'The Amateur,' a new book slamming Obama, is already amassing critics
Christian Science Monitor
The book, by former NYT Magazine editor Edward Klein, makes Jodi Kantor's “The Obamas” 'feel like a neighborly visit.' By Husna Haq / May 17, 2012 “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House” by former New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein has ...
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
The book, by former NYT Magazine editor Edward Klein, makes Jodi Kantor's “The Obamas” 'feel like a neighborly visit.' By Husna Haq / May 17, 2012 “The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House” by former New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein has ...
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times
“The Amateur” by Edward Klein is a book about an inept, arrogant ideologue who maintains an absurdly high opinion of his own talents even as he blatantly fails to achieve his goals. Oh, and President Obama is in this book too.
Author of explosive new Obama book unveils bombshell interview with Rev ...
Fox News
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Tonight, we take an in-depth look at the explosive new book that has all of Washington talking. From allegations that the Obama inner circle attempted to pay off the Reverend Jeremiah Wright to reports about the widespread ...
5 Ways to Market Self-Published Books on a Shoestring Budget
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition to their print sales, they also published over 115000 new e-book titles last year, which was a 22 percent increase. Self-publishing has been made easy, but authors can increase their chances of sales success by making marketing a priority.
CreateSpace Now Offers Independent Authors and Publishers Zero-Cost, Inventory ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CreateSpace, an Amazon company, today announced that authors and publishers around the world can now use its independent publishing platform to distribute their books in Europe for free on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it.
Book Talk: Museum conservator finds life in automaton
Reuters
The museum backdrop, of the book which was published this week, is not immediately familiar to the layman, yet in restoring a swan automaton, a mechanical device that resembles and replicates the real bird, the conservator Catherine finds solace and ...
Book Review: The Demi-Monde: Winter by Rod Rees
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
ORG The dated term of demi-monde betrays the opulent steam punk setting of Rod Rees' firstbook under his real name. Literally, the French translates to half the world and refers to those who live conspicuously hedonistic lifestyles.
Got story? Hollywood happy to build narratives, characters around popular brands
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is known for snatching up best-selling books and turning them into big-screen blockbusters: “Twilight,” ''Harry Potter,” ''The Hunger Games,” ''The Help” and countless others. But the adaptations hitting theaters this week ...
Finalists announced for new literary prize
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — A Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Malcolm X and a best-seller about Catherine the Great are among the finalists for a new literary prize. The American Library Association and the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the ...
Shared book's themes inspire gallery's show
Boston.com
“The book is a nonfiction account about a young man from Massachusetts whose effort to gather Yiddish books turns into a far-reaching mission to help preserve a dying culture,” Pope said. “As he picks up books from an older generation of immigrants he ...
Big Wave Surfing Author Gets Ready to Release New Book Titled - 'Do Not Invent ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In his new book, titled Do Not Invent Buggy Whips, the award-winning author Ken Thurber has already begun to strike a chord with reviewers and readers alike. The book has already grabbed ...
Jean Craighead George, Children's Author, Dies at 92
New York Times
Jean Craighead George, a Newbery Award-winning writer for young people whosebooks brought the natural world from the Catskill Mountains to the Alaskan tundra to wild, luminous life, died on Tuesday in Mount Kisco, NY She was 92.
New York Times
Kent Whitaker Whips Up Food Lore At Canton Georgia 4th Annual Literary Celebration
The Chattanoogan
East Ridge author and culinary writer Kent Whitaker, also known as The Deck Chef, will be part of the culinary author panel discussion Sunday May, 20, during the Canton Georgia fourth annual Literary Celebration. The discussion and Q&A session begins ...
Hugh Dancy: By the Book
New York Times
What book is on your night stand now? I am getting ready to film an adaptation for TV of Thomas Harris's novels, so currently there is serial-killer literature scattered throughout our home. I am also reading a biography of Mao (possibly same genre) ...
Author hopes couples see 'Expecting' together
South Bend Tribune
But it's a self-help book, packed with answers to the burning questions a lot of pregnant women and their husbands ask. Murkoff, 53, didn't see a movie in that. "These movie pitches never survived my gut check," Murkoff says.
