Search Results by tag: Obama

Arrr! J.K. Rowling and John Grisham fall victim to pirates

Two of the planet's bestselling authors, J.K. "I'll kick Stephenie Meyer's ass" Rowling and John Grisham, are among several authors whose books have apparently been illegally uploaded to a San Francisco-based website that promotes itself ... Read More »

March 30, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: 1,000 novels everyone must read, toilet poems, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The Guardian has created a list of 1000 novels everyone must read, broken down into categories like comedy, crime, family and self, and state of the nation. In considering the list, Stuart Walton wonders whether ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Book links

Inaugural poet bolsters small publisher

By Scott MacDonald

A small St.Paul, Minnesota-based publisher is hoping to reap big rewards in the wake of Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony yesterday. Graywolf Press is the publisher of poet Elizabeth Alexander, who wrote and recited the inauguration ... Read More »

January 21, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: inauguration edition

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Taken from Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses, test your knowledge of the final words of former presidents' inaugural speeches (Jacket Copy) Barack Obama will take the oath of office on ... Read More »

January 20, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Book links

Capes and tights save publishing

By Steven W. Beattie

Spider-Man has already saved incoming president Barack Obama; he's now poised to save the entire publishing industry. In the midst of the gigantic economic clusterfuck global financial meltdown at the end of 2008, one segment ... Read More »

January 12, 2009 | Filed under: Industry news

Hey kids! Wanna read about America’s president-elect?

By Nathan Whitlock

Well now you can! For real? Yes you can. Oh, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: Twilight tourism, a nonprofit press, and more

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Patrick Ness's first book for children, The Knife of Never Letting Go, wins the Booktrust teenage prize Stephenie Meyer's Twilight causes a tourism boom in Forks, Washington Is Obama Book Club the newest craze? A mother sues ... Read More »

November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Obama becomes publishing world “divider”

By Scott MacDonald

U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama is at the center of a burgeoning publishing world brouhaha, with Barnes & Noble on one side and Amazon.com on the other. According to the Associated Press: Chelsea Green Publishing, ... Read More »

August 20, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling, Industry news

Partisan publishing

By Stuart Woods

Slate columnist Timothy Noah takes on a new book by right-wing journalist Jerome R. Corsi, calling it an unambiguous smear-job against presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, ... Read More »

August 15, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Forgery memoir was true, libraries need money, and past editors protest LATBR folding

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: A true memoir about a fraudulent life (The New York Times) Alberta libraries push for cash (Calgary Herald) Past editors of the Los Angeles Times Book Review protest folding (Editor & Publisher) ... Read More »

July 24, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news, Libraries

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