Deals Aplenty!
PublishersLunch reported a few interesting deals in the last couple of days.
continue readingJohn T. Edge to Appear at Square Books
Those of you in the north-central Mississippi area might want to skip lunch today and build up a hefty appetite. The gang at Square Books is cooking up burgers today in conjunction with John T. Edge’s book signing for Hamburger & Fries: An American Story. Edge, a food expert who has appeared on The Food…
continue readingProfile of James Frey
CNN has a good profile of James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces and, most recently, My Friend Leonard. I loved Frey’s first book and, as a side note, I thought it had one of the coolest covers in a long time. Haven’t read his new one yet, but I’m looking forward to it.…
continue readingBidding War for Potter Mistakes Down Under
eBay has an interesting battle going on between two sellers in Australia. One person, located in Rowville, Victoria, AU is offering a copy of the new Harry Potter printed upside-down, back-to-front. Asking price? $10,000 AU (which is approximately $7,492 American). The seller wonders if the boy wizard cast a spell on the book. But there’s…
continue readingLibraries for Coffee Shops?
MediaBistro picked up an interesting article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that highlights the shocking disappearance of books from college libraries. Thomas H. Benton (a psuedonym of a professor at a Midwestern liberal arts college) writes “What does it mean when the University of Texas at Austin removes nearly all of the books from…
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