better.
This is sad. I have so many Dial books on my childhood reading shelves www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Layoffs, Moves at Penguin Young Readers as Dial Imprint Shuttered
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of PYR established in 1961, has been closed, resulting in a number of layoffs and moves within the division.
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This is a super random ask, but if anyone has an ARC of Midnight on the Celestial by Julia Alexandra that they don't mind parting with, I would love to have it. She's my cousin, and that feels a little like family history.
Also, publishing comes in cycles. I think people feel threatened when something is BIG bc it might make it harder for them. But eventually YOUR thing is going to be the BIG thing people are shitting on. Probably won't feel so good then. We all gotta be a little more empathic with each other, is all
C.J. Subko@cjsubko.bsky.social · 8mo agoSomeday I want to write something that people don't categorically shit on just bc it isn't their thing. But where would be the fun in that? 😬
There's a YA book coming out in a month with a 21 year old love interest. AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS: YOU CANNOT KEEP DOING THIS. Are you aware these headhunters are looking for any opportunity, any excuse to ban books? YOU CANNOT HAVE A LOVE INTEREST IN THEIR 20s IN A BOOK FOR TEENS.
Yeah, I'd say you have a right to feel alllllll the feelings about that. I am so sorry!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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Labeling things in this way is ridiculous. I just addressed this in a presentation with librarians. GNs are not desserts. This isn’t the way to encourage lifelong readers.
Adrianna Cuevas@adriannacuevas.bsky.social · 2y agoOof.
