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The Book Isn't Dead Yet

The Globe and Mail | John Barber | Posted 12.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Book, Kindle, Book Publishing, James Patterson, Twilight, Stephen King, Sarah Palin, Ereaders, Greg Mortenson, Publishing, Google Books, Ebooks, Books, Mitch Albom, Stephanie Meyer, Nook, Dan Brown, Kobo, Books News

For readers, 2009 was a year of miracles that brought massive price cuts on popular titles, and unprecedented choices in how to consume them. It was n...

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Decade In Books: Going Digital And Fake Memoirs

Cleveland Plain Dealer | Ann Trubeck | Posted 12.28.2009 | Books

Read More: Ereaders, Bestsellers, Davinci Code, Stephen King, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Graphic Novel, James Frey, Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Ebooks, Amazon, Books News

The Aughts saw the birth of readerly social networking, a flowering of graphic novels and a bunch of faked memoirs. Books about health and food contri...

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First Day Of Winter: Great Books To Give And To Curl Up With On Winter Solstice (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 12.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Kennedy, Stephen King, Winter Solstice, Best Books, True Blue, Books, Literary Prizes, Best Books of 2009, Bestsellers, Nobel Prize, Orhan Pamuk, The Help, Thrillers, Andre Agassi, Christmas Gifts, Dean Koontz, First Day of Winter, Daniel Silva, First Day of Winter in 2009, Winter Solstice 2009, Books News

Winter Solstice, the first day of winter, the shortest day of the year. Looking for a good book to curl up with, or perhaps some great last-minute Chr...

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Stephen King Picks 10 Best Books Of 2009

EW | Stephen King | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Christmas Gifts, Holidays, Christmas, Stephen King, Best Books of the Year, Books, Best Books, Best Books of 2009, Lee Child, Ravens, Hollywood Moon, Midnight's Children, The Little Stranger, John Sandford, 2666, Revolutionary Road, Salman Rushdie, Shatter, Bolano, Drood, Books News

Take it from your Uncle Stevie -- book lovers on your shopping list will thank you for the gift of any of these rockin' reads....

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Stephen King On Colbert: America Needs Scary, Gross Stories (VIDEO)

Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Under the Dome, The Colbert Report, Carrie, Authors, Stephen King Under the Dome, Colbert, Author Interviews, Stephen King, Stephen Colbert, Books, Better Know a Stephen, Books News

Stephen King was on the Colbert Report last night for the feature "Better Know a Stephen" and gave Colbert spooky visions of double Stephens. They tal...

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Stephen King Buys 150 Soldiers Trips Home For The Holidays

AP | Posted 12.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Stephen King Soldiers, Home for the Holidays, U.S. Military, Stephen King, Camp Atterbury, Stephen King Troops, Impact News

BANGOR, Maine — Author Stephen King and his wife are donating money so 150 soldiers from the Maine Army National Guard can come home for the hol...

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King's Under the Dome Is a Long, Long Book But a Good, Good One

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Ants Under Glass, Heroism, Stephen King, Supernatural, Maine, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

Under the Dome is King at his best. He creates a setting of good versus evil, and introduces characters to bring the story to life. It is perfectly paced and the pages fly by.

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Raymond Carver: New Books On His Stories And Life

The New York Times | Stephen King | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Raymond Carver Stories, Book Review, Stephen King, Gordon Lish, Carol Sklenicka, Authors, New Books, Books, Raymond Carver a Writer's Life, Raymond Carver, Carver, Books News

It's as a chronicle of Carver's growth as a writer that Sklenicka's book is invaluable, particularly after his career path crossed that of the editor ...

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Stephen King And Steven Spielberg Team Up For "Under The Dome"

Variety | Cynthia Littleton | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

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It's a potent combination: Steven + Stephen. Steven Spielberg and Stephen King are joining forces to develop a limited series based on King's just-re...

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Stephen King On "Under The Dome" (VIDEO)

abcnews.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

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Stephen King appeared on Good Morning America this morning to discuss his new thriller, out today, "Under the Dome," which he says can be read as a me...

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A Sneak Peek At New Books

Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

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This week, the book review round-up includes some reviews from insider journals Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Booklist, which often get the scoop on n...

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Gillian Flynn on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mark Bazer, Thriller, Hideout, Chicago, Farm, Gender, Sharp Objects, Stephen King, Dark Places, Gillian Flynn, Mysteries, Kansas, Chicago News
Mark Bazer

Novelist Gillian Flynn ("Dark Places," "Sharp Objects") appeared on The Interview Show, to discuss her work, devil worship, and watching porn at slumber parties as a kid.

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Predators in the Book Biz

Bruce Harris | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Amazon.com, Predatory Pricing, Stephen King, Wal-Mart, Vanderbilt, Sarah Palin, Publishing, Barnes & Noble, Price Wars, Book Publishing, Books, Aba, Amazon, Bestsellers, Books News
Bruce Harris

The pre-printed price, establishing the value of a book, is the temptress that has seduced the biggest merchants in the country to go for each other's jugular.

