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Charlie Huisken joins TINARS

Two of Toronto's veteran indie booksellers are teaming up to organize the book event series This Is Not a Reading Series. Charlie Huisken, co-founder of This Ain't the Rosedale Library, is the organization's new event ... Read More »

July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Ten (youngish, white) women writers Flavorwire loves

By Steven W. Beattie

Responding to the recent contretemps between Jezebel.com and The Daily Show, in which the former accused the latter of slighting its female correspondents, resulting in a blistering open letter from TDS's female staff members, the ... Read More »

July 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Eugenides’ Middlesex follow-up; blood-infused paper; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Click and read: How The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo got its cover Jeffrey Eugenides reveals details of "two-thirds done" Middlesex follow-up Franz Kafka safety deposit box being opened amid much sturm und drang The ... Read More »

July 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

How e-books break poems

By Stuart Woods

Poetry rarely makes the headlines, but an Associated Press story about the unsuitability of verse to the e-book form has been making the rounds. The story notes the dearth of major poets being published digitally. ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Daily book biz round-up: Kindle no good for poetry; who do you write like?; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Breezy links for a light news day: Japanese author to release latest novel exclusively through iPad Poetry sucks on the Kindle Video: Old Spice guy digs libraries Salon's Laura Miller digs Shirley Jackson Homes of ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Playboy Portugal cancelled over risquÃ© Saramago cover

By Stuart Woods

The Portuguese edition of Playboy recently made the classy decision to do a cover story about recently deceased novelist and Nobel Prize“winner Jose Saramago. Then it ruined everything by illustrating the article with an image ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Franzen talks up old novel; publishers attacked by Twittersphere; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Get 'em while they're hot: Jonathan Franzen attempts to rehabilitate a lost classic Newt Gingrich's history of bogus book promotion Twitter hashtag results in explosion of unsolicited advice for publishers Penguin Group CEO John Makinson ... Read More »

July 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: battle over The Shack; FOX News attacked; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Check these out: The bitter legal battle over proceeds from The Shack Kitty Kelley's Oprah to be turned into TV movie A Chicago librarian rips into FOX News library exposé Seth brings new look to ... Read More »

July 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Sh*t some publishers put out

By Steven W. Beattie

There is a new apparently unstoppable literary trend poised to join the ranks of carbon-copy publishing: "Sh*t My [Blank Does]" books. This one kicked off with Justin Halpern's Sh*t My Dad Says, a memoir loosely ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Graphic novelist Harvey Pekar dead at 70

By Steven W. Beattie

The Ohio Chronicle-Telegraph is reporting that Harvey Pekar, the iconoclastic creator of the graphic novel American Splendor, has died at age 70. Pekar was best known for his autobiographical stories that examined the combined absurdities ... Read More »

July 12, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

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Charlie Huisken joins TINARS

Ten (youngish, white) women writers Flavorwire loves

Daily book biz round-up: Eugenides’ Middlesex follow-up; blood-infused paper; and more

How e-books break poems

Daily book biz round-up: Kindle no good for poetry; who do you write like?; and more

Playboy Portugal cancelled over risquÃ© Saramago cover

Daily book biz round-up: Franzen talks up old novel; publishers attacked by Twittersphere; and more

Daily book biz round-up: battle over The Shack; FOX News attacked; and more

Sh*t some publishers put out

Graphic novelist Harvey Pekar dead at 70

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