Guinness Book Responds To Jack White
Stereogum
In a recent piece for Interview Magazine, Jack White complained about the Guinness Book Of World Records deliberately avoiding the inclusion of the White Stripes, something we chronicled in yesterday's edition of Where's The Beef?
Stereogum
Big City Book Club: Discussing 'Time and Again' by Jack Finney ...
By By GINIA BELLAFANTE
10:07 p.m. | Updated Thanks to all of you who participated in the Big City Book Club this evening. If anyone has further comments or questions, please post them below; I'll follow up later in the week. And if anyone who participated is not yet a ...
City Room
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
ORG The dated term of demi-monde betrays the opulent steam punk setting of Rod Rees' firstbook under his real name. Literally, the French translates to half the world and refers to those who live conspicuously hedonistic lifestyles.
Got story? Hollywood happy to build narratives, characters around popular brands
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood is known for snatching up best-selling books and turning them into big-screen blockbusters: “Twilight,” ''Harry Potter,” ''The Hunger Games,” ''The Help” and countless others. But the adaptations hitting theaters this week ...
Finalists announced for new literary prize
Wall Street Journal
AP NEW YORK — A Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Malcolm X and a best-seller about Catherine the Great are among the finalists for a new literary prize. The American Library Association and the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced the ...
Shared book's themes inspire gallery's show
Boston.com
“The book is a nonfiction account about a young man from Massachusetts whose effort to gather Yiddish books turns into a far-reaching mission to help preserve a dying culture,” Pope said. “As he picks up books from an older generation of immigrants he ...
Big Wave Surfing Author Gets Ready to Release New Book Titled - 'Do Not Invent ...
MarketWatch (press release)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In his new book, titled Do Not Invent Buggy Whips, the award-winning author Ken Thurber has already begun to strike a chord with reviewers and readers alike. The book has already grabbed ...
Jean Craighead George, Children's Author, Dies at 92
New York Times
Jean Craighead George, a Newbery Award-winning writer for young people whosebooks brought the natural world from the Catskill Mountains to the Alaskan tundra to wild, luminous life, died on Tuesday in Mount Kisco, NY She was 92.
New York Times
Kent Whitaker Whips Up Food Lore At Canton Georgia 4th Annual Literary Celebration
The Chattanoogan
East Ridge author and culinary writer Kent Whitaker, also known as The Deck Chef, will be part of the culinary author panel discussion Sunday May, 20, during the Canton Georgia fourth annual Literary Celebration. The discussion and Q&A session begins ...
Hugh Dancy: By the Book
New York Times
What book is on your night stand now? I am getting ready to film an adaptation for TV of Thomas Harris's novels, so currently there is serial-killer literature scattered throughout our home. I am also reading a biography of Mao (possibly same genre) ...
Author hopes couples see 'Expecting' together
South Bend Tribune
But it's a self-help book, packed with answers to the burning questions a lot of pregnant women and their husbands ask. Murkoff, 53, didn't see a movie in that. "These movie pitches never survived my gut check," Murkoff says.
Guinness Book Responds To Jack White
Stereogum
In a recent piece for Interview Magazine, Jack White complained about the Guinness Book Of World Records deliberately avoiding the inclusion of the White Stripes, something we chronicled in yesterday's edition of Where's The Beef?
Stereogum
Big City Book Club: Discussing 'Time and Again' by Jack Finney ...
By By GINIA BELLAFANTE
10:07 p.m. | Updated Thanks to all of you who participated in the Big City Book Club this evening. If anyone has further comments or questions, please post them below; I'll follow up later in the week. And if anyone who participated is not yet a ...
City Room
Steve Jobs subject of new children's book | TUAW - The Unofficial ...
By Mike Schramm
The Loop spotted a new book over at Amazon called "Who Was Steve Jobs?" that appears to be a children's book, of all things. It's part of a series of books designed to tell kids about famous historical figures and why they're so admired or ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
TOLDJA! Fox Acquires Online Book Sensation 'Wool' - Deadline.com
By MIKE FLEMING
Deadline revealed last week that 20th Century would acquire film rights to Hugh Howey book Wool, an e-book being called science fiction's answer to Fifty S.
