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Archives: July 2006

The Exciting World of WebComics

James Ellroy to Thomas Wolfe: Screw You

Give F. Paul Wilson His Next Plot!

Rejecting the Gray Flannel Suit for Literary Tweed

The publishing equivalent of Madlibs?

Brick Lane Drives Wedge Between Writers

Getting rich, the Felix Dennis way

NYC Writers Reading for Peace

NYTBR Embraces Collapse of Genre Distinctions

Hemingway's Ghost a Crazy Cat Lady?

RITAs, Romance & Recognition

Marvel Chief Brings Comics to Late Night News

Author Hunger Strikes in White House's Shadow

Pretty Boy Artist Makes Good

Quartet of Memoirists Bid "Hello, Cleveland!"

Oh bother, now just anyone can get a book deal

Lagardere's fortunes improve thanks to TWBG acquisition

BRICK LANE controversy: writers defend Ali and protesters have their say

Another Turkish author acquitted after her day in court

We're Having a Party—And You're Invited!

Javits Center expansion approved

Online Anti-DRM Parable Makes Leap to Print

By Tomorrow, He'll Have Averted WWIII

Da Vinci Spinning Wheel, Spinning 'Round

Scene at Maura Moynihan's Book Party

Waging war on the BRICK LANE movie

Amazon continues to baffle, drive people crazy

Lincoln Center & Wiley get together

Profits up, profits down: this week in actual business stuff

Just Can't Wait to Get on the Road Again?

Another Behind-the-Scenes Look at Publishing
from mediabistro.com

Running Blog Empire Leaves Huffington
Enough Free Time to Judge Blog Contest

Wait, On the Road Was Edited?

Ruby-Strauss Hits the Ground Running

Avon fan romance contest: get readers writing, boost sales

George Pelecanos is going to be a bestseller, dammit

Thanks to Harry Potter, more kids are reading

Patterson moves to Random House UK

The Long Tail isn't what it's cracked up to be...or is it?

The wave of Christian publishing future

Design for Living by Penguin's Paul Buckley

Thank God I'm an Easy Mark

Peter Field named new boss of Penguin UK

TED's Excellent Adventure

Elif Shafak wages battle for literature

British government crackdown on memoirs

Only one thing to say about Jared Paul Stern's book proposal

Andre Bernard exits Harcourt

Backspace is the writer's place

mediabistro.com's Mini-Summit @ Comic-Con

Comic-Con: The Graphic 9/11 Report

Comic-Con: Multimedia Circus

Canongate shakes things up

Gossip Lit doesn't work outside of New York

Comic-Con: Where Entertainment Converges

Repurposing classic fiction

Comic-Con: Not Just for Comics Anymore

Comic-Con: To Infinity and Beyond!

Comic-Con: Tying Up Heroes' Loose Ends

Is Borders ripe for a takeover?

For Clare Alexander, agenting is a personal issue

OUP's Feldman dishes on what book editors want

Comic-Con Photos: Do I Have Your Attention?

Mirchandani let go from Random House UK

Penguin UK's distribution problems claim an unexpected casualty

Comic-Con: Finding Lost Girls

Comic-Con: Terry Moore

Borders CEO wants more razzle-dazzle

But if it gets her off-the-book page coverage, then it must be true!

Today in lawsuits: Little, Brown libel, Orion case continues

Comic-Con: Time to Go to Work

Real and practical uses for print-on-demand

The end of the road for A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

What's Your Author Photo Personality?

Frank Miller to Direct Spirit Movie

Germany's surprise bestseller

Ads don't sell books..but maybe they do

We always knew books had aphrodisiac qualities

Bookstore CEO interview #1: George Jones of Borders

Bookstore CEO interview #2: Simon Fox at HMV

One More Late Jab at the Times

For McKellar, Math Class Isn't so Tough

One More Child Star Turned Writer
And We've Got Ourselves a Trend

Georgiades to Head NY Post Book Desk

Lesbian Superheroes! Alert the NYTBR!

