Posts By: Sandi Sonnenfeld

In this week’s edition, California gig workers successfully sue to strike down a newly enacted law backed by Uber and Lyft that would allow companies to determine who qualified as an employee; Barnes & Noble is still standing despite the continuing pandemic; Coffee House Press names a new publisher; Snopes co-founder knowingly plagiarized more than …

In this week’s issue, a new e-book law in Maryland challenges publishers to licenses e-books at reasonable rates for public libraries; fiction writer Alice McDermott discusses writing the all-important first sentence; book publishing consolidation continues with Hachette buying Workman for $240 million; independent publisher Nightboat Books, though, keeps pushing the envelope as to what constitutes …

The New Deal Program That Rewrote AmericaThe New YorkerAs a new bill makes its way through Congress for a new Federal Writers Project, this article reflects on the FDR administration’s version in the 1930s. Denne Michele Norris Takes the Helm at Electric LiteraturePublishers WeeklyWhen Denne Michele Norris takes Electric Literature’s helm on August 10, she …

In this week’s issue, Amazon feels the heat of more than one million Teamsters pushing the company to reform its employee policies; author Alice Mattison on which words matter; succession conflict at Scholastic worthy of a romance novel; the Department of Labor says Americans devoted 21% more time reading during the pandemic; a new book award …

In this week’s edition, the ABA faces criticism for including a book critical of transgender people in a promotional packet; for the first time in the International Booker Prize's history, the juror chair for the 2022 awards is a translator; to celebrate the 133rd anniversary of crime fiction master Raymond Chandler’s birth, a look back …

In this week’s edition, 2021 continues to be a great year for book sales particularly children’s and Y/A books which include licensed properties as well as for the nonprofit online store bookshop.org; Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick censors a new book by three historians on the Alamo and slavery; Lincoln Center names it first poet-in-residence; …

In this week’s edition, the Supreme Court hands down a ruling in support of free speech;  Harper Collins acquires the writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.; an editor reflects on the heyday of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; remembering author Janet Malcolm; and novelist Amy Sackville waxes poetically on the joys of procrastination; and more. Remembering Janet …

In this week’s edition, politics dominates with several Congressional members introducing antitrust bills that would break up Amazon and other Big Tech companies; Trump insists he has book deal offers while the DOJ ends its criminal investigation into former NSA Director John Bolton’s book; Dave Eggers won’t sell the hardcover version of his new novel …

In this week’s edition, Louise Erdrich wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; the Federal Copyright Act turns 231; SFWA announces this year’s Nebula Awards winners; a reporter speculates on the need to create a “Spotify” for ebooks; how do you know when your literary project is done; and great writers of this and past generations …

In this week’s edition, Nigerian-American author Akwaeke Emerzi made the front cover of Time as a Next Generation Leader; AAP vows that copyright protection is the publishers' organization’s top priority; Roxane Gay launches a new imprint at Grove Atlantic; book translators still feel disrespected; used bookstores in the UK have found a way to pay …

In this week’s issue, authors are speaking out in big ways: AG Council member Tayari Jones talks about her writing process and the challenge writers of colors still face; Salmon Rushdie reflects on the origins of story; a profile of Blue Box Press, which is making a huge splash with fantasy and romance titles; and …

In this week’s issue, Harper’s profiles the state of the arts as the pandemic slowly comes to an end; sci-fi and fantasy writers and readers rejoice in the rise of African speculative fiction; a light-hearted look at the challenges of being an author and a book reviewer at the same time; Amazon Publishing’s ebooks and …

In this week’s issue, writers and other workers feel the physical (and mental) pain of spending endless hours on the computer; Simon & Schuster introduces a new “First Novel” contest for underrepresented minorities; literary translation and the use of the singular form of “they”; a lighthearted look at Goodreads Book Rating System, and more. How …

In this week’s issue, the winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards are announced; a deeply disturbing story about a new AI software program that writes novels and poetry based on the first paragraph/stanza that the author inputs;  Facebook’s Oversight Board agrees the social media giant was right to ban Trump; media insurance protects freelance reporters …