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Lessons from the Rick Moody Twitter Project

By Andy Hunter, Editor-in-Chief, Electric Literature Earlier this month, twenty co-publishers joined Electric Literature in using Twitter to publish Rick Moody’s “Some Contemporary Characters,” a  … 

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Are Prepub Reviews Irrelevant?

By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story about the demise of Kirkus Reviews, former Kirkus managing director Jerome Kramer asks “whether the industry still needs  … 

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The Bookseller Who Balked at Black Friday

By Edward Nawotka CAMBRIDGE: Last Thursday—Thanksgiving Day in the United States—Lorem Ipsum Books, an independent bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced what they called a “new  … 

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Bonus Material: Does Constant Discounting Lead to Asset Devaluation?

By Edward Nawotka In our lead story, I asserted that perpetual big discounts offered on books by retailers, whether bricks or clicks, dedicated booksellers or  … 

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Global Trade Talk: Limited Edition Sony Reader; Bookstore Sales Down; German Business Climate Up

By Erin Cox and Siobhan O’Leary The Bookseller reports that Random House has partnered with Sony to create an exclusive limited edition Reader Pocket Edition  … 

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Even in Peace, Lebanon’s Literary World Remains at War

By Yasmina Jraissati BEIRUT: This year, with Beirut serving as the World Book Capital for 2009, the city’s literary world remains linguistically and cultural divided:  … 

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Bonus Material: Is a Kids Book About Cancer Too Tough to Sell?

By Edward Nawotka What would happen if someone I knew was suddenly stricken with cancer and I had to explain it to a child, what  … 

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German Buch News: Fewer Bookstores in 2009; Bing Meets with Europeans, Too; New Moon Mania

By Siobhan O’Leary Just as the total number of bookstores in Germany was approaching the 1,000 mark, there has been a decrease of 3% in  … 

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France Rates Top Indie Bookshops Like Wine

By Olivia Snaije Independent bookstores in France—much like the country’s wine—can now qualify for a label indicating high quality. The long-awaited “Librairie Indépendante de Référence” (“Recommended  … 

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Global Trade Talk: Macmillan Pushes for Lower E-book Royalties; Bookstore Numbers Down in Germany, US

By Edward Nawotka and Siobhan O’Leary Publishers Marketplace broke the news earlier today of a new contract being pushed out by Macmillian to agents in  … 

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