Mickey Spillane dead at 88

Reviewers Behaving Badly in the NYT

Booksellers complain about Brooklyn hotel switch

Today in Wottakar's: Tim still bitching, HMV names new head

Brick Lane Movie Aggravates Locals

Book Trailers and Other Media Organisms

Let's just abolish the "Single Standard" edict right now

Publishers want bigger cut of movie action

Rejection still stings twenty-odd years later

The New York Times Book Review
Welcomes You to 2006!

At 75, Joy of Cooking Goes to the Source

Prepare for floodgate of DianaGate titles

DIY Kids Book Pokes Fun at DRM

An Author w/His Head in the Clouds

Christian Book Fair Comes to East Texas

Dawesar Holds Reading, Gallery Opening on Same Night

The fun happens when you stay home

Today in Wottakar's: the rebrand begins

Plame Jumps to S&S just as things get more interesting

It's official: Jones named Borders CEO

Prepare for the book onslaught on Thursdays!

Happiness Is... A Regularly Updated Blog

Virgin Comics Plans More Action With John Woo
(Mad Hits Like Rod Carew to Follow?)

The Long Tail Has Room for Bestsellers

Toby Young Knows How You Feel

Why publishers are paying attention to blogs, redux

Another day, another plagiarism story

Edwards finds success the second time around

It's easier to steal the Philly Inquirer's headline here

Rice University Press revived online

Grisham's next bestseller gets one advance naysayer

Fake Psychic Makes Great Fake Writer

Katha Pollitt Gnashes Teeth, Rends Garments
All the Way to the Bank

Brian Eno Lays Down Tracks for Audiobook

NYTBR Dumps Updike for More Lesbians

How high gasoline prices affects the publishing industry

Ahoy, it's the Bulwer-Lytton Prize

Ladybird: a former children's book powerhouse moves on

Jordan's Whole New World includes Bestselling Novels

Avon imprint now in the UK, too

Takeshi: Books as Well as Movies

These Kids Today, With Their Fancy Internets

Fairly Warned Be Ye, Says I: Pirate Party!

Coulter's Syndicate Believes In Her

Chick lit with a bibliophilic twist

Big day arrives, publishers' hopes likely dashed

For Tim Waterstone, it's about failure as much as success

Borders goes shopping for new CEO

Toby Young Plays Both Sides
of the Nick/Laurel Fence

Canongate nabs Cochrane from Borders

The Minots All Get Major Lift

Believeniks Unmasked!

Linguist Stands Up for Coulter

Cody's Goes Down, But Not Quietly

Department of Obvious: Niche Marketing works too!

The Gods Might Be Crazy

Indies to beat big box bookstores at own game?

Not So Many Happy Returns,
But Could Prada Have Legs?

Felt's first collaborator throws hissy fit

Children's publishing roundup

Thought the Da Vinci Code Trial was Over? Think again

You Read It Here First

Let's All Cash In on Ann Coulter's Downfall!

Gather.com, Amazon Team
To Promote Mini-Ebooks

One Need Never Leave
the Confines of New York...

Robert Downey Jr. Opens Vein - as an author

Today in Wottakar's: the Ottakar's brand goes kaput

Hey, Kids! Blogs About Comics!

Faber extends publishing alliance

Chica Lit on the Rise

VH1 Reboots Publication Strategy

Publishers for, against Google

Jodi Picoult to write for Wonder Woman

Coulter vs. NYPost:
So Sad When 'Wingers Can't Get Along

The many hats of Eden Collinsworth

Today in Wottakar's: closing head offices, trading issues

Nothing Here Has Changed, Just The Beat

Welcome to the Gift Economy 2K6

On Logrolling in Our Time

The Return of the Character
Comics Fans Never Imagined

Hachette consolidation makes house bids trickier

Hot new trends that um, aren't so much

Whither Devil Wears Prada? Writers Weigh In

Do It Yourself in Audio

Bertelsmann buys back GBL share

Wottakar's: in the can and back with a vengeance

Hmm, so I guess this should be called CopyCoulter then?

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