May 2012
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“Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via dashing-dashes)
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Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: The Bookrageous BEA... →
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housingworksbookstore:
Books by authors who will be at or made a mixtape for the FREE party on June 4, Bookrageous BEA Bash with Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Small Demons, and FSG’s Work in Progress:
The Astral
Birds of a Lesser Paradise
Black Hole Son
Celebrity Chekhov
Codex
Commencement
Emerald City and…
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ami with an i: 7x20x21 at BEA 2012 →
thefeeling:
amiwithani:
Once again, I will be hosting 7x20x21 at Book Expo America with my good friend (and closet breakdancer extraordinaire) Ryan Chapman.
If you’ve never attended 7x20x21 before, it’s an Ignite-style talk where speakers have 7 minutes and 20 powerpoint slides to tell you all about their current…
Killer lineup this year. Nate Silver!
This is going on the...
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“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can’t stop them. They leave me...”
– Maurice Sendak to Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Sendak passed away at the age of 83. (via vol1brooklyn)
“Dear Mr. Sendak,” read one, from an 8-year-old boy. “How much does it cost to get to where the wild things are? If it is not expensive, my sister and I would like to spend the summer there.”
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April 2012
21 posts
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“When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an...”
– Jorge Luis Borges (via martinaboone)
jenn has never really wanted to write a book, until RIGHT NOW.
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“Traditional publishing is far from blameless. It has been slow and...”
– Amazon aren’t destroying publishing, they’re reshaping it | Books | guardian.co.uk
The Harkaway has spoken!
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iamjanesheart asked: Hi all! I would like your opinion on when to blog about an advanced reader copy. For example, I have several ARCs that come out in June, should I wait for the release date? Thanks! Jaime Abbess
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On Reading Fiction
paulbogaards:
“Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar...
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“The DOJ’s proposed terms expressly permit publishers to set a soft floor on...”
– DOJ Announces Terms of Settlement With 3 Publishers in E-Book Lawsuit | Epicenter | Wired.com
the related text from the settlement:
“Section VI.B permits a Settling Defendant to negotiate a commitment from an e-book retailer that a retailer’s aggregate expenditure on discounts and promotions of...
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"Still, his work is marketed as nonfiction, and...
(from This American Lie, on fact-checking David Sedaris)
Ever since we read LIFESPAN OF A FACT, we can’t stop thinking about it. On the scale of “Well, that mostly happened” to “James Frey never actually went to jail”, how much wiggle room are you willing to give authors labeled as nonfiction? How much leeway should they get? Is it the same as journalism, or a...
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“As a culture, we’re torn between celebrating death and condemning it. Some...”
– from Timothy Schaffert’s Book Notes music playlist essay for his novel The Coffins of Little Hope (out this week in paperback). (via largeheartedboy)
a Bookrageous favorite!
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George R.R. Martin on writing women
George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.
March 2012
10 posts
"Community"
TROY: Why does being a librarian make her even hotter?
ABED: They're keepers of knowledge -- she holds the answers to all our questions like "Will you marry me?" and "Why are there still libraries?"
TROY: I want to be a book, she can pick me up flip through my pages, make sure no one drew wieners in me.
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Angelmaker: The Soundtrack, Now on Spotify « Knopf... →
All Harkaway, all the time.
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The Bookrageous Podcast » Bookrageous Episode 35;... →
In which we FEEL ALL THE FEELINGS!
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AAAAND WE'RE BACK
Ok, weird technological settings thing fixed! Welcome to the Bookrageous tumblr, where we’ll tell you all about the books we love (and possibly also the cats, donuts, beers, etc., that we love).