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Dara Horn
In two separate interviews Dara Horn discusses her 2009 novel All Other Nights, set during the American Civil War; and her 2006 novel, The World To Come, about the artist Marc Chagall.
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Lisa See
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Stieg Larsson's heirs agree no fourth book
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Jul 02 2009: Publishers Lunch reports that while there are a number of issues of contention between the late Stieg Larsson's heirs and his partner of thirty years Eva Gabrielsson, one matter has unfortunately been resolved. Both parties say "we have an agreement not to publish" the 200 pages of unfinished...
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Judge rules in favor of J.D. Salinger
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Jul 02 2009: J.D. Salinger has scored a legal victory in his attempt to block publication of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye by Fredrik Colting under the pseudonym John David California. Lawyers for Salinger contended that the novel was derivative of Catcher in the Rye and Holden...
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'E-fairness' fight gathers momentum
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Jul 02 2009: The 'e-fairness' battle is gathering momentum. Rhode Island's govenor has now signed the state's budget becoming the second state after New York to require online retailers with affiliates in the state to collect tax on sales made to in-state residents over the Internet. E-fairness fights appear...
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'Lurch', the Espresso Book Machine doing good business in Vermont
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Jul 01 2009: The publishing world is closing following the Northshire bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont - the first independent bookstore to install an Espresso Book Machine, that can print books on demand in a matter of minutes.
The machine, which the staff lovingly refer to as "Lurch" can...
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Amazon cuts off Rhode Island affiliates
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Jul 01 2009: Following closely on the heels of Amazon's decision to end its "business relationships" with marketing affiliates in North Carolina, the company has made a similar move in Rhode Island.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon "sent an email to its Rhode Island affiliates on Monday saying...
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Amazon cuts off North Carolina affiliates
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Jun 29 2009: As threatened, Amazon.com has "ended business relationships" with its marketing affiliates in North Carolina so that it can avoid having to collect sales tax on sales to people in the...
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Many Ohio libraries facing 50% budget cut
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Jun 24 2009: Ohio Governor Strickland has proposed cuts that would cut in half the budget of 175 of the 251 library systems in Ohio. Yesterday, Library Journal posted an open letter to the...
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Salinger's last stand
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Jun 23 2009: Those who are following the saga of J.D. Salinger's suit against an unknown Swedish writer and publisher named Fredrik Colting (writing under the name John David California) seeking to permanently bar publication in the USA of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye will likely find this...
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Amazon warns N.C. over sales-tax proposal
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Jun 19 2009: Amazon has informed its North Carolina marketing affiliates "that it would stop doing business with them by July 1" if the state passes a law forcing online retailers to collect the 4.5% sales...
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Temporary Restraining Order Issued in Salinger Case
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Jun 17 2009: In a precedent-setting ruling today, federal judge Deborah Batts ruled that J.D. Salinger's most famous character, Holden Caulfield, is protected by copyright. She did not rule, however, on whether Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s use of Salinger's iconic character in his book 60 Years Later:...
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Bloomsbury Sued for Copyright Infringement in Harry Potter Book
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Jun 15 2009: In what seems like a remarkably belated action, Bloomsbury is being sued for copyright infringement in Harry Potter Books by the estate of English children's writer Adrian Jacobs who claim that Rowling copied substantial parts of the Jacobs's The Adventures of Willy the Wizard-No 1 Livid...
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Simon & Schuster in Deal with Scribd to Sell e-Books
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Jun 12 2009: Simon & Schuster has announced that it has entered into a deal with Scribd, the online "social publishing company," that claims some 60 million readers a month, to sell books. Starting immediately nearly 5,000 Simon & Schuster e-book titles will be available on Scribd for purchase in Adobe’s PDF...
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The Bellini Madonna
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Thomas Lynch was once a brilliant young art historian. Now he is a disgraced, middle-aged art historian, overly fond of the bottle and of his fresh young students. But everything will change now that he’s on the trail of a lost masterpiece. |
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
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From one of Iran’s most acclaimed and controversial contemporary writers, his first novel to appear in English—a dazzlingly inventive work of fiction that opens a revelatory window onto what it’s like to live, to love, and to be an artist in today’s Iran. |
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A novel with Charlie Chaplin at its center, capturing the moment when American capitalism, a world at war, and the emerging mecca of Hollywood intersect to spawn an enduring culture of celebrity. |
Halfway to Heaven
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When Mark Obmascik's twelve-year-old son gets bitten by the climbing bug, he can't resist the opportunity for some father-son bonding. But after their first joint climb, Obmascik decides to scale all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains - and to do them in less than one year. |
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Mario Conde, retired from the police force, now makes a living trading antique books. In a book, Conde discovers a newspaper article about a beautiful bolero singer of the 1950’s, who disappeared mysteriously. Conde’s intuition sets him off on an investigation into the murder. |
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The Great Stink by Clare Clark |
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You Are Here by Christopher Potter |
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