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Stephen King's New E-Book To Cost $35

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: E-Book Prices, Publishing, Price Wars, Book Publishing, Stephen King, Books, E-Books, Ereaders, Stephen King E-Book, Under the Dome, Books News

NEW YORK — The latest weapon in the publishing price wars: Stephen King. Scribner announced Wednesday that the digital edition of King's "Under...

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A Sure-Fire Bestseller:Lincoln's Doctor's Dog

The Huffington Post | Tom Alderman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Huckleberry Finn, Book Publishing, Benjamin Spock, Stephen King, James Patterson, The Bay Psalm Book, Gone With the Wind, The Teaching Company, The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie, Bestsellers, Peter Conn, Catch 22, David McCullough, The Lost Symbol, Sarah Palin, John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, To Kill a Mockingbird, Danielle Steele, Marley, Books News

Random House founder Bennett Cerf was reportedly asked how to write a best seller. The venerable editor's answer: Lincoln's Doctor's Dog. Seems Abe Li...

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Dan Brown, Annoying Facebook Friend

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 11.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bestsellers, Tom Hanks, Stephen King, The Lost Symbol, Books, Dan Brown the Lost Symbol, Writer, Facebook, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Comedy News
Sarah Schmelling

Recent updates from the Facebook profile page of Dan Brown, author of The Lost Symbol.

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Content Is Not King

Charles Warner | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone, Stephen King, Bruce Greenwald, Jonathan Knee, The Atlantic, Ava Seave, Media News
Charles Warner

The explosive growth of the Internet has led to such a proliferation of content out in the long tail that it is now virtually infinite.

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What Made Von Brunn Do It?

Gregg Hurwitz | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Crime Fiction, Stephen King, Crime Thrillers, Anarchist, Thriller, Oldboy, Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Virginia Tech, Von Brunn, Jack Nicholson, Media News
Gregg Hurwitz

While I don't believe that stories cause someone to commit violence, I do believe that as a creator, I have a responsibility not to provide a game plan for criminals shopping for information.

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The Hype Flu's Big Fade

William Bradley | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Regular Flu, Mexico, Mexican Flu, Barack Obama, Media Hype, Joe Biden, Swine Flu, Right-Wing Hysteria, The Stand, Stephen King, Media News
William Bradley

Remember that big, dangerous swine flu threat that scared the sweat out of people a week ago? It didn't cause physical mayhem, it caused media mayhem.

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Obama's Crisis Management: Of Flu and AfPak

William Bradley | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, White House, Afghanistan, Pakistan, AfPak Summit, Swine Flu, Joe Biden, Admiral Mike Mullen, Flu, A.Q. Khan, Hamid Karzai, Asif Ali Zardari, Bob Gates, Barack Obama, Afpak, Pakistani Taliban, Afghan Taliban, The Stand, Stephen King, Politics News
William Bradley

After plenty of preliminary work by his top aides, and behind-the-scenes preparation by himself Obama is about to bring the question of Afghanistan and Pakistan back to center stage.

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How the Swine Have Stopped Us from Hugging

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Stephen King, Hugging, Hispanics, Downsizing, Midwest, Swine Flu Pandemic, Mexico, Swine Flu, Living News
Daniel Cubias

What we Latinos have for so long regarded as a cultural positive has backfired on us. That's right -- the Latino impulse to embrace people may help to spread the swine flu.

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Rubbernecking: Reality Bytes

Holly Cara Price | Posted 03.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nadya Suleman, Lance Loud, Joe the Plumber, Reality TV, The Real World, An American Family, Stephen King, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

The real granddaddy of the reality TV show as we know it today was An American Family, a 12-episode documentary series broadcast in 1973 on PBS.

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HuffPost Interview: Stephen King at the Amazon Kindle 2.0 Launch

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle Launch, Steven King, Jeff Bezos, Author King, Kindle 2.0, Stephen King, Amazon Kindle, Publishers, Amazon, Horror Story, Kindle Stephen King, Media News
Jack Hidary

At the launch of the Kindle 2.0, I spoke with author Stephen King, who wrote a story exclusively for the new device.

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Michael Phelps In Good Company

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Marijuana, Michael Phelps, Kellogg, Harrison Ford, Athletes, George Soros, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Johnny Carson, Sarah Palin, William F Buckley, Beatles, Laura Bush, Brad Pitt, George Pataki, John Kennedy, Johnny Depp, Bing Crosby, Madonna, Peggy Noonan, Picasso, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Stephen King, Barbra Streisand, Thomas Jefferson, John Wayne, Barack Obama, James Monroe, Mozart, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Sacks, Jennifer Aniston, Shakespeare, Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong, Phelps Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking, Michael Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong Photo, Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong, Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Smoking Pot, Green News
Keith Thomson

According to a 2002 Time/CNN poll, 47% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Here's a list of famous users and advocates of the plant.

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Stephen King: The Celeb-ification Of The Election Thanks To The Strike

EW | Stephen King | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Stephen King, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Alan Jackson, Entertainment News

I write about pop culture for a magazine that deals with American entertainment. Does a presidential campaign belong in a column like that, for a maga...

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