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Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

Some book-related links: The art of the bookstore pickup (MSN.com) Ex-library director gets 10 days for stealing chairs (Cantonrep.com) Tinfoil helmet time: Chretien repeatedly ambushed by 9/11 "truthers" at book events (Canada Wants 9/11 Truth) ... Read More »

December 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book links, Events

Cormac McCarthy: so in your face these days

By Stuart Woods

Cormac McCarthy is that rare thing in American letters: a writer who manages to balance literary acclaim with a large popular readership. (All of his books since 1992's All the Pretty Horses, for which he ... Read More »

October 23, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

He's back: HarperCollins buys Frey novel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Disgraced memoirist James Frey – who was made a star when Oprah Winfrey chose his book A Million Little Pieces for her book club, then humiliated when she berated him for embellishing the facts in ... Read More »

September 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Promoting Pynchon

By Leigh Anne Williams

With Thomas Pynchon's first new novel in nine years, Against the Day, set for release, Time looks at the challenge facing his publisher, Penguin: "How do you market a book written by a publicity-shy author?" ... Read More »

October 26, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Reports of Chomsky's demise greatly exaggerated

By Nathan Whitlock

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez not only stirred things up this week with his address to the U.N., in which he referred to President George W. Bush as the devil, he also started an incorrect rumour ... Read More »

September 22, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Frey speaks, selectively

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case anyone missed it, James Frey has spoken in-depth to a reporter – Laura Barton, writing for The Guardian – for the first time since the massive controversy over his Oprah-anointed but exaggerated "memoir," ... Read More »

September 21, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

The empire strikes back

By Leigh Anne Williams

With the film adpatation of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation set for release this fall, and Chew on This, an adaptation of the book aimed at kids, new in stores, the American food industry is ... Read More »

June 8, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Oprah's not the only one out for blood

By Scott MacDonald

With book clubs being touted as part of the future of book marketing, the idea of author visits to book club meetings is getting more and more popular with publishers and writers. Meetings are seen ... Read More »

February 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

Questioning the relevance of book reviews

By Scott MacDonald

A recently posted piece on TheBookseller.com rekindles an old and widely held contention regarding the effectiveness of reviews in selling books. Granted, the piece has its flaws: it is scattershot and far too brief to ... Read More »

February 10, 2006 | Filed under: Book news, Industry news, Opinion

ReFreyed

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, now we know why James Frey cancelled his appearance in Toronto, which was scheduled for Thursday. We may have assumed he was simply going into low-profile mode, but it turns out something else came ... Read More »

January 26, 2006 | Filed under: Uncategorized

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Search Results by tag: Oprah

Bookmarks: scoring in a bookstore, stealing chairs from a library, ambushing former PMs on a book tour, and more

Cormac McCarthy: so in your face these days

He's back: HarperCollins buys Frey novel

Promoting Pynchon

Reports of Chomsky's demise greatly exaggerated

Frey speaks, selectively

The empire strikes back

Oprah's not the only one out for blood

Questioning the relevance of book reviews

ReFreyed

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