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  • September 2007

    • Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

      Columbia Journalism Review  |  Sep 3, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      Readers Hurt by Paper Cuts

      (Newser) - Newspapers are under financial pressure, and one of the first things to go is often the book reviews. But author and editor Steve Wasserman thinks that's a serious problem. “Civilization is built on a foundation of books,” he declares in a polemic in CJR, and  stripping their pages of book reviews, he says, is indicative of the anti-intellectual hostility endemic in many newsrooms. More »

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      book  • newspaper  • literature  • reading  • book reviews  • print journalism

    • What's Next for Bush?

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 07 4:37 PM CDT

      What's Next for Bush?

      (Newser) - President Bush is fixated on how history will remember him, a new book about his presidency will reveal Tuesday. Bush was initially coy with journalist Robert Draper, but he finally capitulated to six hour-long interviews in which he slowly lets his guard down. "I've got God's shoulder to cry on, and I cry a lot," he told Draper. More »

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      George W. Bush  • book  • Bush approval ratings  • Bush legacy

  • August 2007

    • If He Did It, They Won't Push It

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 07 6:24 AM CDT

      If He Did It, They Won't Push It

      (Newser) - Barnes & Noble won't put the new edition of O.J. Simpson's controversial near-confessional If I Did It on bookstore shelves, but it will make the book available by special order and online. Rival Borders will stock the book but won't promote it. The divergent decisions reflect the publishing industry's ambivalence about the book, the AP reports. More »

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      book  • OJ Simpson  • HarperCollins  • If I Did It  • Ronald Goldman  • Judith Regan  • Barnes and Noble  • Borders  • Fred Goldman

    • The Life and Times of Crystal Meth

      Salon  |  Aug 21, 07 6:28 PM CDT

      The Life and Times of Crystal Meth

      (Newser) - Even when it has the word "crystal" in front of it, meth is a downmarket drug, which summons up images of makeshift drug labs in run-down trailer parks. But meth, Salon notes in an essay on Frank Owen's new book, "No Speed Limit," has a rich history going back 90 years, spanning the whole socioeconomic gamut.  Meth has traveled from over-the-counter wonder-drug to a top scorer in the "Index of Truly Bad Shit." More »

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      drugs  • book  • drug addiction  • schizophrenia  • methamphetamine  • crystal meth

    • Liberals Read More than Conservatives

      Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 07 5:36 PM CDT

      Liberals Read More than Conservatives

      (Newser) - Liberals are more avid readers than conservatives, a new AP-Ipsos poll has discovered. Thirty-four percent of conservatives said they hadn’t read a book in a year, compared with 22% of liberals. A publishing exec and former congressman said that while liberals “can’t say anything in less than paragraphs,” conservatives gravitate to slick, pithy sound-bites. More »

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      book  • Karl Rove  • literature  • conservative  • liberals

    • Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 12:27 PM CDT

      Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

      (Newser) - J.K. Rowling has been spotted writing something in an Edinburgh cafe like the one where she penned the first Harry Potter book, and fellow author Ian Rankin says she's moving in on his territory—crime fiction. Rankin admits he hasn't personally talked to Rowling about her next project; it was his wife who saw her "scribbling away." More »

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      book  • literature  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Scotland  • author  • fiction  • Edinburgh

    • Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      BBC  |  Aug 16, 07 1:30 PM CDT

      Stephen King Spooks Bookshop Staff

      (Newser) - Stephen King recently dropped by an Australian bookstore and autographed a few copies of his own works—without telling anyone he was coming, or who he was. Nervous sale staff alerted management to a man vandalizing books, the BBC reports. It wasn't until King had wandered off, and someone checked out the damage, that they realized who the desecrater was. More »

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      Australia  • book  • horror  • thriller  • bookstore  • Stephen King

    • NY Publisher to Issue OJ Book

      Reuters  |  Aug 13, 07 4:35 PM CDT

      NY Publisher to Issue OJ Book

      (Newser) - OJ Simpson’s book hypothetically describing the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman will finally be published, Reuters reports. The Goldman family will “leave Simpson’s manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary,” a spokesman for their literary agent said. Under a court agreement reached last month, the Goldmans own all rights to the book. More »

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      book  • OJ Simpson  • HarperCollins  • If I Did It  • publisher  • Ronald Goldman  • Nicole Brown Simpson

    • Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      BBC  |  Aug 13, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      (Newser) - JK Rowling has agreed not to prosecute a 16-year-old who got the jump on France’s October “Deathly Hallows” release date by posting his own translation online. The young Frenchman said he never attempted to make money from his work, the BBC reported . More »

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      book  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • translation

    • Kahlo Letters Reveal Anguish Over Miscarriage

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 12, 07 8:06 PM CDT

      Kahlo Letters Reveal Anguish Over Miscarriage

      (Newser) - Mexican artist Frida Kahlo reveals one of her long-held secrets in a new collection of letters published for the centenary of her birth, the Guardian reports. Titled “My Beloved Doctor,” they express her anguish over being unable to bear Diego Rivera’s child after injuries she suffered in a tram crash. “I cried a lot, but it's over, there is nothing else that can be done,” Kahlo writes. More »

