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Unleashing An Onslaught Of Zombies, Vampires And Ghosts

wsj.com | By ALEXANDRA ALTER | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Literary Authors, Knopf, Melissa Marr, Supernatural Fiction, Tom Perrotta, Glen Duncan, Fantasy, Genre Novels, Books News

As he devours a young man alive, the protagonist of Glen Duncan's forthcoming novel, "The Last Werewolf," thinks of Alfred Tennyson's poem "Mariana." ...

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Top 10 Lists Of Literary Gifts For Mom

GalleyCat | Jason Boog on May 5, 2011 4:54 PM | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Book Gifts, Knopf, Happy Mother's Day, Oprah, Mother's Day, Mothers Day, Book Gift Ideas, Amazon, Books News

Have you picked out your Mother’s Day gift yet? Instead of building our own list of Mother’s Day gift books ideas, we’ve compiled a meta-list...

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Pulitzer Prize Winning Book To Be Adapted For TV

deadline.com | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Hbo Adaptations, Knopf, Hbo, Literary Prizes, Jennifer Egan, Visit From the Goon Squad, Book Adaptations, Pulitzer Prize, Books News

It has been some week for Brooklyn-based author Jennifer Egan. Her novel A Visit From The Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize, and she cited the HBO ser...

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Former Prisoner Receives Polk Award

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 06.15.2011

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At a podium inside the Roosevelt Hotel last week, Wilbert Rideau, 69, stood before an audience of academics and journalists, as he prepared to deliver...

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Kafka Gets A Makeover

Creative Review | Mark Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kafka, Kafka Book Covers, Knopf, Books News

Peter Mendelsund is a book cover designer at Alfred A Knopf in New York and recently became the art director of Knopf imprint, Pantheon. He documents ...

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Highly Anticipated Haruki Murakami Novel Gets October Release Date

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haruki Murakami, Knopf, 1q84, Haruki Murakami 1Q84, Authors, Book Publishing, Books News

Knopf publicity director Paul Bogaards revealed that Haruki Murakami's highly anticipated three-volume novel will come out October 25 in a single volu...

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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Says He's Forced To Write A Book

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he's being forced into penning an autobiography to keep his organization from going under. New Y...

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Publisher Pays $2.5 Million Advance...

deadline.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Wylie, Publishing Advance, Book Publishing, Publishing, Knopf, Knopf Publishing, Orhan Pamuk, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Publishing Advances, Kiran Desai, Publishing Business, Alfred Knopf, Books News

The deals are popping this week, and publishing is not immune. On the basis of a 4-page proposal, Alfred Knopf's Sonny Mehta has paid $2.5 million for...

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Does Twitter Sell Books? Publishers Say Yes.

Fauzia Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Social Media, Algonquin, Publishing, Book Publishing, Knopf, Twitter, Alfred Knopf, Books, Marketing, Books News

I decided to look for concrete examples of social media success in book publishing. I interviewed two different publishers to get their take on how engaging on Twitter has benefited them.

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Barack Obama Biography 'The Bridge' By New Yorker Editor David Remnick Due Out In April

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama's life and political evolution will be detailed in a new biography of the president called "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama...

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"The First Tycoon": A Good News Publishing Backstory

Bruce Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, The First Tycoon, Reading, T.J. Stiles, Knopf, Non-Fiction, National Book Award, Books, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt, Books News

Alfred A Knopf is probably looking down from book heaven, stroking his luxuriant mustaches and smiling with delight at yet another Knopf prize winner.

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"Who Shot Rock And Roll" Opens at the Brooklyn Museum

Ben Eagle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gail Buckland, Debbie Harry, Madonna, Who Shot Rock & Roll a Photographic History, Knopf, Mick Jagger, Brooklyn Museum, Rock and Roll, David Lachapelle, Blondie, New York News

The rock photography exhibit "Who Shot Rock" explores intimacy, passion and the countless other reasons we all love rock and roll in the first place.

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A Poet's Christmas List

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Robert Frost, Holiday Seasonm Holidays, Poets, Knopf, Wallace Stevens, David Starkey, Poem, Poetry, Christmas, Healthy Living News

David Starkey of the Santa Barbara Independent listed ten poetry books he finds fit for giving this season. The new Wallace Stevens collection stands out for me.

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How Many Books Do You Read a Week?

Carole Baron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Recommendations, Carolina De Robertis, Publishing, Editing, Reading, Book Publishing, John Grisham, Knopf, The Invisible Mountain, Books, Publisher, Editor, Books News

My only regret sometimes is that I read so many unpublished works that are submitted to me as an editor, that I don't have time to read all the published books that interest me. But I try, how I try...

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Alfred Knopf Jr. Dies At 90

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Alfred A. Knopf Jr., son of publishing legends and an influential publisher in his own right, died Saturday. He was 90. Knopf died o...

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Chuck Todd Writing How Obama Won Paperback Book For Knopf

New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 05.25.2011

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NBC Political Director and on-air analyst Chuck Todd and his colleague, the polling expert Sheldon Gawiser, are rushing to put together How Obama Won,...

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Once in Love with Laurie (Always in Love with Laurie)

Elissa Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Manhattan Subway, Laurie Colwin, Food, Home Cooking, Knopf, Cookbooks, Harpercollns, Irt, Healthy Living News

Day after day, night after night, I schlepped along Laurie Colwin's Home Cookin in my bag, and if I found myself stuck on the Number 6 Local, I'd take it out, read it, and laugh.

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Knopf To Publish Blair Memoir

Publisher's Weekly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sonny Mehta, Random House, Blair Memoir, Tony Blair, Knopf, Media News

The life and times of former British PM Tony Blair are headed to print, with Knopf set to publish in the U.S.and Canada. The book, which will be publi...

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