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The official home of #LitChat — for book lovers, readers, and writers. Let us know what you're bookish for. 📚🔥💬

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Russie D Luffy@JFKrateZ13 Apr 2021
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One of my undergrad professors (who I adore) once told me “Every generation needs its greats. So why not you?” And I think about that OFTEN. 🗣 WHY. NOT. YOU?!?!
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What perspective do you prefer to read from?
45%First person
24%Third person limited
22%Third person omniscient
10%second??
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Good morning, #DVcon2021. Let's get it.
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Random House Group@randomhouse21 Jan 2021
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Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series
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Rose@rose_othername1 Jan 2021
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I don’t have a list, I just read all the works of any good author I come across
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Happy New Year 🥂 How many books are on your #TBR for 2021??
55%0 - 6
21%7 - 16
12%17 - 33
12%34+
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Jessica Johnson@ejessicajohnson31 Dec 2020
How to meet a writing deadline:
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Random House Group@randomhouse15 Dec 2020
We’re thrilled to be partnering with @RocNation on the new Roc Lit 101 imprint! sites.prh.com/roclit101

Roc Lit 101 - Penguin Random House

Roc Lit 101

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Roc Lit 101@roclit10115 Dec 2020
Devoted to publishing books at the dynamic intersection of entertainment and genre-defying literature, Roc Lit 101 will feature creative work across a wide variety of interests.
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魚與花雕@Anu_yu11 Dec 2020
#CloudStrife #Sephiroth #ff7
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Clint Smith
@ClintSmithIII11 Dec 2020
"We guessed that most of the authors would be white, but we were shocked by the extent of the inequality once we analyzed the data. Of the 7,124 books for which we identified the author’s race, 95 percent were written by white people." nytimes.com/interactive/2020…

Opinion | Just How White Is the Book Industry? (Published 2020)

New data shows the extent of the race problem in the publishing world.

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The sale of the company will profoundly reshape the publishing industry, increasingly a winner-take-all business in which the largest companies compete for brand-name authors and guaranteed best-sellers nyti.ms/2JbWm6A

Penguin Random House to Buy Simon & Schuster (Published 2020)

ViacomCBS agreed to sell the 96-year-old company in a deal that potentially creates a megapublisher.

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BREAKING: Penguin Random House will buy Simon & Schuster. Our story is forthcoming.
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Writers: You doing #nanowrimo2020??
12%Already started 🙏🏾
23%In theory, yes.
41%nope
25%ahaha ahahahahahasknvdabk
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The incomparable @MsLaurynHill: Motives & Thoughts (2005) youtube.com/watch?v=rHhaX3TS… #poetry #litchat

Lauryn Hill - Def Poetry Jam- Motives and Thoughts

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Writers of Color@WritersofColor28 Oct 2020
snuggling with my em dashes
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Oh, hey. Beverage of choice for reading/writing?? ☕️🍵🍷
31%coffee, of course
29%the tea
20%wine and spirits
20%something else / nothing
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It rained yesterday and the city is smoke free today. I went outside and took huge gulps of clear air, feeling my spirits lift for the first time in weeks. As long as we can breathe, we can fight, and every period of darkness eventually ends.
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