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      Mexico  • book  • letters  • biography  • artist  • painter  • Frida Kahlo

    • Murder, He Wrote: Novelist Faces Prison

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Murder, He Wrote: Novelist Faces Prison

      (Newser) - A Polish author is on trial for allegedly committing the murder upon which he based his best-selling novel. A jury is currently deliberating the case of Krystian Bala, whose grisly novel Amok fictionalized a famous unsolved murder, the Times of London reports. Prosecutors maintain that the book contains details that only the victim's killer could know. More »

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      murder  • book  • trial  • Poland  • author  • novelist  • Krystian Bala  • Amok

    • Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 07 8:53 PM CDT

      Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      (Newser) - A French boy suspected of posting a translation of the latest Harry Potter novel was arrested Monday, the AP reported today. The 16-year-old didn't appear to have financial gain in mind, a prosecutor said—with the French version not due until October, "he just wanted to get the book online." More »

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      France  • book  • literature  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • intellectual property

    • 'Mommy Lit' Taps Motherlode of Frustration

      Slate  |  Aug 2, 07 6:00 AM CDT

      'Mommy Lit' Taps Motherlode of Frustration

      (Newser) - Slate reviewer Katie Roiphe dresses down the entire emerging "Mommy Lit" genre in her caustic feminist review of the Brit bestseller "Slummy Mummy." Roiphe says she doesn't have a problem with light summer page-turners, but she takes issue with the novel's celebration of frumpy female mediocrity.  More »

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      book  • women  • literature  • feminism  • mothers

    • Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      New York Times  |  Aug 1, 07 10:02 AM CDT

      Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      (Newser) - The titles are unintentionally hilarious— Harry Potter and the Big Funnel, Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll —but China's thriving piracy industry is no laughing matter. The Times looks at the phenomenon of "Harry" knockoffs, a problem so widespread that one estimate puts the percentage of illegal books for sale at 40%. More »

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      China  • book  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • piracy  • knockoff

  • July 2007

    • Literati Rejoin the Fray Over Frey

      Time  |  Jul 31, 07 12:00 PM CDT

      Literati Rejoin the Fray Over Frey

      (Newser) - More than a year after Oprah delivered her on-air dressing-down to James Frey for fictionalizing his own memoir, his publisher, Nan Talese, hasn't forgiven or forgotten.  At a literary convention in Texas last weekend, Talese called Oprah's behavior  "mean and self-serving,"  said the confrontation was "fiercely bad manners," and challenged her to apologize. More »

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      book  • Oprah Winfrey  • James Frey

    • Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 25, 07 4:50 AM CDT

      Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

      (Newser) - Amazon.com shares shot up 21.4% in after-hours trading yesterday following a report that profits more than tripled in the second quarter thanks to booming sales and a new membership program that offers express shipping for a flat fee, reports the Wall Street Journal . The bump boosted the stock price from $69.25 to $84.09. More »

    • Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jul 24, 07 3:26 PM CDT

      Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

      (Newser) - The seventh Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in print, but at least 200 fans of the teenage wizard have had less than magical experiences with the saga's finale. An irate group of readers on message boards at Amazon.com and eBay are already reporting printing errors and missing pages in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. More »

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      book  • eBay  • Amazon.com  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • publisher  • wizard

    • Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales

      New York Times  |  Jul 23, 07 3:33 AM CDT

      Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales

      (Newser) - The internet leaks don't seem to have weakened any of the boy wizard's magic:  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale Saturday. The 7th and final installment in the series bested the 6th, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” which sold 6.9 million copies in 24 hours two years ago. More »

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      book  • Harry Potter  • wizard

    • What CEOs Read Before They Lead

      New York Times  |  Jul 22, 07 1:42 PM CDT

      What CEOs Read Before They Lead

      (Newser) - Scanning the personal libraries of CEOs, tech gurus and venture geniuses reveals not only what they read but how they think, the Times reports. The well-heeled have taken to housing their exorbitant collections in luxurious, custom-built, private spaces. And if you read between the lines, the literature tends to reflect the collector. More »

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      business  • book  • literature  • Steve Jobs  • reading  • CEO  • libraries  • Galileo  • Queen Elizabeth I  • Michael Milken

    • Potter Fans Throw Global Party

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 21, 07 7:13 AM CDT

      Potter Fans Throw Global Party

      (Newser) - Eager readers around the globe took part in a massive midnight fete that combined jubilation and bereavement as they snatched up copies of the final installment of the Harry Potter saga. Fans lined up from Ohio to Singapore, many of them in costume, speculating on the fate of their favorite characters and enjoying Potter-themed parties thrown by bookstores. More »

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      children  • book  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling

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