Homes to Appear at Powell’s
A.M Homes is scheduled to appear at Powell’s in Portland, OR tonight at 7:30pm. The author will be signing her new novel, This Book Will Save Your Life, at the famed bookstore’s Burnside location. Call 1-800-878-7323 for more information or visit the Powell’s website.
continue readingHarvard Author’s Novel Pulled
Little, Brown, and Co. announced Thursday evening that it will withdraw Kaavya Viswanathan’s disputed novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. The Associated Press reports that the publisher instructed retail and wholesale outlets to cease sales and to return unsold copies. A move that, according to the Washington Post is “fairly unheard…
continue readingReal Estate Buyers Don’t Care About Beat Authors
Jack Kerouac’s former Hyannis, MA home sold for $300,000 after five months on the market. Ida Perry, one of the buyers, said she wasn’t familiar with Kerouac’s work. The house was originally listed at $356,000 and was assessed at $322,000. The author of 1957’s classic On the Road lived in the house in 1966. Kerouac also…
continue readingHarvard Author Agrees to Change Book Passages
Last Thursday, I mentioned the news about Kaavya Viswanathan signing a huge book deal at such a young age. At a time when most kids are saving the rent money for their prom tuxedo, she cashed in on a two book deal. Over the weekend and on Monday, questions began popping up about similarities between…
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