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Archives: January 2006
Freywatch: UK publisher pulls head out of sand
Class Action Suit against Scholastic
Freywatch: Ladies Love Cool James
Authors With Brimfuls of Celeb Sexcapades
Wackiest Fake Writer Yet: "Nazi Like Me"
Why Brooklyn Says Frey's Fiction
Monday Morning Freywatch: The fun continued after the show
Monday Morning Freywatch: the opinions continue
Sherman Alexie Speaks Out on Nasdijj
Monday Morning Freywatch: contests and merch!
From dour to cheerful, thanks to an audience
Wottakar's: here, there and everywhere
All We Are Is Dust in the Wind
What, No Dirk Wears White Sox?
Ballantine Throws Nasdijj Overboard
Weekend Freywatch: Another Take on Oprah
Brooklyn Librarians: Frey's a Fiction Writer
Nasdijj's "Navahoax" Gets Weirder
Battle of the D.C. Sex Scandal Pastiches
Publishing Tidbits, or there's more to life than James Frey
Freywatch: the fallout continues
So how hard is it to fact check anyway?
Switching from memoir to novel
Freywatch: so *now* the publishers get contrite!
James Frey Gets His, Takes It Like Man(?)
Freywatch: Not Happening in the UK
Patrick O'Keeffe Wins Story Prize
One More JT LeRoy Item, Because We Can
Will the misery memoir just go away already?
2nd Borders Exec Announces Departure
Dog Days Honeymoon Already Over?
Freywatch: All Hazelden, all the time
Fake Writers (Finally) Come in Threes
You know it's going to be a bidding war for first serial rights
Barer looks to flesh out her list
Smithsonian Institutes a Leaner Approach
Oxford Spotlights Freedom Riders
Thanks for the Shoutout, PW Daily
Trump to Libel Attorneys: You're Hired!
Stephen King, Sullied By Commerce? Horrors!
Freywatch: Weingarten, Wiesel and more
Bowker gives stats on setting, price and format
Newbery, Caldecott Awards given
Jeff vs. Geoffrey in Courtroom Battle
Here's a Health to Them That's Awa
Talking with Waterfront Media: Self-Help done selectively
Turkey drops case against Pamuk
Teachout to Gutenberg: Here's Your Hat
Freywatch: last trickling gasps
Sysops Shut Frey Down? Or Is He Lying?
No Pets Allowed, Not Even Bananafish
A Riddle Solved: Audiobook Techniques Revealed
Blog Usurps Yet Another Magazine Function
Original Voices IDed at the Borders
Textual analysis goes deeper than imagined
Memo to UK chains: the rope to hang yourselves is here
Jordan and Jodie: the catfight extends to books!
Kirshbaum's first deal as an agent
OMG, Somebody's Dissing Elie Wiesel!
Loompanics Closing Its Doors Forever
George Tenet gets a book deal -- yet again
Wait, That Was a Real Interview?
Of mystery novels, Embassies and success
Pre-empting the incessant coverage to come
Freywatch: Nan Talese gets angry and Tom Scocca loves the footnote
Mad Max Perkins takes off his mask
Choose Your Own (or Somebody Else's) Adventure
Will the lads want to buy books?
Wire Services Bicker Over Oprah's Night
Speaking of Trauma Narratives...
We'll Settle This When the Softball Fields Thaw...
NYT Not Quite Done Playing With Cox
Online Philosophers Moving Into Print
Freywatch: password protection, class action lawsuits, and Michiko has her say!
The Litblog Co-Op's Winter Nominee
Because being married to her is enough material
The Jane Austen Guide to Romance
Bronx Library Center Opens Today
Oprah Plans Entire Day Around Night
Hue and Frey: An Op-Ed-Like Summation
JT LeRoy: The Ultimate Triumph of Alt.Sex.Stories?
The Second Season has publishing life
The underside of independent bookselling
Frisco's Queer Youth Slam LeRoy
Yet more on Frey: Talese vs. Talese
So what will this mean for Wottakar's?
The Iowa of Sci-Fi Writing Workshops
Then Again, Is Iowa Still the Iowa of MFAs?
Bringing together crime of all kinds
Death as a window to literature
They'll Take Your Money (And Never Give Up)
Transfolk Speak Out on JT's Deception
Evidently he wasn't such a joy to work with, either
This bodes *real* well for book prizes
Does Hollywood Care About Phony Authors?
Algonquin adds a paperback line
Looks like fakery isn't just restricted to books
What does all this literary fakery mean for publishing?
The Axes Come Out for Grinding
Our Shameless Bid for Popularity
J.K. Rowling offers a glimpse into the future
At Algonquin, the quirkier the better
Warner Shows Skill at Panning Frey
Sometimes a blanket "no comment" will do the trick
And the winner of Cindy Sheehan's next round of memoirs is...
Hollywood Producer Picks Up Younger Woman
Guess James Frey's memory was faultier than imagined
You Won't Fool Warren St. John Twice
Harlequin Romance, Manga-style
Another Star in the Business Blogosphere
Who cares about winning -- it's scandal that counts
The Monday Morning QB on DOG DAYS
Breaking: Da Vinci Code PB for March?
It's Like 1984 All Over Again!
Bookscan Can't Track These Hot Books
They analyzed Bookscan so you didn't have to
The agent/author name game goes a bit too far
It's Like 1971 All Over Again!
Ana Marie Cox Is 2006's Curtis Sittenfeld
JT LeRoy Sighted in Hollywood Hills!
The Agent Who Loves Small Presses
For books, the price isn't exactly right
I think I'll just echo Michael Cader's line on this
...And All the Reviews Will Be Above Average
Another Zindel enters the YA fray
Oh Boy, Another Regional Literary Magazine!
Terry McMillan knows how to throw things in her hubby's face, too
They get knocked down, but they get up again
Facts Continue to Change Their Shape
An unforseen consequence of Pottermania
And a collective "oooops" was sounded by all
Ring in 2006 with some wishful thinking
Newflash: Jackie Collins and litfic aren't best buds!
