Search Results by tag: Mobylives

Daily book biz round-up: book hunting on Google eBooks; when Franzen met Oprah; and more

Today's book news: MobyLives goes book hunting on Google eBooks Salon's Laura Miller picks the best fiction and non-fiction of 2010 WikiLeaks defector writes tell-all book (but it's in German, so don't get too excited) ... Read More »

December 7, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Reviews sabotaged on Amazon U.K.

By Alina Seagal

The U.K.'s Daily Mail (via MobyLives) reports authors and publishers who are accusing each other of skewing Amazon star ratings by creating fake reader reviews: [PR firms] provide favourable reviews of new books, at a ... Read More »

November 30, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: Of Thee I Sing sells; judging books by their covers; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: HarperCollins and Gawker make nice Of Thee I Sing becomes fastest selling picture book in Random House history Better ... Read More »

November 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Happy birthday, John le CarrÃ©

By Alina Seagal

John le Carré, known for spy thrillers such as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, turned 79 this Tuesday. According to MobyLives: He's since gone on to write some of the finest thrillers ... Read More »

October 19, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: WSJ’s Weekend Edition debuts; DeLillo wins PEN/Saul Bellow; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Reviewing the Wall Street Journal's new Weekend Edition Dying author searches for someone to complete his last work Don DeLillio wins PEN/Saul Bellow award for American fiction (as if he needed it) ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah and Franzen all but confirmed; WSJ book section slammed; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: MobyLives breaks out the smoking gun: a copy of Freedom with an Oprah sticker New Wall Street Journal book section sparks conflict-of-interest concerns Michael Lewis tops Business Book of the Year Award ... Read More »

September 16, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah’s arrow points to Franzen again; Google mangles your literary faves; and more

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: MobyLives says that Oprah is picking Freedom (We don't know who to trust anymore!) President Obama to write dull-looking children's book Amazon attacks iPad for being too shiny David Foster Wallace archive ... Read More »

September 14, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon’s bombshell, Kafka exposed, and more

By Stuart Woods

The news that e-books have topped hardcover sales at Amazon is rocking the publishing world... ... But MobyLives questions some of the figures Andrew Nikiforuk becomes The Tyee's first writer-in-residence (via Canadian Magazines) Frank Kafka ... Read More »

July 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

By Scott MacDonald

A quiet day in the land of book news: Amazon starts paying referral commissions on Kindle book sales One million iPads sold, says Apple Is Amazon's "most-highlighted" tracking creepy and wrong? Comix artist Peter Kuper ... Read More »

May 4, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

Daily book biz round-up: Doctorow slams iPad; Tintin in trouble again

By Scott MacDonald

Today's book news: Lady Seinfeld innocent of vegetable plagiarism Tintin in trouble in the Congo again. Quick Snowy, run get help! N+1 gets a schmancy new website China Miéville now three times as nerdy 99-year-old ... Read More »

April 29, 2010 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: Mobylives

Daily book biz round-up: book hunting on Google eBooks; when Franzen met Oprah; and more

Reviews sabotaged on Amazon U.K.

Daily book biz round-up: Of Thee I Sing sells; judging books by their covers; and more

Happy birthday, John le CarrÃ©

Daily book biz round-up: WSJ’s Weekend Edition debuts; DeLillo wins PEN/Saul Bellow; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah and Franzen all but confirmed; WSJ book section slammed; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Oprah’s arrow points to Franzen again; Google mangles your literary faves; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Amazon’s bombshell, Kafka exposed, and more

Daily book biz round-up: one million iPads sold; Amazon Associates payola; and more

Daily book biz round-up: Doctorow slams iPad; Tintin in trouble again

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