Prince Harry Details Physical Attack by Brother William in New Book
In Prince Harry’s highly anticipated memoir Spare, Harry recounts a physical attack by his brother, William, now Prince of Wales. According to Harry, the confrontation happened in his London home in 2019. Harry says William called the prince’s wife Meghan Markle “difficult,” “rude,” and “abrasive.” Harry says these words were a “parrot[ing of] the press narrative” about Meghan. Harry claims the confrontation escalated, and then William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor.” Spare will be published worldwide next week and is anticipated to spark “a serious furore” for the British royal family.
Dungeons & Dragons Looks to Clamp Down on Competition with New Open Game License
A leaked version of Dungeons & Dragons‘ new Open Game License has many worried about the future of tabletop roleplaying games. This new license would allow third-party creators and publishers to use Dungeons & Dragons rules and mechanics in their own work. Under this new OGL, many RPG publishers will be forced to opt in and pay the royalty fees if they make more than $750k off of works that use the OGL. Wizards of the Coast has yet to release the OGL publicly.
Barnes & Noble to Host Inaugural BookTok Festival
Barnes & Noble is hosting the inaugural BookTok Festival at its flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on February 4. The event will begin at 10am and will feature booths run by publishers such as Disney, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Scholastic, Sourcebooks, and Union Square & Co. All publishers will be giving out advanced reading copies and other free merchandise. Panel discussions and signings will begin at 2pm. These events will feature authors who have grown their readership through BookTok, such as Tessa Bailey, Melissa Blair, Ana Huang, T.J. Klune, R.F. Kuang, Ryan La Sala, Kennedy Ryan, Hannah Whitten, and more.
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