Sunday, July 19, 2026

Free to Watch Classic Crime Movie: The Mystery Man

Contains a link to a 1935 classic crime movie The Mystery Man.
See you tomorrow.
Panzer found this crime movie on the Broken Trout channel on Youtube.
 
The Mystery Man is a black and white 1935 crime movie.
 
Make some popcorn,  get your beverage of choice and enjoy the movie.
 
To watch the movie tootle over to Classic Crime Movie 

Free to Listen Romance Audiobook: Best Frenemies

Contains a link to the romance audiobook Best Frenemies.
I'll find your movie next.
Panzer found this romcom on the Mary Kershar channel on Youtube.
 
Best Frenemies is written by Max Monroe. It's read by CJ Bloom and Alexander Cendese and 8 hours 43 minutes long.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Romcom Audiobook 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Free to Listen Fantasy Romance Audiobook: Shadow and Soul

Contains a link to the no spice romantasy audiobook Shadow and Soul.
It hasn't been a good week for me.
If you like no spice romantasy, Panzer found this one on the author's channel on Youtube.
 
Shadow and Soul is written by AR Colbert. It's 6 hours 22 minutes long.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Romantasy Audiobook 

Free to Listen Cozy Mystery Audiobook: Murder At The Rusty Anchor

Contains a link to the cozy mystery Murder At The Rusty Anchor a 7 hour 5 minute audiobook.
I'll find something else for you.
Panzer found this cozy mystery on the John Katt channel on Youtube.
 
Murder At The Rusty Anchor is written by Maddie Day. It's read by Rachel Dalude and 7 hours 5 minutes long.
 
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Cozy Mystery Audiobook 

Free to Listen Small Town Romance: Catch Me

Contains a link to the contemporary romance audiobook Catch Me which is 4 hours 57 minutes long.
I'll be back with something else for you.
Here's a contemporary  romance Panzer found on the author's channel on Youtube.
 
Catch Me is written by Ellie Rhodes. It's 4 hours 57 minutes long.
 
 To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Small Town Romance 

Thursday, July 16, 2026

How to Spend $50 Million on the Nonprofit Literary Arts - Publishing Perspectives

Contains a link to an information and opinion post about the Literary Arts Fund organization.
Is it Friday yet?
Panzer discovered this interesting post on the Publishing Perspectives site.
 
The post is an information and opinion piece about the Literary Arts Fund. The LAF just gave out their first round of grants to nonprofits. Don't rush to apply for the next round of grants because you need to read the post first.
 
Panzer says, "Never heard of them? Not surprising. They got started October of last year."
 
Note: This is an extremely long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on. 
 
To read the post tootle over to Literary Arts Fund 

Bloomsbury On Track for Record Year - Publishers Daily

Contains link to the publisher's statement about 2027 sales and revnue.
They talk about 2027. 
Panzer made a quick stop at the Publishers Daily site today. Our inquisitive kitty boy found a post about Bloomsbury Publishing there.
 
According to information provided during Bloomsbury's annual meeting the company expectis record sales.
 
Panzer says, "This little kitty always gets confused when a company uses a different year than it is."
 
Note: This is a short post. Bring a glass of iced tea to drink.
 
To read the post tootle over to Bloomsbury 

Winners Announced For The 2025 Shirley Jackson Awards

Contains a link to the winners list and a Youtube video of the ceremony.
Mom read me "The Lottery." I'll never forget it.
The Shirley Jackson Awards winners were announced at the Readercon on July 12. The awards are presented for outstanding horror, dark fantastic and psychological suspense fiction.
 
The winner in each of the five categories are listed in a post at the Shirley Jackson Awards site. Also included in the post is a link to video on Youtube of the awards presentation.
 
To read the winners list or watch the presentation tootle over to Shirley Jackson Awards 

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

U.S. Publishers Sue Google, Alleging Massive Copyright Infringement Behind Its Gemini AI Service - Publishing Perspectives

Contains a link to a very long post about AI lawsuits against Google and other AI companies.
You owe me for all this. Treats accepted daily.
Panzer's last stop today was at the Publishing Perspectives site. With no digging in the posts at all he found one about publishers suing Google.
 
According to the post, Google is joining the ranks of AI companies being sued for copyright infringement by publishers and authors.  The post contains links to several other posts about past lawsuits and other information.
 
Panzer says, "It was expected that Gemini would be dragged into the copyright infringement lawsuits."
 
Note: This is a super long post. You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on.
 
To read the post tootle over to Google and Gemini Lawsuit 

Killer Nashville Magazine Online Update

The Killer Nashville Magazine has uploaded more samples from the paid July issue.
Nothing ever remains free.
Panzer found updates to the July online edition of the Killer Nashville Magazine.
 
When you land on the Table of Contents page, clicking a red link will take you to the article, feature or fiction. Anything in white is a non-working link.
 
You need to purchase a subscription to read the full issue.
 
To read the issue samples tootle over to Killer Nashville Magazine

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