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Archives: November 2007

Book Sales Might Be Rising, But Book Jobs? Not So Much

Dateline Reykjavik: Getting Settled In

Beschloss's New Book Deal? That's Old News!

Scene @ Louisa McCormack's Book Party

I Have Stepped Out Briefly...

Philip Levine Feted Tonight at Cooper Union

Jack Romanos Has a Posse

September: Another Month of Rising Book Sales

Warning: Lots of Violence, All of It Gratuitous

Edgar-Winning Charles Ardai Ineligible for Edgar?

Dozens of Weird Books, Collected Under One Cover

Prolonging the Deathly Hallows Afterglow

The New Small Talk: She Does It So Awfully Well

mediabistro.com's Throwing a Party for Nina Burleigh

Our Exit Interview with Jack Romanos

Meg Cabot Is Ruining the Classics (with apologies to Spike Jones)

Nat Geo Gets Updike Talking Dinosaurs

Eye-Catching New Sci-Fi Covers from England

Are Paperback Readers Paying for Discounts on Kindle Fodder?

Situation Wanted: When Bulfinch and Craigslist Collide

A Special Holiday Discount From mediabistro.com's UnBeige

Get Ready for the NYCIP Book Fair

First Glimpse of 2008's Solomon Kane Movie

"New-York Ghost" Busted: Times Unmasks Zine Editor

Gay Critics Brand Brokaw's '60s Straight and Narrow

Marvel, DC Team Up Against Digital Bootleggers

Kindle Story Isn't Just in the Tech

Bells Are Ringing: Book Community Weddings

Yes, Yes, Publishing Is Debased, By All Means, Go On...

Another Los Angeles Indie Sounds a Warning Cry

The Kindle's Ugly; Can I Customize It, Please?

Charles Saatchi to the 101st Power

Happy Thanksgiving!

Don't Throw the Kindle on the Woodpile Just Yet

Catching Up with Last Week's Parties

Scene @ SFWA Fall Reception

Regan vs. HarperCollins et al: Would She Throw the Election?

A Pitch Letter Full of Overblown Hype? Shocker!

Good News for Newspaper-Based Book Reviewing

Putting the Kindle in Historical Perspective

Scene @ Housing Works' "Only Connect" Reading

Scene @ Shooting War Launch Party

Bookvideos.TV No Longer S&S-Exclusive

T-Shirts Are to Sociology As Legs Are to Chick Lit: Discuss

Readers Chime In on the Kindle's Specs

How To Talk About Book Parties You Haven't Attended

American Literature's Savior Now Up for Auction

Scene @ Regret the Error Launch Party

Apparently Karl Rove Is At Penguin

The Blogosphere Reacts: Kindle Changes Everything

Chuck Norris Tells America How It's Gonna Be

Amazon Hopes You'll Pay to Read Blogs

Regan vs. HarperCollins et al: Waiting for the Great Leap Forward

Jessica Seinfeld: "I Didn't Need to Do This Book"

Flammable Author Refuses to Be Silenced or Pigeonholed

Cory Doctorow Adds Comics to His Free Distribution Zone

Rebecca Donner Makes Her Broadway Debut

Amazon Unveils the Future of E-Books

America's Manga Mentor Lectures on Astro Boy

Planting Trees to Offset Ken Follett's New Fortune

A Peek Inside Chronicle's "Black Box"

Genre Writers, Standing By Their Hollywood Brethren

Nine Writers Receive $50K "United States Artist" Fellowships

The Nicole Brown Simpson Book That Never Was

Louisiana Authors Come Together for CultureFest

A Bit of Nat'l Book Award Trivia, Semi-Resolved

Scene @ Secret New York Launch Party

21st Annual New York Book Fair This Weekend

Scene @ Wednesday Night's Readings

Hachette's Team-Building Week Continues

Bret Easton Ellis Ain't Quite Melville Yet

Rosie Pitches Bella Abzug Bio to Young Feminists

Don't Write Western Civilization Off Just Yet

Friday Morning Book Video: Tastes Like Cuba

Amazon's E-Book Device Ready for Holiday Shopping?

Scene @ National Book Awards Ceremony

Small Town Bookseller Bullied by College Muckety Muck

An Embarassment of Literary Riches in Manhattan Tonight

What's At Stake In the Harry Potter Lawsuit

Our Culture Either Has or Hasn't Fallen Apart, Take Your Pick

E-Commerce Outlets Spared Sales Tax Wrangle

Writers Supporting Writers, As Strike Continues

Meet Your 2007 National Book Award Winners

What Passes for National Book Award Gossip

Regan vs. HarperCollins et al: Quick Update

The Express Line Between Doubleday and Hachette

The Uncanny Timing of Regan vs. HarperCollins et al

If You Aren't Going to the National Book Awards...

Oprah Taps Ken Follett for Book Club

Marvel Offers Limited Access to Superhero Inventory

Regan vs. HarperCollins et al: Cast Your Vote!

New York Taxmen Want Their E-Commerce Cut

Regan vs. HarperCollins et al: Of Course, You Realize This Means War

Judith Regan: The GalleyCat Crib Sheet

New York Is Book Country, And To Hell With Brooklyn

Handicapping the National Book Award for Fiction: Not That Hard

More Doom and Gloom, Inspired By You Kids Today

Salon To J.K. Rowling: Get Over Yourself

Harlequin's Giving Away Short Stories Online

Self-Publisher's Travails: Cautionary... or Inspirational?

