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CNN —The Roald Dahl Museum in England, founded by the widow of the children’s author, has acknowledged his racism was “undeniable and indelible.”Dahl, who died in 1990, was the creator of characters such as Matilda, the BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Willy Wonka and the Twits. Now the museum, based in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire where Dahl lived, has posted a statement on its website to say that it “fully” supports an apology released by the Dahl family and Roald Dahl Story Company in 2020 for the author’s antisemitic views. The museum adds that it “condemns all racism directed at any group or individual.”Based in Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, where Dahl lived, the museum has condemned the author's racism. Greg Balfour Evans/AlamyIn the 2020 apology, the Dahl groups said they “deeply apologise for the lasting and understandable hurt” caused by his statements. ‘Providing the full story’The Roald Dahl Museum confirmed to CNN Thursday that the online statement issued this week is also on display in its entrance gallery.

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☆ 3 self-published authors who sell their books through Amazon's Kindle share how they built up an email list and social media to sell their books
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Authors need good social media and email lists to sell a lot of books directly to their readers. Insider spoke with authors who published on Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing and KDP Select. An author made $1.3 million in a year from self-publishing books on KDPMark Dawson called his email list his most "powerful asset." Courtesy of Britt AndrewsBritt Andrews published her first novel on KDP Select, which made it available to subscribers of Kindle Unlimited, after she was furloughed because of COVID-19. Read more: I made $363,000 last year self-publishing books on Amazon.

Persons: Mark Dawson, Mark Dawson Mark Dawson, Dawson, Meera Kothand, Kothand, Britt Andrews, Britt Andrews Britt Andrews, Andrews, influencers Organizations: Publishing, Kindle, Amazon KDP, Facebook

The producers and a licensing company co-owned by L.M. Montgomery wrote "Anne of Green Gables," about the title character's childhood in a fictional town on Prince Edward Island, in 1908. New York-based Anne With An E LLC produces "Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical." The licensing company countersued the producers for trademark infringement in May and said the new musical would confuse consumers. The case is Anne With An E LLC v. Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority Inc, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No.

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☆ 100 days captive: Journalist Evan Gershkovich is one of my closest friends. Here's what the world needs to know about him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The journalist Evan Gershkovich has been in captivity in Moscow for 100 days on espionage charges. My friend Evan Gershkovich, many of you now know, was captured by the Russian government on March 29. Evan loves his friends. Evan loves the Mets, and he loves Arsenal, and he especially loves sharing those teams with people who aren't already under the spell. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty ImagesLet's bring Evan homeFor everyone who is friends with Evan, for everyone in his orbit, he's the center of their world.

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☆ I know Evan Gershkovich, who has now been imprisoned in Russia for 100 days. Here's what I want you to know about one of my closest friends.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

☆ The Art of Translation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sophie Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

The |of Translation The undefined|of Translation The undefined|of Translation The undefined|of Translation See how a translator carries a book from one language to another, line by line. Much like a crossword, a translation isn’t finished until all the answers are present and correct, with each conditioning the others. Below are two attempts to show the thought processes involved in the kind of translation I do. Nobody would say “the truth, the truth, the truth” in English. Without it, the translation is faithful to the meaning of the Spanish clause, but it feels stale, spiritless, not faithful to the voice.

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☆ Convicted 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski dead at 81
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Alistair Bell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] Theodore Kaczynski is led out of federal court where he was charged with a single federal weapons violation April 4,1997. June 10 (Reuters) - Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and "twisted genius" who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age of 81. Kaczynski's younger brother, David, tipped off police that the author's ideas sounded like those of Ted. In 1980, Kaczynski sent a package bomb that exploded and injured United Airlines President Percy Wood at his Illinois home. Kaczynski detailed how modernization has destabilized society, subjected humans to indignities and "inflicted severe damage on the natural world."

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☆ Taylor Swift seems to reference Matty Healy throughout her new album. Here's a complete timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

At the concert, Swift was photographed dancing with her friends on the balcony, getting especially cozy with Kloss. February 25, 2015: Swift and Healy hang out at the Universal Music Brits party in LondonNick Grimshaw, Taylor Swift, and Matt Healy at the Universal Music Brits party. "It's not really anything to talk about, because if she wasn't Taylor Swift we wouldn't be talking about her. AdvertisementHe continued: "If I had gone out with Taylor Swift I would've been, 'Fucking hell! Taylor Swift performs at the 2016 Grammys; Matty Healy performs at the 2016 Apple Music Festival.

