Alan Dershowitz claims a fictional lawyer defamed him. The implications for novelists are very real.

“Make Russia Great Again” and “Rodham” are two recent novels that benefit from blending fact and fiction. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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Studios gorge on young-adult fiction amid success of 'Hunger Games'

The literary genre is white-hot in Hollywood, with filmmakers bidding on unpublished books and paying as much as $1 million for the rights to relatively modest sellers.The back-to-back blockbuster successes of "Harry Potter," "Twilight" and now "The Hunger Games" have turned the hunt for fresh... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stranger Than Fiction: Oprah Was Bad for Book Sales

By encouraging readers to tackle longer, more sophisticated novels, the queen of daytime TV may have hurt overall fiction sales. Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Antitrust lawyer: Apple ebook deals are illegal

Steve Jobs left behind a legal mess for Apple chief executive Tim Cook. Decisions the former CEO made when brokering ebook distribution deals haunt Apple, as a civil price-fixing case moves forward and the specter of a federal antitrust investigation approaches. Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman takes the NBCC fiction prize

Other National Book Critics Circle honorees include writer John Lewis Gaddis for 'George F. Kennan: An American Life' and Maya Jasanoff for 'Liberty's Exiles.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman wins National Book Critics Circle fiction prize

The under-the-radar author won for her collection "Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories."Reporting from New York -- The National Book Critics Circle gave its 2011 fiction prize to Edith Pearlman, an under-the-radar writer of short stories, at its annual awards ceremony Thursday evening at... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Banned novel makes Indie Foreign Fiction Prize longlist

A novel banned by the Chinese government has made the longlist for the Independent Foreign... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can the BuzzFeed Formula Work For Real News?

BuzzFeed, the meme-centric social news site known for its reserves of offbeat content and silly cat photos, is stockpiling journalists—serious ones. Last week, it announced the hire of award-winning Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings, adding to an impressive roster of reporters that include... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S secures two from debut 'Picoult' novelist

Simon & Schuster has acquired two books from debut novelist Kimberly McCreight in a "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Real-Time Advertising Bidding Offers Publisher Control

As publishers attempt to make online advertising a profitable and engaging business model, real time bidding on Web inventory by prospective clients is becoming more prevalent. Conde Nast launched a private Web ad exchange with AdMeld for select clients in late 2011, and now smaller publishers... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schools' ebook enquiries going 'through the roof', claims library supplier

E-book enquiries from schools have gone "through the roof", according to library... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Critic's Notebook: What is fact, what is fiction?

'The Lifespan of a Fact' lays out a thought-provoking debate of the issue between authors John D'Agata and Jim Fingal.The key passage in John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's "The Lifespan of a Fact" (W.W. Norton: 124 pp., $17.95 paper) comes late in the book, during an exchange on the role of fact in... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Test our rivals' tablet claims, says Future as it publishes T3 data

Future is encouraging media agencies to probe the numbers its magazine publishing rivals are claiming for their tablet editions, as part of an "educational" initiative to grow the tablet advertising market. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author claims Kindle top spot

Self-published crime writer Kerry Wilkinson claimed the top spot in the UK Kindle bestseller... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Transworld sees double, takes fiction chart top spots

Transworld titles earn pride of place in both the Mass-market and Original Fiction charts this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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1964 Act is "barrier to reform", claims LGA

The Local Government Association has called for the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tulisa turns novelist for Headline

Headline has secured world rights to an autobiography and two novels by N-Dubz and “X-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith to promote YA fiction

W H Smith is to promote cross- over young adult (YA) titles more directly to adults via a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction, Nonfiction Mix it Up: International Bestsellers January 2012

Germany’s top fiction title at the end of December, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out His Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson climbed up from #5, supplanting previous chart-topper Inheritance (Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance was also #2 in Spain). Jonasson’s novel has sold more... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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