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Apr.02.2013
People's bottitudes fascinate me.
Bottitude is your attitude toward books - book attitude - bottitude. No, I know it won't catch on. Many of my personal words and phrases will not.
My wife is a strick caretaker of books. She does not write in the pages or dogear them....
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Feb.01.2012
I miss my Borders. The Borders bookstore on Hall Road in Utica, Mich. was my hangout. I'd drop in whenever I was in the mood to browse for books, and inevitably, I'd leave with great armfuls.
There's a Barnes & Noble a few miles away from my still-empty Borders. I've tried shopping there,...
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Mar.23.2009
You should read Karen Dionne’s great 2/11/09 post, “On Buying Books.” Karen cites a provocative finding from a survey by the Department of Canadian Heritage that heavy readers buy proportionately the fewest books. [ http://tinyurl.com/ck7ov8 ]
Are you surprised that the people who love to read most...
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Feb.11.2009
According to a survey commissioned last spring by Random House Inc., 28 percent of Americans purchase between 11 and 20 books every year. The figure is slightly higher for Canadians: roughly one-third (34%) report buying themselves at least one book per month. 36% of non-reading Canadians said they...
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Dec.09.2008
So, I spent last week putting the final touches on my MS. Today I'll read it through one last time, tweak a few things here and there, rewrite the synopsis, and send it off to my agent. Yes, I'm well aware that all the news in publishing (and the auto industry and Wall Street, and . . . . ) is...
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Nov.21.2008
My awe of the elegant eloquent thriller author M.J. Rose knows no bounds. Besides being a incredible writer, she is also a renowned promoter of all authors and their books.
Considering the current economic doldrums, that takes some fortitude.
With a little help from here friends, M.J. ...
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