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Good luck to all doing NaNoFiMo in April! Maybe these tips will help.

#NaNoFinMo Advice As part of our "National Novel Finishing Month" track for Camp NaNoWriMo in April, we asked our Twitter followers: what's your number one piece of advice for people who are trying to reach The End?

"The shortest distance between two people is a story." - Patti Digh

We support this idea.

michelle king on Twitter “all negative book reviews should end with “despite all this, it’s pretty impressive that this person wrote a book!””

"Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same."

Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but ‘books are resilient’ NEW YORK — Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same.

"Potter said he is unaware of any other library system that walks patrons through the entire process of creating a published work."

This is a great initiative. Hopefully more libraries follow suit so more people will have the tools to tell their stories.

Library has range of resources for authors Although the center offers various methods for printing and distribution, a printer dubbed “The Espresso Book Machine” – so named because it prints and binds a book in about the same time as it takes to brew a cup of coffee – is often used.

"Though we don’t know exactly when we’ll be back to ‘normal’ life, we can be fairly certain that many of these changes will have a lasting effect on the way consumers behave, work, relax and buy."

Covid-19 will have a “lasting effect on the way consumers behave, work, relax and buy.” Here's how it impacts publishers | What’s New in Publishing | Digital Publishing News “There’s no doubt that the lockdown measures introduced to combat the spread of COVID-19 have had a demonstrable and lasting effect on consumers,” according to a new whitepaper by programmatic media specialist MiQ.  The whitepaper, How Covid-19 changed the UK consumers, looks into how the pan...

Sad to see the end of BookExpo—but what a legacy (and we know legacies)!

Photographs and Memories: Remembering BookExpo, in Pictures From the first American Book Association convention in 1901 to the first and final virtual BookExpo in 2020, the biggest trade show in the American book business was a central event in each publishing year.

Publishers shift content to focus on faith and religion during this crisis—

Faith-Based Books Multiply on Covid-19 Crisis Religion publishers are racing to respond to the global Covid-19 pandemic with titles aimed at encouraging and comforting readers.

Read aloud of "Why We Stay Home: Susie Learns About Coronavirus," a diverse children's book explaining the current state of the world (and it's free!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu07djSvLNg

Learn more here:
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/stay-home-free-book-coronavirus-children-color/

Why We Stay Home: A free book on coronavirus for children of color | The Milwaukee Independent Why We Stay Home: A free book on coronavirus for children of color Posted by Staff | May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 | Two medical students recently wrote an illustrated children’s book about coronavirus, to help parents of color communicate with their children about why so many families across t...

"My book is set in 2020. My characters now do ridiculous things, like hang out with each other."

The Coronavirus Is Upending the Plot of My Novel My characters now do totally unrealistic things, like hang out with each other.

What's it like to be published during this time? Read about an author's experience here—

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/pregnant-book-debut-memoir-coronavirus