First Dork Diaries Novel To Become A Podcast
Calling all fans of Nikky and the Dork Diaries gang! The first novel in the series is being released as a free podcast! Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life will be produced by Simon & Schuster audio and fully dramatized, with the first episode scheduled to drop tomorrow, April 27. The cast includes some of the biggest names in audiobook narration, and the podcast will be complete with sound effects. You can listen wherever podcasts can be downloaded!
Live Webcast: Neil Gaiman In Conversation With N.K. Jemisin
Hey fantasy readers, are you missing live events with your favorite authors? Neil Gaiman and N.K. Jemisin will be chatting on May 2, and the conversation will be broadcast for free. Plus, there’s a special signed copy offer: The first 250 people who buy a copy of Jemisin’s new book, The City We Became, from their indie bookstore partner will have it signed! Save the date!
The Little Book Sellers That Could: How Indie Stores Managed To Take A Slice Of Amazon Business
You might have noticed that Amazon is taking a little longer to process book orders these days, and one website is looking to fill the gap. Bookshop.org is a book retail site where customers can buy new books (most at a discount) and have them shipped from the same warehouses that indie bookstores use directly to their homes. Then, 10% of that sale goes into a pot distributed between indie bookstore affiliates. Bookshop.org is helping a lot of indie bookstores who didn’t have vigorous online storefronts stay afloat during closures, and they’ve raised nearly $1 million for bookstores to date. But whether customers will stay loyal to indie shopping beyond the pandemic remains to be seen.