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Amazon Wal-Mart Price War: Who's The Battle Really Against?

The New Yorker | James Surowiecki | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books

Read More: Walmart, Price Wars, Amazon vs. Wal-Mart, The Lost Symbol, Amazon Wal-Mart, Sarah Palin Book, Amazon Walmart, Sarah Palin, Bestsellers, Book Price Wars, Sears, Amazon.com, Target, Bestseller Price Wars, John Grisham, Book Pricing, Going Rogue, Books, Amazon, Dan Brown, American Airlines, Books News

Amazon and Wal-Mart hardly seem reckless, though. So why did they go to war? The answer is that they didn't, really. Sure, Wal-Mart is making a statem...

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Stephen Rubin: New President Of Henry Holt

Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Henry Holt, Stephen Rubin, Book Publishing, Publishing, Books, John Sargent, Doubleday, Dan Farley, Macmillan, Pat Conroy, Tina Brown, Da Vinci Code, John Grisham, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Brown, Bill Moyers, Books News

Finally, some news from the publishing world's revolving door: Macmillan announced this Tuesday that Stephen Rubin, former publisher at Doubleday, wil...

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True Stories of False Confessions

John Maki | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: False Confessions, Chris Ochoa, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Rob Warden, Beverly Monroe, Steve Drizin, Criminal Justice Reform, Dna Testing, John Grisham, Alex Kotlowitz, Chicago News
John Maki

In most police and courtroom dramas, crimes are solved as soon as a character confesses. However, as a new book shows, a confession is sometimes only the beginning of the real story.

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How Many Books Do You Read a Week?

Carole Baron | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

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

My only regret sometimes is that I read so many unpublished works that are submitted to me as an editor, that I don't have time to read all the published books that interest me.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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Wal-Mart Vs. Amazon: Price Wars

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Amazon.com, America's Reading List, Wal-Mart, John Grisham, The Lost Symbol, Wal-Mart Prices, Books, Amazon, Bestsellers, Sarah Palin, Dan Brown, Walmart vs Amazon, Walmart, Wal-Mart vs. Amazon, Books News

CHICAGO — Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com Inc. and a nation of ...

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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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The Best Judge $3 Million Can Buy

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Coal, Don Blankenship, Matt Lauer, The Appeal, Judges, West Virginia, John Grisham, Today Show, Scalia, Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week gives a scary look at how justice in America is routinely bought and sold.

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Scandalous Sex on Campus

Joanne Rendell | Posted 03.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Academic News, Duquesne University, Campus, Professors, Sex, Fiction, John Grisham, Inside Higher Ed, College Students, Rape, Nyu, I Am Charlotte Simmons, Books, Affairs, Students, The Professors’ Wives’ Club, Michael Chabon, College, Wonder Boys, Higher Education, Reading, Style News
Joanne Rendell

Grisham is just the latest in a line of authors who've written university stories featuring sex scandals -- or, at the very least, stories of sexually inappropriate relations on campus.

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John Grisham Book Upsets Pittsburgh University

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John Grisham, The Associate, Books, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Entertainment News

PITTSBURGH — Officials at Duquesne (doo-KAYN') University in Pittsburgh are upset that best-selling author John Grisham mentions the school in c...

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Judge Dismisses Libel Suit Against John Grisham

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Grisham, The Innocent Man, Entertainment News

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against best-selling author John Grisham and two other writers over books th...

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John Grisham On Political New Book: "It's Pure Entertainment"

AP | Douglas J. Rowe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hillary Clinton, The Appeal, John Grisham, Entertainment News

Some things John Grisham knows: He got 15 rejections before his first book, "A Time to Kill," was published. He made $9 million last year. He's not Ja...

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Authors Get Political: Who Gives What

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Anne Rice, Hillary Clinton, Amy Tan, Judy Blume, Barack Obama, John Grisham, Entertainment News

You read their books, but did you ever wonder their politics? Here's a look at what your favorite authors have given to the 2008 presidential candidat...

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John Grisham On His "Big, Wet, Sloppy Kiss" Of A Book

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Grisham was in the northern Italian city of Bologna, researching his novel, "The Broker," when he met an American expatriate who played for the Bologn...

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Author Grisham: Bush Admin Run By "Bad People With Evil Intent"

Des Moines Register | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grisham Hillary Clinton, Grisham Bush, John Grisham, Politics News

Best-selling author John Grisham, taking his first major public step in presidential politics by planning to host an event Sunday near his home in Cha...

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