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January 21, 2017

January 21, 2017

This week: Prince Charles writes a book on climate changes, President Obama cannot live without books, the National Book Critics Circle announce finalists, is the Alt-Right taking over publishing?, PEN America announces nominees, a library book was extremely overdue in San Francisco, and eBook publishers have reached a new agreement in Canada.  All this, plus the New York Times Bestsellers and the latest news from aois21, Literally This Week.

This episode is sponsored by the Indiegogo campaign for The Will of the Magi by Paul Dickinson Russell. Ending on Saturday, we are raising money to edit, design, and print Russell’s fantasy epic. Visit indiegogo.com and show your support. 

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June 12, 2016

June 12, 2016

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.

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