Alex Slater
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"El Akkad thanked his mother, wife, and two children, 'who, and I cannot stress this enough, didn’t sign up for any of this shit.'"
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Politics Loom Large at 2025 National Book Awards
At the 76th National Book Awards, held at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on November 19, many of the evening’s winners—including Rabih Alameddine, who won the award for Fiction, and Omar El Akkad, ...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"El Akkad thanked his mother, wife, and two children, 'who, and I cannot stress this enough, didn’t sign up for any of this shit.'"
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www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
“[The] producer is oftentimes there at the very beginning, and they are truly the last person to get paid. That’s very hard to sustain as a job.”
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“[The] producer is oftentimes there at the very beginning, and they are truly the last person to get paid. That’s very hard to sustain as a job.”
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
variety.com/2025/film/fe...
“I refuse to work from a scarcity mind-set,” Gay said in her acceptance speech. “There is room for all of our voices, and the people in this room have the power to do better.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
Books That Examine the Past and Present of the Middle East Take National Book Awards
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“I refuse to work from a scarcity mind-set,” Gay said in her acceptance speech. “There is room for all of our voices, and the people in this room have the power to do better.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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David Ellison is having convos with potential Middle East partners as Paramount prepares its final bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Meanwhile, Netflix and Comcast are preparing their bids.
All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
The War for Warners
Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix are preparing final bids for Warner Bros. Discovery’s assets, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will reorder the media landscape.
www.status.news
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
David Ellison is having convos with potential Middle East partners as Paramount prepares its final bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Meanwhile, Netflix and Comcast are preparing their bids.
All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
All the details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/warner-bro...
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We have recently been made aware that someone falsely representing themselves as a member of Grove Atlantic has been contacting authors and offering a publishing contract under false pretenses.
If you are contacted in this manner, please contact us at 212-614-7850.
If you are contacted in this manner, please contact us at 212-614-7850.
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We have recently been made aware that someone falsely representing themselves as a member of Grove Atlantic has been contacting authors and offering a publishing contract under false pretenses.
If you are contacted in this manner, please contact us at 212-614-7850.
If you are contacted in this manner, please contact us at 212-614-7850.
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Getting word that Uncle Sam isn’t America’s real uncle
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting word that Uncle Sam isn’t America’s real uncle
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MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
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Publishers de-prioritizing children's books is just crappy, but it's also shortsighted financially:
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Publishers de-prioritizing children's books is just crappy, but it's also shortsighted financially:
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids.
2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.
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New Graphic Novel!!!
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New Graphic Novel!!!
As authors HAVE BEEN saying: "Left unchecked, AI holds the possibility of allowing for rampant piracy of content." deadline.com/2025/10/sora...
Sora Is Coming, Sora Is Here, And Hollywood Is Sore
Studios and top agency CAA collectively sounded the alarm this week over Sora 2, Open AI's latest generative AI video model.
deadline.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As authors HAVE BEEN saying: "Left unchecked, AI holds the possibility of allowing for rampant piracy of content." deadline.com/2025/10/sora...
"The Rex Manor in #brooklyn was a very special place. My entire family worked there...My grandfather built The Rex after he came to 🇺🇸 from Naples. He named it after the famous ship Rex that would transport Italians to America in the 1930s." - Maria Bartiromo
Bartiromo attacks Mamdani for pointing out that tourists aren't traveling to the US as much because Trump is brutalizing people: "You just heard that. He wants illegals and internationalists to come here, particularly ahead of the World Cup."
October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Rex Manor in #brooklyn was a very special place. My entire family worked there...My grandfather built The Rex after he came to 🇺🇸 from Naples. He named it after the famous ship Rex that would transport Italians to America in the 1930s." - Maria Bartiromo
“Krasznahorkai (pronounced CRAS-now-hoar-kay), 71, is known for novels featuring lengthy sentences and dark subjects.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...
Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Krasznahorkai (pronounced CRAS-now-hoar-kay), 71, is known for novels featuring lengthy sentences and dark subjects.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...
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publisher / author / literary agent
Corporate/ personal injury /criminal defense
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
publisher / author / literary agent
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Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.
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Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down
At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.
"Who can know what happens to fantasy world creators when they taste the riches of franchise success – few saw the plot twist where J.K. Rowling would use her notoriety to take toxic and polarizing transphobic positions – Oxford prof Rundell seems a good one to bet on."
deadline.com/2025/10/disn...
deadline.com/2025/10/disn...
Disney Bets Big On ‘Impossible Creatures’ & Its Oxford Prof Author Katherine Rundell
Disney Bets Big On 'Impossible Creatures' & Its Oxford Prof Author Katherine Rundell
deadline.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Who can know what happens to fantasy world creators when they taste the riches of franchise success – few saw the plot twist where J.K. Rowling would use her notoriety to take toxic and polarizing transphobic positions – Oxford prof Rundell seems a good one to bet on."
deadline.com/2025/10/disn...
deadline.com/2025/10/disn...
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The Trump administration claims "far-left Democrat judges" are obstructing their efforts.
But here is Judge Immergut's background:
• Investigated Bill Clinton
• Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor
• Trump appointed her as a federal judge
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
But here is Judge Immergut's background:
• Investigated Bill Clinton
• Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor
• Trump appointed her as a federal judge
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
In 2019, Trump Made Her a Federal Judge. In 2025, She Blocked His Troop Deployment.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Trump administration claims "far-left Democrat judges" are obstructing their efforts.
But here is Judge Immergut's background:
• Investigated Bill Clinton
• Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor
• Trump appointed her as a federal judge
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
But here is Judge Immergut's background:
• Investigated Bill Clinton
• Became a Republican-appointed prosecutor
• Trump appointed her as a federal judge
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
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The Moomins are coming to the big screen, in an animated feature to be directed and written by “Steven Universe” creator Rebecca Sugar | Variety t.co/TsXdGlrz1W
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Moomins are coming to the big screen, in an animated feature to be directed and written by “Steven Universe” creator Rebecca Sugar | Variety t.co/TsXdGlrz1W
I'm not really a 'CBS News' guy.
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I'm not really a 'CBS News' guy.
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Thus bad begins…
But, as always, those furloughed due to the government shutdown get 10% off books for as long as the shutdown lasts.
But, as always, those furloughed due to the government shutdown get 10% off books for as long as the shutdown lasts.
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Thus bad begins…
But, as always, those furloughed due to the government shutdown get 10% off books for as long as the shutdown lasts.
But, as always, those furloughed due to the government shutdown get 10% off books for as long as the shutdown lasts.
"Mrs. Clinton described how, when she was in denial about her husband’s affair...it was Mr. Barnett who gently suggested to her that they might be true."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Robert B. Barnett, Washington Master of the Book World Megadeal, Dies at 79
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Mrs. Clinton described how, when she was in denial about her husband’s affair...it was Mr. Barnett who gently suggested to her that they might be true."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...