by | Dec 12, 2009 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Robin Slick’s “In Her Own Write” blog Like, there’s this new book coming out, published by HarperCollins: Here’s the synopsis over at their website: “It All Changed in an Instant More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous &...
by | Dec 12, 2009 | Literary News
from the San Jose Mercury News Fisher: Book donations way down this year By Patty Fisher Blame the economy. Or technology. Maybe the problem is that books, the kind made from trees, are losing their appeal in the age of electronic readers and video games. Whatever the...
by | Dec 12, 2009 | Literary News
from Breitbart.com Editor & Publisher closing after 108 years Dec 10 01:14 PM US/Eastern NEW YORK (AP) – The journalism trade journal Editor & Publisher is shutting down after 108 years of publication. Editor & Publisher is being closed as its parent...
by | Dec 11, 2009 | Literary News
from the San Jose Mercury News Poe’s first book goes for record $662,500 Associated Press NEW YORK — A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature. The copy of “Tamerlane...
by | Dec 10, 2009 | Literary News
from the NY Times Cormac McCarthy’s Typewriter Brings $254,500 at Auction By RANDY KENNEDY Christie’sCormac McCarthy’s typewriter The little typewriter that clacked out about 5 million fairly renowned words over 50 years — with the able assistance of the...
