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Charles Dickens Dumps on Writer of New Ending for Great Expectations
Writer David Nicholls has revealed that he has written a new ending to Great Expectations for his movie “thriller” version of the Dickens classic. “The author revealed – to a few gasps in the room –...
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Why You Need to Care About Semicolons
When you start dating someone you will naturally want to know if he or she uses drugs. It’s less likely you’ll want to know if he or she uses semicolons – unless you believe that the answer will lead...
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We’ve Come a Long Way Since “Klaatu Barada Nikto”
Just when you achieved competence in Klingon and Na’vi you’re going to have immerse yourself in Dothraki. At least if you want to fully enjoy the HBO production of The Game of Thrones. Otherwise, how...
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Christmas 2011
Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal Thia bookstore in Porto, Portugal has been described in celestial terms. Pay a virtual visit and see why. Sean Dodson, in a survey of bookshops in Europe, writes: “The...
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See The Matrix (18th Century Version)
Recent sighting of Garamond Planning to visit New York in January? Forget Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and Broadway musicals. Here’s your chance to see a limited run of The Matrix. But this...
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Dave Duncan’s New Novel, “Against the Light”, Released by Amazon
47North, Amazon’s science fiction imprint, has just released Dave Duncan’s extraordinary new novel Against the Light in paperback, audio and e-book, with a promotional giveaway of the e-book for Prime...
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Will Our Children Read E-Books?
The latest statistics tell us more kids are reading e-books. But the progress bar has not advanced nearly as far as prognosticators expected or manufacturers hoped. A Bowker executive, addressing a...
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The Tyranny of Typographical Fixity
“No man ever steps in the same river twice,” said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Today he might say “No man ever writes the same text twice.” Nicholas Carr, writing in the Wall Street Journal,...
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Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens, from the Gang Down at the...
Containing the whole Science of Government (from Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens) The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government....
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Dave Duncan’s “Against the Light” Ranked #1 SF Novel on Kindle
Dave Duncan’s extraordinary new novel Against the Light, just released by47North, Amazon’s science fiction imprint, has soared to the Number One ranking in Science Fiction on the Kindle bestseller...
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The New YouTube: IT Meets TV
Back in June 2010 we gave our opinion of what we called the westcoastification of YouTube: “Hollywood, there are millions of us who don’t want YouTube to mature,” we wrote. “We like it just the way it...
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Animated Film About Books Charms the Oscar Judges
Fresh from its Oscar victory as Best Animated Short Film, here is The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore:
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Author’s Limbaugh-Bashing Hashtag Sparks Big Pushback
Outraged author Jessica Scott created the #iamnotaslut hashtag Jessica Scott, an officer in the US Army and author of Because of You, a military love story published by Ballantine’s Loveswept imprint,...
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Little Free Libraries
To commemorate his late mother, a teacher and bibliophile, Todd Bol built a box resembling a miniature one-room schoolhouse, placed it outside his home, filled it with books, and invited passersby to...
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How Fast Can You Read? How Much Can You Retain?
Publishing professionals are proud of their ability to read fast. Many of us can read three or four manuscripts in a night in our relentless search for literary gems. But – how much do we retain?...
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NYTBR Drops Reviews for All Bestseller List Format
The Worm Book has sat atop the Vermicomposting Betseller List for 13 years The flight of serious book reviewers from newspapers to blogs has left such a vacuum in the reviewing establishment that the...
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Do You Have Any Books That Smell Like Spare Ribs?
There was much merriment a while back over a news item about a manufacturer that was producing a line of aromatics simulating book scents. One of the aromas was, no kidding, “Crunchy Bacon.” “This,” we...
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