Deadline.com
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Book Tour
By Mustang Bobby
. . . . Two months from now, he (George W. Bush) plans to publish a book outlining strategies for economic growth. It's going to be a joint tour; Charlie Sheen will be going along to promote his book on how to be a big success in show business through modesty and clean living......
Bark Bark Woof Woof
Book Review: The Good Muslim
By Guest Contributor
And perhaps this storyline is why the book has garnered so many rave reviews and literaryawards—because Western critics and audiences enjoy literature that confirms their worst suspicions about Muslims. Its premise, a young woman's struggle to find meaning in a post-war, ... As someone who reviews books from a faith-based perspective, the book's title, The Good Muslim, also piqued my interest. Although I had not read Anam's preceding book A Golden Age, I picked this one up.
Muslimah Media Watch
31 Awesome Book Sculptures
By Jill Harness
Sure, the best thing you can do with an average book is read it, but when it comes to out dated textbooks and the Twilight series, book art is also a good solution. Over on WebUrbanist you can check out 31 fantastic examples of book ...
Neatorama
International ebook antitrust lawsuits [infographic] | TeleRead: News ...
By Piotr Kowalczyk
Popular Soda, one of our favorite sites with ebook news, tips and reviews, have put together an interesting overview of ebook antitrust lawsuits against big.
TeleRead: News and views on e-books,...
Nigel Hamilton: Dad's Books
By Nigel Hamilton
By rights they should have comprised a complete set of first editions, each one inscribed and signed by Ian Fleming to my father, Fleming's friend, employer, literary counselor. Except that my brother and I, finding them such racy reads as kids, ...
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
Former Gov. Jesse Ventura Releases New Book « CBS Minnesota
By Sara Boyd
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Just in time for the 2012 election campaign, a political guide from a former Minnesota governor. Jesse Ventura's new book is called, “DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans: No More Gangs in Government.” The title ...
CBS Minnesota
Book 'Em | The Comics Journal
By Tim Hodler
—Journal columnist Tucker Stone reviews Jean-Perre Filiu & David B.'s Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, and at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Sarah Boxer writes about George Herriman's Krazy Kat (and explores why critics have had such a hard time talking about it). —ICv2 has an interesting three-part interview with Image publisher Eric Stephenson about everything from digital publishing to creators' rights. (“If Image comics had been around when ...
The Comics Journal
Flavorwire » 10 YA Books That Scarred Us For Life
By Emily Temple
Today is the 73rd birthday of YA staple Gary Paulsen, the author of over 200 novels, including Brian's Saga (read: Hatchet and its ensuing sequels). Hatchet is one of those books it seems like just about everyone we know has read, and just ...
Flavorwire
Comic Book & Graphic Novel Round-Up (5/16/12) :: Books ...
Your Rating. 0.0. Each week, Paste reviews the most intriguing comic books, graphic novels, graphic memoirs and other illustrated books. batman owls.jpg. Batman: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo DC, 2012. Rating: 8.0 ...
Paste Magazine
Kyle MacDonald Selling Dewritten Book on Etsy - GalleyCatInspired by the newspaper blackout poetry of Austin Kleon, MacDonald created a new book by ...
www.mediabistro.com/.../kyle-macdonald-selling-dewritten-bo...
CreateSpace Now Offers Independent Authors Zero-Cost, Inventory ...
TeleRead - News and views on ebooks, libraries, publishing and related ... which means booksare printed when a customer orders it so the author ... “When I launched my book on Amazon via CreateSpace two years ago, ... Free e-books ...
www.teleread.com/.../createspace-now-offers-independent-aut...
TED Talks refuses to publish income inequality speech | The Raw ...
While it's certainly not the first time TED Talks has declined to publish a speech ... by author and epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, who's published a book that ...
www.rawstory.com/.../ted-talks-refuses-to-publish-income-ine...
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