Amazon Is on the eRopes
“Publishers have emerged victorious in the e-book pricing war with Amazon. The world’s largest online retailer has conceded to the demands of three major publishing houses and will cease heavily…
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An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #3
Betty Anne May, Age 80 Truth or Consequences, New Mexico “That man could turn me on by touching my little fingernail.”
Staging A Beautiful Apocalypse
Today is the birthday of one of my very favorite living writers, Samuel R. Delany. (I spoke once here before about how I share with Junot Diaz an abiding love…
Book Cover Missed Connections
“Such encounters are becoming increasingly difficult. With a growing number of people turning to Kindles and other electronic readers, and with the Apple iPad arriving on Saturday, it is not…
The King and the Lioness
So Mark Twain’s personal life? Complicated: “Documents known as a ‘blackmail dossier’ that expose the intimate secrets of Mark Twain, the author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, are to published…
“Will the iPad Matter?”
Yesterday the question was posed, “Will the iPad help books go viral?” Well MelvilleHouse Publishing doesn’t think so. In fact, they’re wondering if the iPad will matter at all, predicting…
The Jump-Off: Read with Sam Lipsyte
New York writers, win a chance to read your work alongside Sam Lipsyte at our NYC event on April 6. Lipsyte is one of our featured guests at A Night…
The Rumpus Interview with K. M. Soehnlein
“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character’s self-awareness—or lack…
Books Going Viral?
“Plenty have predicted that Apple’s tablet will decimate Amazon’s dominance over the ebook world and how, together, the two companies are screwing the publishers with tough dealmaking. Far fewer prognosticators have…
My New Job
“If you’re a fan of experimentation, silliness, and fucking–and what reasonable human being isn’t?–you’ll find things to like about My New Job.” Check out Evan J. Peterson’s review of Catherine Wagner’s…