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Vulture (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Last year, Twilight proved to zillions of shrieking Twi-hards that no matter how passionately you love a florid, overwritten, hilarious book, the movie can be even better . How will this year's installment, New Moon , fare with a new director (the non-vagina-having Chris Weitz) and a new love interest (Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner)? Good news! Once again, Hollywood magic has delivered a version...
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litlady | 11/19/2009
Publishers in 2009 are reporting declining unit sales and dismal profits. Is this a result of a slower economy or is it something more malignant such as publishers not listening to what readers really want? According to reviews in Amazon and Barnes & Nobles, book buyers rate some of the top selling books as mediocre or worst. These same books garner high sales figures, appearance in the New York
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While The DaVinci Code could be considered a success from a popularity standpoint, it certainly wasn't a literary masterpiece. Same with Angels and...
Jason - (not a member) - 11/20/2009
Travis is black - that is why his book is not promoted much.
Travis Hunter's book is not really promoted that well because of racism. Lot of the agents and literary folks are reluctant to promote books by black authors...
anonymous - 11/20/2009
Great article.
I have read Travis Hunter's book and they are great reads.
anonymous - 11/20/2009
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Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
I've made no secret of my fondness for Grace Metalious's Peyton Place , and I've also mentioned Vin Packer's The Girl on the Best Seller List. Packer might be best-known for her lesbian-themed fiction for Gold Medal, but she wrote a number of quality crime novels for the line. Sometimes the novels might be based on actual cases ( The Evil Friendship ). In this case, it's the author imagining what might...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The 60th annual National Book Awards was a night to celebrate literature and to wonder about its future. Lifetime achievement winner Gore Vidal envisioned only pulp and dust Wednesday as he contemplated the state of books, while fellow honorary winner Dave...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Hundreds of college students were surprised on Wednesday when they were handed free copies of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" as they walked across campus. But they were perhaps even more surprised when they opened the book and discovered that it contained a 50-page forward by a Christian ...
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Scott D Parker (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I'm currently reading the second Doc Savage novel, "The Land of Terror," but didn't finish it by yesterday. Look for that review next week. And tune in on Fridays in December when, in honor of two things (Mystery A and Mystery B), I'll be reviewing a special four-book series. I don't think it takes a huge leap of logic to let you know what they are. And check back on 2 December when I'll...
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Edgy Inspirational Author blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you want to win this book there are still a few days left until a winner is selected... Cornhusker Academy: "It's Not About Him" Book Review and Giveaway!
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New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jonathan Safran Foer uses his literary gifts to give the reader some very visceral, very gruesome descriptions of factory farming and the slaughterhouse.
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News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Diane Selsor Edwards, a relative of the Clutter family who were the subjects of the book “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote, feels that Capote exploited the family (11/13, A1, “Put focus on the Clutters, not Capote”). She says he...
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The Eclectic Chapbook (Free subscription) | yesterday
Florida Book Review's live blogging compilation page of the Miami Book Fair 2009, including the panel on Urban Noir, which was the main focus of my interest: -- Almost halfway down the page at the Sunday, Nov. 15, 12: 28 PM timestamp, the Urban Noir material begins with Jamie May's account. Just below May's account in the same block, Lynne Barrett adds a brief note. -- Keep scrolling down the page....
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ArtsBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
Irish-born novelist Colum McCann, who dazzled attendees of the 2009 North American James Joyce Conference in Buffalo this past June at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Hyatt Regency Hotel with readings from his soon-to-be released novel Let the Great World Spin (Random House) was one of the big winners Wednesday night at the 60th annual National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Benefit Dinner...
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92Y Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Wed at Cipriani Wall Street, Colum McCann was awarded National Book Award for fiction for his novel Let the Great World Spin . A novel, the New York Times wrote, “featuring a sprawling cast of characters in 1970s New York City whose lives are ineluctably touched by the mysterious tightrope walker who traverses a wire suspended between the Twin Towers one morning.” On stage accepting...
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The Kindle Reader (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Each week Entertainment Weekly reviews a small selection of popular new books. Titles available for the Kindle reviewed in the November 20th issue include: Last Words , by George Carlin with Tony Hendra. Free Press. MEMOIR. EW's slant: "...at turns biting and touching and often both". Amazon customer rating: 5 stars (6 reviews). Kindle edition $12.95. Text-to-Speech: Enabled. "As one...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
"TWILIGHT: NEW Moon" is not a good movie, but who cares. Stephenie Meyer's saga has hacked into the reptilian cortex of the female brain the way "Grand Theft Auto" taps into the male (I'll leave it you to judge which is the superior gender), and all "New Moon" really needs to do is put Kristen Stewart within five feet of Rob Pattinson and his sparkly skin. Mission accomplished....
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bharatbook | 11/19/2009
This Report covers companies active as window and door manufacturers. The Report analyses accounts filed in the three years up to 7 November 2007. Accounts with year ends falling in the 12 months up to 7 November 2007 are assigned to the third analysis period, with earlier accounts assigned to previous periods. The companies included in the Report are: ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=114964&rt=Window-And-Door-Manufacturers-Business-Ratio.html
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litlady | 11/19/2009
Publishers in 2009 are reporting declining unit sales and dismal profits. Is this a result of a slower economy or is it something more malignant such as publishers not listening to what readers really want? According to reviews in Amazon and Barnes & Nobles, book buyers rate some of the top selling books as mediocre or worst. These same books garner high sales figures, appearance in the New York best...
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While "The DaVinci Code" could be considered a success from a popularity standpoint, it certainly wasn't a literary masterpiece. Same with "Angels and...
en - (not a member) - 11/20/2009
Travis is black - that is why his book is not promoted much.
Travis Hunter's book is not really promoted that well because of racism. Lot of the agents and literary folks are reluctant to promote books by black authors...
en - (not a member) - 11/20/2009
Great article.
I have read Travis Hunter's book and they are great reads.
en - (not a member) - 11/20/2009
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christmasgift | 11/18/2009
While the smell is up to the Christmas gifts for her smaller ideas, such as books as well received. Christmas period is often a signal for a variety of personalities, and television personalities, the autobiography, or a similar product, which makes them the ideal number of books as Christmas gifts for her. As nothing, it's definitely worth the purchase of books, including many places where they are...
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