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Isaac Fitzgerald
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Being Your Own Publisher
We all know that self-publishing is no longer limited to vanity projects thanks to new technologies, but this article gives an excellent lay of the land for those of you who are considering going it alone. (via Rodes Fishburne) Update:…
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Annals of Advertising: 低燃費少女ハイジ
We’re pretty sure the blond girl is supposed to be Heidi, Girl of the Alps… not that knowing that clears anything up. More from the annals of advertising.
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Birds Caught in the Oil
“AP Photographer Charlie Riedel filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming…
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Annals of Advertising: “A Man’s Land” (But Also Cartoon Bears)
Those were the days, back when you could use cartoon bears to sell beer. More from the annals of advertising.
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Rumpus Original Art By Ian Huebert
Today’s hilarious send-up of teaching in the modern age by Daniel Stolar, “RE: Online Course Evaluations,” features art by Rumpus contributor Ian Huebert. Be sure not to miss Ian’s fantastic comic, Pornographic Barn Owl, and to check out more of his…
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Disconnect
“Among the thronged walking paths, mobbed booths, and snaking lines for book signings at this year’s Book Expo America, it was hard to reconcile the show’s booming attendance with the seemingly endless reports of an industry on life support.” Brian…
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“Liu Xiaobo committed no crime.”
“On Christmas Day last year, Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his part in creating Charter 08, a document calling for greater freedoms and democratic reforms in China. On Tuesday, the international human rights…
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The (Money) Passage
“I think literary is shorthand for appreciated, and commercial is shorthand for sells.” Justin Cronin‘s latest book, The Passage, is “vastly different from his previous work, which reflects his literary pedigree from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Harvard: a bunch…
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A Functional Freak
“3. If you’re not sure you could love your children, please don’t have them, because they might grow up and kill us.” Flavorwire has posted John Waters’ “10 best pieces of advice for functional freaks,”an excerpt from his new book,…
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Citrus County – Shipped
The Rumpus Book Club selection, Citrus County, began shipping yesterday. We’re going to ship another batch on Friday morning so there’s still time to sign up and receive the first book. Our second book, The Surf Gurus by Doug Dorst,…
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“Where the hell are my books?”
“My father’s lifelong relationship with books mirrored Hugh Hefner’s relationship with bimbos; day and night, he always had to have several within reach. He slept with a pile of them on his bed. He drove with a couple of them…