[Meta] RSS Users, Please Stand By

The Futurist in the NYT Attic

Fake Steve Jobs Professes His Love for Macs

After All the Suffering That Went Into Our Dumb Atlas, You'd Better Enjoy It

The Future Looks Bright (If You're Already a Star)

Your Take on the New, Ad-Supported Borders

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Fans Underwrite a Travel Feature from SF Author

Your Daily Portent of Doom and Gloom

Mendelsohn Wins French Literary Prize on Unanimous Vote

Oxford Designates "Locavore" Word of the Year

Techies Find "4-Hour" Man Strangely Compelling

Today's Visit to Borders Is Brought to You By...

Unspoken Truce Keeps Manga Subculture Flourishing

Scene @ The Coldest Winter Premiere

Norman Mailer, 1923-2007

Norman Mailer: A YouTube Selection

Do Your Copyeditor a Favor: Use Courier

Self-Published Fantasty Epics, Ghostwriters, Scammy Agents, and Plagiarism: It's a Literary Perfect Storm!

Delayed Royalties: A Real Problem? And If So, Is It Deliberate?

Keep Your Eye on the Observer's Book Guy

Wolf Totem Takes Man Asian on Eve of US/UK Debut

The Pipe Dreams of the Aspiring Writer

Anonymous Agent Says Royalties Flowing Too Slow

"Advice Goddess" Sells McGraw-Hill on Her War Against Bad Manners

Even the Dalai Lama Needs a Platform

Building a Book Campaign Without An Author

Chastity Advocates Ready to Talk It Out for the Cameras

Regnery's Ex-Publisher Wonders What Fuss Is About

Rudy Rucker's Two-Fisted Creative Prowess

Black History Month Gets a YA Makeover in 2008

Laura Zigman Joins HealthCentral.com as "Expert Patient"

Blogging About a Book About Book Blogs

Training the Next Generation of Conspiracy Nuts

The Book Babes Have a Book Deal

Digital Books Won't Knock Paper Off the Shelf

Southern Authors Banding Together, Online and Off

Cyberpunk's Godfather Keeps His Fame in Perspective

Even New Directions Has Book Trailers Now

Penguin Prevails In Suit Over Parker's Verse

Fleeting Encounters Inspire Graphic Short-Shorts

More Thoughts on the Eagle Publishing Lawsuit

Your Thoughts on Dual-Format Publishing

Anti-Stoning Anthology Extends Deadline for Submission

Another Brick in the Wall

Whither the Short Story, One More Time

The Plight of the Beleagured Book Review Editor

Your Thoughts on the Eagle Publishing Lawsuit

A Sneak Peek at the New Amazon.com

Eagle Accused of Short-Changing Authors on Royalties

Elizabeth Hay Takes Canada's Giller Prize

Scene @ Shirley MacLaine's Book Party

Steve Erickson Flickers Back Into View

NYTBR: So Much For That Liberal Media

Oprah's Inadvertent Thing for Fake Memoirs

Happiness in Libraries Is Entirely a Matter of Chance

Picador UK Embraces Simultaneous Hard/Soft Publishing

Brace Yourself for Sudden IMPAC

Your Tuesday Morning Book Trailer: The Kept Man

"Obscene Comic" Trial Back @ Square One, Again

Scene @ Feminist Press 37th Anniversary Gala

Striking Writers Still Have Options for Writing

Pit Stops on the Road to Damascus

We're Trivializing Literature, Brick by Brick

Romance Editors Rally Around Stricken Author

Scene @ National Press Club Book Fair

SharedBook Enters the Web 2.0 Cookbook Market

Don't Let the Pink Cover Faze You

Come Party with mediabistro.com and Jeffrey Yamaguchi

New Adventures in Lit Crit Neologism

Bezos: Just Trying to Keep the Customer Satisfied

Jessica Seinfeld PR Gloss Kicks Into Overdrive

At What Cost Will Content Become Free?

Good Lord, Is It NaNoWriMo Again Already?

Only 1,729 James Frey Readers Upset Enough to Demand Refund

Scene @ Texas Book Festival

Scene @ Last Thursday's Parties

I Stretched With a Zombie

Sometimes, Commercial Flop <> Financial Loss

After Much Editorial Abuse, One Agent's Polite Response

Your Call: "Project Freeze Out" Likely a Crock

Who Would You Trust With Your ARCs?

People Are So Reading Books Still

They're Just Not That Into You; or, Agents' Worst Suspicions Confirmed

Pat Conroy Doesn't Like It When You Ban His Books

I Believe The Children Are Our Future

Everybody Hates Somebody Sometime (Often, An Agent)

Gawker Book Sales Stuck Below 1,000 Copies

Scott Adams Learns Not to Mess With Fans' Bookmarks

After the Resentment Comes Out, the Finger Pointing Begins

Scene @ WNBA 90th Anniversary Celebration

EW Blogger Can't Get Past the Title

Rowling: Only I Hold the Keys to Potter-ville

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