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Literary Recession Survival Kitmediabistro.com: GalleyCat - 7 hours ago As the economy dissolves into a whimpering mess, writer-types around the country are wondering what to do with themselves. GalleyCat assembled some helpful links to get us through this crisis. First of all, start … |
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Judge for Yourself: Jewel of Medina in U.S. Bookstoresmediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 5, 2008 The controversy surrounding Sherry Jones 's The Jewel of Medina, a novel in which the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Muhammad tells the story of their marriage from her perspective, intensified last week, after an … |
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Bookshelf Bailout: Read Free Booksmediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 3, 2008 Between the newly-signed bailout's bazillion dollar price tag and Gawker's layoffs and the 159,000 jobs we lost in September, everybody could use some good news. How about a free book? Small Beer Press just posted a … |
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Is Thomas Pynchon Investigating Raymond Chandler?mediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 3, 2008 Aficionados of Thomas Pynchon’s hardboiled spy novel, V, or his conspiratorial detective-work in The Crying of Lot 49 have reason to celebrate this weekend. Critic Steven Moore gave a tantalizing look at the reclusive … |
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At Least 10 People Are Making Money On Booksmediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 2, 2008 Forbes put out a list of last year's ten highest-paid novelists, and they're exactly who you think they are. J.K. Rowling , James Patterson , Stephen King , yadda yadda yadda... Well, okay, maybe you weren't expecting … |
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"The sidelines at Dragons games were jammed with soccer moms. Soccer was the mother of all sports. It was refreshing. Women loved soccer for more profound reasons than men. The field was a big womb and their babies …
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Books of the Vice Presidential Debatemediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 1, 2008 As the candidates brush up on global politics and pundits sharpen their knives, GalleyCat took a look at the books behind tomorrow's Vice Presidential debate. While she hasn't written a book yet, Sarah Palin's story … |
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Donna Tartt Leaves Knopf: Can Publishing Be Saved?mediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 1, 2008 Over at Publishers Marketplace , the lead item in yesterday's daily deal newsletter was the sale of Donna Tartt 's third novel to Little, Brown , ending a relationship with Knopf that began more than sixteen years ago … |
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Teach Them Well and Let Them Lead the Waymediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Oct 1, 2008 Esquire recently named David Eggers to its list of the most influential people in the world, and now they've gone and asked "one of the most ambitious and activist literary figures of his generation" about the rumors … |
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Writing Without Insurancemediabistro.com: GalleyCat - Sep 29, 2008 As our publishing culture moves away from the castle walls of the print-based culture to the wilderness of online publishing, most writers ignore a fundamental problem. New media writers--from self-published scribes to … |