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Bookmarks: Sarah Palin’s book-tour blunder, Rick Moody’s Twitter fiasco, and Sky Gilbert goes back in the closet

Sundry links from around the Web: Sarah Palin's publicist admits it was a mistake to try barring foreign journalists from a book-signing event Poet, playwright, and activist Sky Gilbert comes out as "no longer gay" ... Read More »

December 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Britain’s phone booth library, Herta MÃ¼ller’s “psychosis,” and the Bad Sex in Fiction Award winner

By Alison Potstra

Some sundry links from across the Web: Resourceful idea of the week: British village transforms traditional red phone booth into local library Coming soon to a theatre near you: the book trailer for Quirk Classics' ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Literary evidence of Timbuktu’s written heritage

By Alison Potstra

BBC News reports the reopening of a library in the centre of Timbuktu, the Ahmed Baba Institute, which will house and preserve thousands of ancient manuscripts that would otherwise have been destroyed by termites, mice, ... Read More »

December 1, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

The silver lining behind the demise of Borders U.K.

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Quillblog posted about the travails assailing the bookstore chain Borders U.K. The British company has now "admitted defeat and limped into administration," in the trenchant words of one Guardian article. That article blames ... Read More »

November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

As e-book sales soar, so does piracy

By Steven W. Beattie

"Hardcover sales of my last book were down 20 percent, while e-book sales were up 300 percent." That's what thriller writer John Lescroart told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently, although he also referred to himself as ... Read More »

November 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Nabokov backlist gets a face lift

By Steven W. Beattie

The Original of Laura, Vladimir Nabokov's final work, has just been released. To coincide with its publication, Vintage has commissioned new cover designs for the 21 Nabokov backlist titles to which it owns rights. Of ... Read More »

November 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

More trouble for Borders U.K.

By Steven W. Beattie

A BBC article reports that Borders U.K. has ceased taking online book orders and suggests that the company "does not have enough cash to last until Christmas." The article caps a bad year for the ... Read More »

November 24, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

TweetBookz: The next level of TwitLit

By Alison Potstra

Yes, Virginia, you can now self-publish your banal tweets for everyone to enjoy. TweetBookz is a new company that will publish your Twitter feeds as a hardcover book (for $30) or a softcover (for $20). Works ... Read More »

November 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Coolio cooks, Anne of Green Gables tweets, and more

By Alison Potstra

A few sundry links from across the Web: "Living in a Gourmet's Paradise?" Rapper Coolio now has his own cookbook, Cookin' with Coolio A new audio-book version of the Bible is available, featuring Richard Dreyfuss ... Read More »

November 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Birthday wishes for Margaret Atwood, and more

By Stuart Woods

Bookish links from around the Web: Happy (belated) birthday, Margaret Atwood. The author turned 70 yesterday Colum McCann has won the fiction prize at the National Book Awards for his novel Let the Great World ... Read More »

November 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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