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Meta’s chief AI scientist slammed for saying authors should give books away for free—while selling his on Amazon for $20

The hypocrisy was swiftly noted.

On Jan 3, 2024 by Marlon Ettinger

book author holding her book up caption 'yet another reason to be mad at harpercollins' 'this is my book How to Excavate a Heart' (l) author greenscreen TikTok over Barnes and Noble website listing her book as 'How to Excavate a Heart: A Christmas, Hanukkah and Holiday Book' caption 'on every single retailer is now 'How to Excavate a Heart' (c) Author speaking caption 'it is not a Christmas book' (r)

‘I’m gonna give you another reason to be extremely mad at HarperCollins’: Author says HarperCollins rebranded her lesbian Jewish romance novel as a Christmas story

'The way I GASPED at the new title.'

On Dec 5, 2022 by Jack Alban

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How ‘d*ck soap’ turned Book Twitter upside down

Fanfic penis soap is all anyone can talk about.

On Aug 16, 2018 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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Science magazine writer fired after controversial story

Behind the 'breakdown of trust.'

On Mar 12, 2016 by Cynthia McKelvey

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Study shows what really gets neuroscientists excited

Scientists aren’t immune to the lure of the impact factor

On Nov 17, 2015 by Cynthia McKelvey

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Ashley Eckstein on Her Universe’s forward-thinking new publishing house

The 'Star Wars' voice actress and fashion mogul sounds off on her new girl-centric press.

On Oct 14, 2015 by Aja Romano

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Scientists are taking steps to weed out the bad seeds of peer review

This is truly how science works.

On Sep 28, 2015 by Cynthia McKelvey

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Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg brings a strong new voice to comics

The outspoken teen is determined to do more than just talk about issues of race in the media.

On Sep 2, 2015 by Aja Romano

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Academic journals are facing a battle to weed out fake peer reviews

Responsible publishers are taking the threat very seriously.

On Aug 21, 2015 by Aja Romano

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Facebook redesigns Notes to take on blogging sites like Medium

Taking a page (sorry) from Medium.

On Aug 17, 2015 by Selena Larson

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Tokyopop is back in the manga business—but not everyone is happy about it

The once-defunct publisher will be reviewing portfolios this week at Comic-Con.

On Jul 6, 2015 by Aja Romano

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‘Fifty Shades’ author E.L. James gets a hard lesson in Internet sadism

'Is there a safe word which will stop you from writing anymore of this bollocks?'

On Jun 30, 2015 by Laken Howard

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A word with @GuyInYourMFA, Twitter’s most insufferable writer

'I want every 24-year-old white man reading my work to see himself in my stories.'

On Jun 15, 2015 by Nathan Pensky

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With Instant Articles, Facebook aims to keep you in its app forever

It remains to be seen if people will change their reading habits to accommodate this feature.

On May 13, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

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Verizon buying AOL to expand its mobile content world

The surprise deal still needs to be approved by regulators.

On May 12, 2015 by Eric Geller