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☆ Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan reunite on screen in Cannes competitor 'Black Flies'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Black Flies" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, May 18, 2023. Sean Penn, Tye Sheridan and Director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire... Read moreCANNES, May 18 (Reuters) - Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan are reunited on the big screen after more than a decade in "Black Flies," a gritty tale about New York City paramedics that premiered in Cannes on Thursday. The two actors previously appeared together in 2011's Palme d'Or winner "The Tree of Life," directed by Terrence Malick. Oscar-winning Penn, 62, plays veteran paramedic Rutkovsky while Sheridan, 26, known for his role as Cyclops in the X-Men film series, stars as Cross, who is just starting in the field. Former boxer Mike Tyson, Michael Pitt from "Funny Games," and Katherine Waterston of "Inherent Vice" also have parts.

☆ TikTok has influenced nearly every aspect of book publishing and helped push sales to record highs. 25 insiders describe how it's changed their industry.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The BookTok phenomenon helped send book sales to an all-time high and reignite a love for reading. From authors to stores, the book world is turning to TikTok to drive sales and build community. Still, while authors might feel pressure to try TikTok, industry experts say it's better to focus on craft than marketing. Aster is one of the hundreds of authors who are benefitting from the success of TikTok and its book-related hashtag #BookTok. But TikTok's influence on publishing has also dialed up the pressure on authors to be marketers, as well as writers.

☆ Stephen King says he still owns a Tesla and admires Elon Musk, but paying $44 billion for 'a social media plaything' was ridiculous
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

King has praised Tesla in the past, but he's been more critical of Musk in recent months. "$44 billion for what's essentially a social media plaything is a little bit on the ridiculous side," the author told Slate regarding Musk's Twitter purchase in an interview that was published on Friday. In the interview, King admitted that he owns a Tesla and he thinks it's a "great car." In 2019, King praised Musk for Tesla's "fart" feature and Musk thanked him for owning a Tesla. King told Slate he doesn't plan to leave Twitter anytime soon, but he's still averse to the idea of subscribing to Twitter Blue.

☆ Melania Trump hits back at Page Six and People over anonymous sourcing and 'assumptions' about her marriage to Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Melania Trump is pushing back on reports about how she's processing her husband's indictment. The statement also did not reveal her state of mind over her husband's alleged infidelity or the public scrutiny of their 18-year marriage. The New York Post's Page Six separately reported that Melania Trump agreed to play a bigger part in her husband's 2024 campaign. The publication quoted an anonymous source recounting that Donald Trump pleaded with his wife to join him on the campaign, telling her, "I really need you." Ivanka Trump was also notably absent from the Mar-a-Lago event on April 4, though his other children, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Baron Trump attended, as did Viktor Knavs, Melania Trump's father.

☆ Nobody showed up to a best-selling author's book launch. She called it a 'career low point' but found out she's far from alone.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But nobody turned up to the launch event at the NYT-best-selling writer's local indie bookstore. The launch signing event for her new book, "In Nightfall," was on March 28. Instead, Young tweeted a picture of the 17 empty chairs, describing the moment as a "career low point" and saying she was "crying my entire way home." He said that in his experience, bookstore launch events had been "hit or miss — some packed, some empty, most in between." She'll consider virtual events in future, saying that this was her first book launch since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

☆ 5 alarming stats on U.S. economic inequality in Pulitzer-prize winning author's new book
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

(Desmond's findings are based on data from a number of sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Pew Research Center.) (Desmond analyzed tax data from a number of sources, including the Office of Management and Budget.) watch now"Most families who enjoy those subsidies have six-figure incomes and are white," Desmond writes. "There is growing evidence that America harbors a hard bottom layer of deprivation, a kind of extreme poverty once thought to exist only in faraway places of bare feet and swollen bellies," Desmond writes. Racial wealth gap is as large as in the '60sLooking at the work of other authors and Federal Reserve data, Desmond found that the racial wealth gap is as wide today as it was more than five decades ago.

☆ Op-ed: Crypto and blockchain need a trellis, not just a weed killer, says Scaramucci
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Anthony Scaramucci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

You might not know this, but Goldilocks and the Three Bears is actually a story about the debate currently surrounding regulation of the blockchain and crypto industries. The agency nearly doubled the size of its crypto assets enforcement unit last May. Many in the crypto industry want this "regulation by enforcement" to stop. It's as much of a trellis for good plants as it is a weed killer. Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, an alternative asset manager and SEC-registered investment adviser.

Copyright Office issued new guidance on Wednesday to clarify when artistic works created with the help of artificial intelligence are copyright eligible. "The answer will depend on the circumstances, particularly how the AI tool operates and how it was used to create the final work," the office said. Generative AI systems like Midjourney, ChatGPT and DALL-E, which create text and images in response to human instructions, have recently skyrocketed in popularity. The office reiterated Wednesday that copyright protection depends on the amount of human creativity involved, and that the most popular AI systems likely do not create copyrightable work. The office also said that copyright applicants must disclose when their work includes AI-created material, and that previously filed applications that do not disclose AI's role must be corrected.

