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Aug.15.2011
The Top Pay Grade Improved business nets bigger checks By Jim Milliot
Executives in different parts of the publishing business did fairly well in 2010, according to PW's annual look at salaries. With the exception of those at Books-A-Million and Scholastic, compensation for the top managers...
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Aug.08.2011
Well it's been over a year since my last blog post, and I am really ashamed.
I wonder how many people still view my page, and I amgoing to try to revitalize interest. After all, what kind of 'shameless self promoter' would I be if I didn't?
I am now a year older, tho none the wiser. I...
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May.23.2011
Traditional Book Output Up 5%; Nontraditional Soars Despite the belief in many quarters that the growth of e-books will mean the death of the printed book, the number of books produced by traditional publishers rose 5% in 2010, to a projected 316,480, according to preliminary figures released...
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Mar.03.2011
For those looking for hidden literary gold, check the Believer Awards. Such searches for the under-appreciated are vital to the literary field's continued existence. Check it out. Each year, the editors of the Believer generate a short list of the novels and story collections they thought were the...
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Jan.04.2011
Figuring out the appropriate way to say goodbye to 2009 was pure instinct. The only way to close out that year of heartbreak and pain was to write a 2009 “Dear John” letter. It was therapeutic, cleansing, and left me welcoming 2010 with a glimmer of hope. And what a year 2010 ended up being. ...
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Jan.04.2011
Humorist Dave Barry's annual missive on the year-past is now "out there" (and I don't use that term lightly). I, for one, was horrified to discover the Gulf oil spill was caused... by a runaway Toyota Camry.
For the benefit of all Redroom'ers who need a belated New Year's dose of hilarity...
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Jan.02.2011
The publishing year: the ones that got away
Kate Figes asks publishers which books deserved a better reception, and which book they wish they'd bagged
by Kate Figes
Poet and novelist John Burnside. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
The book: Serious Men by Manu Joseph (John Murray, £18.99). A charming...
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Jan.01.2011
New Year literary quizFeeling a little groggy? Get the brain back in action with our New Year literary quiz by James Walton, the quizmaster of Radio Four's The Write Stuff. Scroll to the end for the answers.By James Walton
Round One
A New Year Books Quiz
1. Which Nineties bestseller begins with...
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Dec.31.2010
Mr. Squirrel and his assorted hangers-on have been making their presence known before their usual feeding-time. Mr. Squirrel races to and fro: across the snow; up the trees; between the trees; into his holes; up to the deck; back up to a bare branch where he scolds.
The hangers-on, crows...
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Dec.31.2010
Andrzej Krauze's illustration for writers' rulesTop books news hits of 2010
No surprise on such a literate site that everybody wanted to read some of the best living authors' advice on writing and worrying about literature in the age of Twitter. Elsewhere readers were compelled by children's books...
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