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If Jesse James Came to BEA, Would He Eat the Foie Gras Or Just Steal It?

May 26, 2011
By Michael Cader

The NYT offered such a fresh, informative take on BEA and our industry that we’ve excerpted the merry mix of metaphors for you in this brief recap: The NYT suggests “there is a Wild West quality to the book business these days, and it is on full display at BookExpo America,” recalling the gold rush […]

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Buzz Reviews: The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides

May 26, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Review by Alex Shephard Graduation is supposed to signify an end and a beginning, the transition between the ivory tower and the “real world.” But in The Marriage Plot, his first novel since Middlesex won the Pulitzer Prize almost a decade ago, Jeffrey Eugenides follows three newly-minted graduates to question the idea of a clean […]

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Eisler’s Next John Rain Novel to Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer

May 25, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

At our Publishers Launch Conference Wednesday afternoon, Barry Eisler announced that, rather than self-publishing, his next John Rain novel THE DETACHMENT will be published by Amazon’s new mystery/thriller imprint Thomas & Mercer in both digital and print formats. “What Amazon has offered is everything that was so great to me about self publishing on the […]

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Buzz Reviews: The Boy in the Suitcase, by Lene Kaaberbol & Agnete Friis

May 25, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Review by Sarah Weinman The Scandinavian crime boom, which started with Henning Mankell and exploded thanks to Stieg Larsson, shows no sign of abating. Jo Nesbo’s now bestselling authors, James Patterson folded Liza Marklund into his team of co-writers, and publishers are pinning high hopes this summer and fall on books from Jussi Adler-Olsen, Lars […]

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Amazon Wants You To Know It Has a New Kindle, Too

May 24, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

With Kobo and Barnes & Noble having announced actual new models of ereaders, Amazon announced a new offer of their own on Tuesday night. For people who need their “special offers” on the go, now there’s a Kindle 3G version priced at $164. Kindle director Jay Marine said in the release that the 3G Special […]

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Yes, It’s A Panel On the Future of eBooks

May 24, 2011
By Michael Cader

A BEA panel convened by Google and moderated by Google Books executive Tom Turvey joined the many forums looking at “the future of ebooks.” Take this as a selection of the most provocative or interesting soundbites rather than an end-to-end chronicle of the panel: Evan Schnittman from Bloomsbury asserted that what’s selling in ebooks is what’s […]

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