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The daytime TV phenomenon that has killed the literary snob

Jun 16 2008: The London Times reports on the daytime TV phenomenon that has killed the literary snob. The Richard & Judy Book Club accounts for 26% of the sales of the top 100 books in the U.K., making Amanda Ross, the club's creator and book selector, the most powerful player in ...

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Book sales up year on year, but down in March

Jun 12 2008: According to the Association of American Publishers, sales for 2008 are up 1.3% year on year to $1.71 billion but sales in March declined 11%. Growth came from categories including ebooks, children's and adult paperbacks and children's hardcovers. Losses were recorded...

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DeNiro's Game wins IMPAC award

Jun 12 2008: DeNiro's Game by Rawi Hage is this year's winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open ...

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Eliot Asinof obituary

Jun 12 2008: Eliot Asinof, best known as the author of Eight Men Out, about the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" cheating scandal, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

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J.K. Rowling's storycard prequel to Harry Potter

Jun 12 2008: J.K. Rowling's "storycard" prequel to the Harry Potter series (written purely for the fundraiser and not planned to be a book), which sold for £25,000 (~US$49,000) at a charity auction this week, is now available at Waterstone's website, along with contributions by 12 ...

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Parity between Canadian & US dollars, but prices still higher in Canada

Jun 12 2008: Although the U.S. and Canadian dollars have had about the same value for a year, Canadian consumers are still paying up to 18% more than Americans for the same products. For example, a recent study found that a hardcover book selling for $30.79 in Canada costs only $...

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Books, tears and blood

Jun 11 2008: Saad Eskander, director of Baghdad's national library, wants to 'help Iraqis understand their past and build their future' through education. The former Kurdish fighter tells Stuart Jeffries why culture is the key, why the US must surrender looted papers - and why he ...

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Encyclopaedia Britannica to follow modified Wikipedia model

Jun 11 2008: In a bid to wed the comprehensive, grassroots information factory of Wikipedia with the authority of the traditional encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica is opening the floodgates for online user submissions into its 240-year-old publication -- a move it long resisted...

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