Book Deal for PopMatters
Publishers Weekly was among several yesterday to report on a new deal between Soft Skull Press and my colleagues over at PopMatters. The report stated “the new imprint will bring the site’s essays, reviews and other ruminations on pop culture into traditional print form.” Wonder if this will suddenly make all of reviewers turn in…
continue readingFrey to Appear on Larry King Live
Syntax of Things alerted me to the need of setting my VCR tonight (that Tivo stuff is too crazy for me) since James Frey will appear on CNN’s Larry King Live program. I would say this would draw high ratings for the talk show, but let’s keep things in proper context. This may be something…
continue readingMore Literary Truths
From the informative Bookslut, I learned of this educational post… Encyclopedia Hanasiana reminds us that it is a long standing tradition for American writers to be less than truthful about their work. Among other discoveries, Jeff Hanas points out that “Thoreau never actually stayed at Walden Pond, relying instead on the observations of a series…
continue readingFrey Expose
As I’m sure everyone knows, there were serious doubts raised about James Frey and his memoir A Million Little Pieces by The Smoking Gun. This was all over the literary news yesterday and was even picked up by CNN. The short version is that the Smoking Gun folks spent six weeks investigating Frey’s claims…
continue reading5 Million Da Vincis
Following up on earlier reports of a release date for The Da Vinci Code paperback, Publishers Weekly reported yesterday that Anchor Books confirmed a total print run of 5 million copies. I think the always informative and entertaining Bookninja had the most humorous comment on this new yesterday when they wrote “one can only wonder whether…
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