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Meet The 16-Year-Old Book Reviewer

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Teen Books, Book Critic, Brad Listi, Robby Auld, Book Criticism, Teens, Fiction, Book Reviews, High School, Young Adult Books, Books, Justin Bieber, Caroline Leavitt, Publisher's Weekly, Teenagers, Books News
Claire Bidwell Smith

Robby Auld came onto my radar when he reviewed my book for The Nervous Breakdown, writing one of the most thoughtful assessments of my memoir to date. I couldn't help wanting to know more about the kid who cracked the literary scene.

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Price-Fixing Is Bad for Both Readers and Authors

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Independent Publishing, Kindle, E-Books, Barnes and Noble, New York Review of Books, Readers, Norton, Bookstores, Hachette, Amazon, Authors, Apple, Simon and Schuster, Literary Agent, Ipad, Macmillan, Google, Books, Penguin, Justice Department, Facebook, Publishing, Doubleday, Harper Collins, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Publishers, Indie Publishing, Nook, Books News
Hoyt Hilsman

The truth is that this dispute is not about saving literature or the sanctity of the literary world, it is about the publishers' business model.

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Is This Writer the Next Amanda Hocking?

Nina Lassam | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Salem Witch Trials, Paranormal, Publisher's Weekly, Ebooks, Self-Publishing, Amanda Hocking, Books News
Nina Lassam

Rather than post one of her already completed works, Geragotelis opted to write a brand new story that appealed to what her target audience was currently reading: paranormal dramas with young woman protagonists.

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The Week's Hottest Reads: Guess The Number 1

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.23.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "11/22/63" by Stephen King (Scribner)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads: A New Number 1

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.09.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Drop" by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)...

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Week's Hottest Reads: A New Number 1

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.02.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Explosive Eighteen" by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)...

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Week's Hottest Reads: What Book Topped The List?

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.04.2012

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Litigators" by John Grisham (Doubleday)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads: A New Number 1

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.07.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Affair: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)...

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Week's Hottest Reads: What Book Topped The List?

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.30.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Heat Rises" by Richard Castle (Hyperion)...

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This Week's Hottest Reads - Who Is Number One?

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.22.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "New York to Dallas" by J.D. Robb (Putnam)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads: Who's At The Top Of The List?

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 11.09.2011

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-- HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Kill Me If You Can" by James Patterson and Marshall Karp (Little, Brown)...

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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Easy Reader: BookExpo America 2011 Offers Plenty

David Finkle | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Queen Esther, The Queen Who Saved Her People, The Koran, Assouline, Romans, Common English Bible, Lego, Carolyn Brown, Calvin Reid, Midpoint Trade Books, The Orchard, Ed Hooper, The Original I Ching, Red's Hot Cowboy, Mark Gaff, Harry Potter, Cecil Beaton, M. Moliero, My Tablet Books, Bookexpo America 2011, The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 2: 1941-1956, And God Created Burton, Blissology, American Express, New York Review Books, Tom Rubython, Magination Press, The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Knoxville KNOX, Publishers Weekly, Jacob Javits Center, Theresa Ware, Marcel Marceau Master Mime, Andy Baggott, For Dummies Series, I Ching, Cambridge University Press, Richard Burton, Booker T. Mattison, Brevario De Isabel La Catolica, The Judges of Secret Court, Bea, David Stacton, Alislam, Tuttle, Snitch, Kar-Ben, Books News
David Finkle

Book lovers, here's a full disclosure about reporter/bookist me and BookExpo America 2011 at New York City's Jacob Javits Center: I go for the giveaways.

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Novelist Walks Into a Bar or Facebook or Wherever

Julianna Baggott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self-Promotion, Facebook, Novelist, Publishers Weekly, Social Networking, Andre Codrescu, Book Promotion, Marketing, Books News
Julianna Baggott

I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books. But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore. I'm not a drug dealer.

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Girls Gone Graphic: Poseurs Parses LA Nightlife

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Waiting for Guffman, Vanity Fair, Graphic Novel, Donald Rumsfeld, Derek Kirk Kim, Urban Dictionary, Cecil Castellucci, Minx, Hollywood No, Youth-Slang, Mike Carey, DC Comics, Deborah Vankin, Publishers Weekly, Jim Rugg, Shelly Bond, LA Weekly, Image, Rick Mays, Andi Watson, Kabuki, Mark Hempel, Jesse Hamm, Josh Howard, Sonny Liew, Metromix LA, Los Angeles News
Michael Sigman

Poseurs, Deborah Vankin's funny, touching graphic novel about the adventures of young adults immersed in L.A. party culture, reminds me of how I learned to decode the notorious "Hollywood No."

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The Week's Hottest Reads:

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)...

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UPDATED: Best Books 2010

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The lists are up, the decisions are out: publications across the globe have selected their favorite books of 2010. From Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" t...

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Self-Publishing Offers No Hassle and Big Potential Profits. Is It For You?

Bernard Starr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bernard Starr

Historically, the big question for authors has been will my book get published? But now, the question is will I land my book with a prestigious publisher? I'm guilty of that myself.

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Decisions, Hell, And The Swedish Author Who Just Won't Go Away

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Hell's Corner" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Worth Dying For" by Lee Child (Delacorte)...

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The Week's Hottest Reads Publishers Weekly Bestsellers

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Safe Haven" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)...

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Franzen's 'Freedom' And Hawking's 'Grand Design' Still Dominate

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)...

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On Second Thought: The Evolution of My Inner Charlton Heston

Benjamin LeRoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Benjamin LeRoy

A few years ago I made some overly-dramatic proclamations about never accepting e-books, explaining that "they'll need to pry my paperback from my cold, dead hands." Well, I've changed. Kinda.

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The Week's Hottest Reads

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)...

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Stieg Larsson, 'Sh*t My Dad Says'

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson (Knopf)...

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