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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 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 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 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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Science magazine writer fired after controversial story

Behind the ‘breakdown of trust.’

On 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 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 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 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 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 by Aja Romano

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Facebook redesigns Notes to take on blogging sites like Medium

Taking a page (sorry) from Medium.

On 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 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 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 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 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 by Eric Geller

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