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Smoke This Book

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Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A while back I wrote an article about progressive book publishing. Then I blogged about a [...]


The Consumer Conundrum: Why Translation Matters

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Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Last March I published an article here about the 2010 Best Translated Book Award, hosted by [...]


For the Love of Words

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Monday, May 10th, 2010

The annual London Word Festival recently took London by storm. It began on March 7th of [...]


The Beauty Of Unread Books

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Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Here is a good essay via The Millions about the excitement of unread books. There is [...]


Mark Twain, Books Behind Bars, and Classic Author Insults

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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Mark Twain. This article at New [...]


Google Books Meets More Trouble

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Thursday, April 8th, 2010

The New York Times published an article today about new opposition to the Google Books database. [...]


Translated Works

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

On Tuesday January 5th, 2010, Three Percent, the online resource for international literature, announced the 2010 [...]


Texas Read ‘Em

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Here is some news relating to our recent article about publishing books in creative and intriguing [...]


We’ll Miss You, Barry Hannah

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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

This past Monday, a light went out in the world of words. Barry Hannah passed away [...]


What the Music Industry Can Teach Publishing

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

In the music industry, there is no longer that fabled idea of getting “discovered” by an [...]