☆ I just traveled to Argentina — and doubled my money with a 'black market' exchange rate
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

A legal exchange rate influenced by the black marketA worker lays out 500 Argentine peso note sheets on Aug. 14, 2020 in Buenos Aires. Greg IacurciPut another way: Your money goes almost twice as far with the "blue dollar" exchange rate. The exchange rate for the transaction was 366 Argentine pesos per U.S. dollar, almost double the official exchange rate (190 pesos per dollar) at the time. Anyone who wants to save more cash in U.S. dollars must turn to the black market, which sets the "blue dollar" exchange rate. The exchange rate offered by Western Union has been similar to that of the "blue dollar" rate on the black market.

☆ French Roald Dahl publisher says 'non' to text changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children's books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author's UK publisher. No," Hedwige Pasquet, director of Gallimard Jeunesse, said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper. The role models of Matilda, a book-loving child prodigy, were also changed to include a female author. The Roald Dahl Story Company, which manages the copyrights and trademarks of Dahl, said it was not unusual to review language when reprinting books, and described any changes as “small and carefully considered”. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke out against the changes, saying "it's important that works of literature and works of fiction are preserved and not airbrushed."

☆ New 'Lord of the Rings' movies are coming after Warner Bros. Discovery secured the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's books
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Samantha Delouya | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warner Bros. The plan comes after Warner Bros. struck a deal with the video game company that owns the rights to Tolkien's books. Warner Bros. Warner Bros. On the direct-to-consumer front, Warner Bros.

☆ I made $363,000 last year from self-publishing my books. Here's how I did it spending less than $20 a week on ads and winning over BookTok.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She connected with readers through authors' Facebook groups and by posting regularly on #BookTok. I decided to also publish my books through Kindle Select, which made my books accessible on Kindle Unlimited, a KDP subscription serviceI've always been a big reader, and I used Kindle Unlimited when I was struggling with money. I'd found so many authors I loved on Kindle Unlimited — it was important to me to have my book available there, too. I decided to make my books accessible to Kindle Unlimited readers. I connected with new readers by posting videos and doing takeovers of other author's Facebook pagesI hustled hard on social media.

☆ I've been selling my clothes on Poshmark for 7 months. Here's how the algorithm works and how to get sales and followers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some Poshmark sellers can make six figures in sales on the platform. I started selling on Poshmark in June to get rid of clothes I didn't wear and make room for my thrift-shopping habit. Getting likes, followers, and sales on Poshmark is just as addicting as it is on social mediaA screenshot of the author's Poshmark closet. Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins/ScreenshotAs soon as I started listing my clothes on Poshmark, I got a wave of followers on the app. Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins/InsiderOthers are time-consuming, like sharing your listings 5,000 times and sharing other sellers' listings 5,000 times.

☆ Trump probably won't win his $50 million lawsuit against Bob Woodward with experts saying the suit 'turns the First Amendment on its head'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Former President Trump claims he owns the audio rights to interviews conducted by Bob Woodward. But legal experts say it's unlikely a court will agree with Trump, who claims he's owed $50 million. "The case centers on Mr. Woodward's systematic usurpation, manipulation, and exploitation of audio of [former] President Trump," states the complaint, filed with a federal court in Florida. The audiobook didn't go on sale for another two years — after, Woodward says, he decided its release served the public interest. "Filing a lawsuit over publishing those interviews turns the First Amendment on its head."

☆ A week in Hawaii on vacation with my toddler cost $4,500, and she'll never remember it. Here's why I'm glad we went anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Emily Hochberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

I ruled out my first island choice, Maui, and decided on Oahu as it was more affordable. Emily Hochberg/InsiderI've spent time on Maui before and love it for the variety of activities and ample natural beauty. But a standard room in a four-star hotel cost nearly $1,000 per night when I searched on Google a few months in advance. On Oahu, in Honolulu, on the other hand, I found standard hotel rooms for around $250 to $300 per night on Google. I could book a one-bedroom suite there for the same price as a standard room on Maui.

"Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre" comes to Netflix on January 19. The 12-episode anime series brings 20 of Ito's horror manga tales to life. How to watch 'Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre'You can watch "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre" exclusively on Netflix starting January 19. "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre" is based on 20 of Junji Ito's horror stories from a handful of his manga. Junji Ito is a horror manga artist with something of a cult following.

☆ Christmas meant real Christmas trees for my family. Then my husband got a fake one.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Elizabeth Grey | Elizabeth Grey Is An Essayist | Cook. You Can Find A Link To Her Highly Unprofessional Cooking Show | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

My origin story begins on Christmas Eve. I asked my mother once if we could get silver tinsel icicles, having seen them at a friend’s house. When my brother had kids, we started driving to his house on Christmas Eve to be with them. I would use the fake tree as Exhibit A in the court wrangling over our inevitable divorce. I believe there are two kinds of people, real vs. fake tree, and real tree people are superior.

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