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Do you read the Wash­ing­ton Post reg­u­larly? Then please note: the weekly Book World sec­tion in the Sun­day paper is being elim­i­nated because of hard eco­nomic times. Accord­ing to the arti­cle, it was one of the few news­pa­pers that had a weekly ded­i­cated book review sec­tion. How­ever, where one door closes, there is always a win­dow, right? […]

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Pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nees Bar­rack Obama and John McCain will get their biogra­phies told through art, well, graphic nov­els. The pub­lisher IDW who pub­lished 30 Days of Night, will be “stick­ing to the facts” and have worked on this project inde­pen­dently. IOW, no cam­paign input from either party. Yes, I plan to read it and review it on […]

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Upcoming TBR Day is This Wednesday, July 16

by Avid Reader on July 13, 2008

in Avid Musings

This is just a reminder that our monthly TBR chal­lenge is this com­ing Wednes­day. This July marks the fifth month since we started this chal­lenge in March. We are at the half-way mark, folks. To sum­ma­rize, the goal of this chal­lenge is to at least read one book out of your TBR pile with a copy­right date […]

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TBR Day Is This Wed, April 16
This is a gen­tle reminder for those who are par­tic­i­pat­ing in the TBR Day chal­lenge. I think I stopped and started sev­eral books and finally found one to read. I am look­ing for 100% par­tic­i­pa­tion this time! How­ever, if you can’t make the dead­line, there’s always next month. I can’t wait to see what everybody […]

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Inter­est­ing arti­cle that explains how pub­lisher, Pen­guin Group (USA) has mas­tered the art of cre­at­ing the paper­back blockbuster.

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RITA award win­ning author, Karen Rose next book, Scream for Me, makes her hard­cover debut, pub­lisher sug­gested price: $16.99, to be released May 13. I really enjoyed Ms. Rose last book, Die For Me, where art imi­tates life — lit­er­ally. Here is the back blurb for Scream For Me:
For her excit­ing debut in hard­cover, New […]

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Marketing and Publishing: An Insider’s Look

by Avid Reader on February 15, 2008

in Avid Musings

The New York Times has finally revealed to all that want to know about why it takes so very long for a book to be pub­lished. The aver­age time from man­u­script to the actual fin­ished prod­uct takes about a year. The prob­lem? Mar­ket­ing says David Rosen­thal from Simon and Schus­ter:
It’s not only buzz, it’s a prod­uct introduction — […]

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