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Macmillan Publishers announced today that in the interest of setting aside differences, they will return to the library ebook pricing model that was in place October 31, 2019. They will also be temporarily lowering prices on select ebooks “to help expand libraries’ collections in these difficult times.” The message came down from Macmillan’s CEO, John
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Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski, with Fierce Reads. Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan for $3.99 A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena for $1.99 Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler for $1.99
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I always take note of the writer’s pen. What has begun as a mild curiosity more than a few decades ago has now become a mild obsession. What pen (or pencil) does a writer prefer? Do they use the inexpensive ballpoint pen, the felt tip pen, an upscale gel pen, or the sublime cartridge pen?
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When I saw Wonder Woman in 2017, my son was about 14 months old. It was the first time I had gone out with a friend since he had been born. Needless to say, it was fan-freaking-tastic: both the movie and the three or so hours I was out with my friend. We saw the movie
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Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the Booker International Prize has announced its 2020 longlist. The prize is awarded every year to a single book translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of international fiction and to promote the
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“With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space.” Pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated the flight path for America’s first space mission and the first moon landing among other mathematical achievements, has died today, February 24, 2020, at 101. Her accomplishments, and those of the largely unrecognized
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Sponsored by Crooked River, the new Agent Pendergast novel from Preston & Child. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin for $2.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty for
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Sponsored by 2020 Newbery Honor recipient Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker with Macmillan Children’s. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. Black
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