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Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim | Libraries | The Guardian

Tue, 02/01/2024 - 7:19pm — Chris Holifield

1 January 2024

Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim | Libraries | The Guardian website

Former Waterstones boss Tim Coates among those to criticise government, Arts Council and British Library bid to create a ‘single digital presence' for libraries

'It needs more public-spirited pigs': TS Eliot's rejection of Orwell's Animal Farm | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 31/05/2016 - 7:41pm — Chris Holifield

30 May 2016

'It needs more public-spirited pigs': TS Eliot's rejection of Orwell's Animal Farm | Books | The Guardian website

The letter in which TS Eliot rejects George Orwell's allegory Animal Farm because "we have no conviction ... that this is the right point of view from which to criticise the political situation" has been published online for the first time by the British Library, alongside a wealth of other material from 20th-century writers.

Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says - Telegraph

Mon, 01/06/2015 - 11:19pm — Chris Holifield

1 June 2015

Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says - Telegraph website

Stop worrying about whether libraries will survive the digital age, the head of the British Library has said, as he argues that they could outlast the internet.

Roly Keating, director of the British Library, said he was shocked at how many "smart people" still questioned whether libraries were still viable in the modern age. Read more

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Amazon ebooks: Are the Mikkelsen twins running a scam? Here’s our investigation - Vox

Wed, 17/04/2024 - 10:01am — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Amazon ebooks: Are the Mikkelsen twins running a scam? Here’s our investigation - Vox website

It's partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.

The Bookseller - News - A third of translators report losing work to generative AI systems, SoA survey reveals

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 5:05pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

The Bookseller - News - A third of translators report losing work to generative AI systems, SoA survey reveals website

A survey of 787 members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found that a third of translators and a quarter of illustrators have lost work to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Translators are also more likely to use AI to support their work, with 37% of respondents saying they have done so, followed by 25% of non-fiction writers.

Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard, dies aged 94 | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 5:03pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Lynne Reid Banks, author of The Indian in the Cupboard, dies aged 94 | Books | The Guardian website

The author Lynne Reid Banks, known for her novel The L-Shaped Room and her children's book series The Indian in the Cupboard, has died at the age of 94.

Carter Wilson Interviewed Hundreds of Writers — Here’s What He Learned From Them | BookTrib.

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:54pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Carter Wilson Interviewed Hundreds of Writers — Here’s What He Learned From Them | BookTrib. website

I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives. I didn't want to ask them what famous author they want to have dinner with or what their top five favorite books are ... yech. Read more

Delicious nuggets

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:50pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Delicious nuggets website

A little knowledge about her real life protagonist, writes Leeanne O'Donnell, was just enough

The influence of the supernatural

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:46pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

The influence of the supernatural website

Novelist Louise Jensen on how her own experiences with the supernatural influenced her new novel, The Intruders

Marian Keyes: ‘Books have one shot to impress me and if you miss, you miss’ | Marian Keyes | The Guardian

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:44pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Marian Keyes: ‘Books have one shot to impress me and if you miss, you miss’ | Marian Keyes | The Guardian website

The Irish author on the allure of Elizabeth Jane Howard, the brilliance of Bernardine Evaristo - and why she won't be revisiting Philip Roth

Q&A: debut fantasy author James Logan

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:34pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Q&A: debut fantasy author James Logan website

'Becoming an author has made me a more understanding and empathetic editor' Read more

Why I wrote an AI transparency statement for my book, and think other authors should too | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:30pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Why I wrote an AI transparency statement for my book, and think other authors should too | Books | The Guardian website

Until we have a mechanism to test for artificial intelligence, writers need a tool to maintain trust in their work. So I decided to be completely open with my readers

‘We may lose ability to think critically at all’: the book-summary apps accused of damaging authors’ sales | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 4:24pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

‘We may lose ability to think critically at all’: the book-summary apps accused of damaging authors’ sales | Books | The Guardian website

A tech sector dedicated to boiling things down has raised temperatures in some quarters of the publishing world

Horror novel sales boomed during year of real-world anxieties | Books | The Guardian

Tue, 16/04/2024 - 2:47pm — Chris Holifield

15 April 2024

Horror novel sales boomed during year of real-world anxieties | Books | The Guardian website

Horror fiction is having a moment, according to data showing 2023 was a record-breaking year for book sales in the genre.

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Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim | Libraries | The Guardian

'It needs more public-spirited pigs': TS Eliot's rejection of Orwell's Animal Farm | Books | The Guardian

Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says - Telegraph

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