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Harry Potter, Dan Brown dominate U.K. list of best-selling books

The stereotype has it that England is filled with recondite literati ensconced in mahogany-lined libraries reading leather-bound volumes of Romantic poetry and plump Victorian novels. This as compared to the beer-swilling philistines in America, gorging ... Read More »

January 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

The gospel according to Dan Brown

By Nathan Whitlock

New York Times columnist Ross Douhat (who does not look at all like David Brent ... well, maybe just a little) believes that Dan Brown's novels are successful not just because the books are cheesy ... Read More »

May 20, 2009 | Filed under: Book culture, Opinion

Another day, another literary award controversy

By Eric Emin Wood

The winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, which is partially funded by the Booker foundation, has been announced. The majority of titles on the shortlist “ Hunger, The Unfaithful Translator, The American Granddaughter, Time of White Horses, The ... Read More »

March 17, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Twelve must-haves for booksellers

By Sara Forsyth

Market research firm Nielsen just released a list of the top 12 books that booksellers "cannot afford not to stock." The U.K.'s Telegraph notes that the works of Jane Austen, The Lord of the Rings ... Read More »

August 12, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Talk books, knock boots

By Scott MacDonald

Over at The Tyee, Shannon Rupp has posted a lengthy response to a recent New York Times piece about bibliophiles judging potential mates by their reading material. Using a booklist to divine a man's character ... Read More »

April 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Whither Dan Brown?

By Scott MacDonald

It's been five years now since Dan Brown's insanely popular The Da Vinci Code was published, and a lot of publishing industry types are getting antsy waiting for the follow-up, which is purported to be ... Read More »

January 25, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Book Standard website, Bookslut's Jessa Crispin looks at one of the fond traditions of the holiday season -- publishers trying to sell us things we already have. She's referring to new deluxe editions ... Read More »

December 7, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling

The eBook tease continues

By Cassandra Drudi

CNET News's Gagdet Blog reported yesterday that Sony has shuffled the release date of its PRS-500 eBook reader back yet another season. Once promised for spring, then summer of this year, an e-mail update from ... Read More »

July 27, 2006 | Filed under: Book news

Hating The Da Vinci Code, the sequel

By Leigh Anne Williams

In Other Media is not a fan of The New Yorker's funnyman film critic, Anthony Lane, clinging as we do to the idealistic belief that a review should be something more than a preening display ... Read More »

May 23, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

By Scott MacDonald

The world just can't seem to leave its wealthiest conspiracy theorist alone. The latest incident in the Da Vinci Code money grab sees Mikhail Anikin, a Russian art historian, vying for a public apology and ... Read More »

April 12, 2006 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: Da Vinci Code

Harry Potter, Dan Brown dominate U.K. list of best-selling books

The gospel according to Dan Brown

Another day, another literary award controversy

Twelve must-haves for booksellers

Talk books, knock boots

Whither Dan Brown?

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

The eBook tease continues

Hating The Da Vinci Code, the sequel

Mr. Mock-turtleneck and Blazer gets in trouble again

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