Daily Archives: 12 October 2020

2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award Winner

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The link below is to an article reporting on the 2020 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award winner, Michalia Arathimos, for ‘Apologia.’

For more visit:
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/09/15/156547/arathimos-wins-2020-carmel-bird-digital-literary-award/

The 2020 UK Short Story Award Shortlist

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The link below is to an article reporting on the 2020 UK Short Story Award shortlist.

For more visit:
https://lithub.com/heres-the-shortlist-for-the-15000-bbc-national-short-story-award/

Bemoaning Goodreads

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While we are on the subject of bemoaning all things Amazon, why not turn our attentions to Goodreads (which I happily use – though with most things I’m sure improvements could be made). The link below is to an article which is essentially a whine about Goodreads and can I just add, an exaggerated description of the ‘difficulty’ in using Goodreads.

For more visit:
https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2020/08/better-goodreads-possible-bad-for-books-storygraph-amazon

Bemoaning Amazon and Audible

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The link below is to an article that is essentially a whine about Amazon and Audible, essentially over its developing monopoly over the audiobook market.

For more visit:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/84384-we-need-to-talk-about-audible.html

On Digital Libraries and Archives

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The link below is to an article that looks at the role of digital archives and libraries.

For more visit:
https://blog.openlibrary.org/2020/10/07/on-bookstores-libraries-and-archives-in-the-digital-age/

2020 National Book Awards Shortlist

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The links below are to articles reporting on the shortlists for the 2020 National Book Awards in the USA.

For more visit:
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/10/us-national-book-awards-announcing-the-2020-shortlisted-finalists-covid19/
– https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/07/157689/national-book-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/
– https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/07/157689/national-book-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/
– https://lithub.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2020-national-book-awards/
– https://bookriot.com/2020-national-book-awards-finalists/