This Week on Books Direct -
30 September 2017
Here's a list of some great articles you may have missed this week. Enjoy!
Why I Can’t Wait For My Son To Be Reading Books by Hans M. Hirschi
With all of the competition these days, how do you get your kids to read books?
How To Sell More Books (aka How To Get More Readers) by Kirsten for Create If Writing
Kirsten Oliphant interviews Chris Syme about how to sell more books, which really means how to get more readers.
The National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Honorees Are All Women by Megan Reynolds for The Muse
The National Book Foundation announced their 5 Under 35 honorees for 2017 today, and in a fun twist, all five nominees are women and three are women of color.
Where To Celebrate Banned Books Week 2017! by Maggie Jacoby for Banned Books Week
How did you celebrate Banned Books Week?
Author Junot Díaz Calls For Help For Hurricane-Battered Puerto Rico by Michael Schaub for LA Times
Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, called for more help for Puerto Rico.
Book Of Mormon Sets New Record For Most Expensive Manuscript Ever Sold by Alison Flood for The Guardian
The founding text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been returned to followers of Joseph Smith for $35 million, setting what is believed to be a new record for the most expensive manuscript ever sold.
4 Tools To Research Competitors On Social Media by Ana Gotter for Social Media Examiner
Do you want to learn more about your competitors’ social media activity? In this article, you’ll discover four tools for researching your competition on popular social media platforms.
Talk Like A Copy Editor And Learn Something New In The Process by Shundalyn Allen for Grammarly Blog
If you want to make it in the writing industry, you need to learn the lingo.
Why Podcasts Are Perfect For Writers by This is Writing
Podcasts are a great source of inspiration for writers who like listening to information. Many podcasts also are accompanied by notes and transcripts so you can reinforce your learning through different styles of presentation.
The French writer Marcel Proust paid for glowing
reviews of the first volume of his Remembrance
of Things Past to be put into newspapers, letters by the author reveal.
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