Tuesday, December 10, 2013

News from PW Daily

THE ROUNDUP

King Sends Shivers Through Twitter : Novelist Stephen King says he "can't think of a thing to say" but nonetheless acquired 170,000 Twitter followers in just three days.

Cohen to Write Ephron Bio The Washington Post’s Richard Cohen will write a biography of the late writer Nora Ephron, Page Six reported on Sunday. Cohen, friends with Ephron since the 1970s when she first began dating Carl Bernstein, reportedly asked Ephron’s family if he could write the biography. Cohen was the first speaker at Ephron’s funeral, at her request.

Video: YA Books Growing Fast : With sales up 24%, the fastest-growing market for publishers are young adult books. Long given less attention by big publishers, these books are suddenly bigger than ever, as young adult literature has become more popular among adults.

Disruptions at Your Door : Like it or not, e-commerce is changing the way the world shops. It is also changing expectations. Two-day delivery was great then, but this is now. Bezos is not the only one who says technology will continue to reshape the old-school delivery business just as it has reshaped so much else.

A Year in Reading: 2013: Intended as an antidote for all the "Best of 2013" lists, The Milloins asks dozens of readers, writers, and thinkers to tell us about the best book they read all year regardless of publication date.


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