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iPad may go on sale March 26th — getting ready for iBooks

Truth be told, I’m counting down the days to the iPad’s release — and the e-book reader, iBooks, is the reason why. [...]

Why buy the cow when you can read the milk for free?

I can’t help but feel that publishing companies are going to have to come to grips with the new digital model whether they want to or not. [...]

Gay characters make problems for Scholastic | csmonitor.com

Gay characters make problems for Scholastic | csmonitor.com

Will they or won’t they? That had been the question. Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic’s book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is also angry talk of a boycott. The [...]

What’s a new book worth to you?

It’s been in the news for the past week or so: major retailers are in a book-price war. Will that war have a negative impact on publishing? [...]

Boring into my heart like fangs

Every time I swear I’m going to leave Twilight alone, I just can’t resist going back in and taking another poke at it. And is that so wrong? This is why I read it, after all, to be able to mock it mercilessly. (And of course, like the bloggers at AbeBooks, when I say [...]

Hot, immortal and no icky blood drinking — are angels kicking vampires out of the spotlight?

As you know I read Twilight — every single page of all four books. I saw the movie and will probably end up seeing New Moon at some point. All for the joy of mocking, because it was all pretty much the most abysmal dreck I’d ever read/seen. But lots of fun to mock. [...]

If V.C. Andrews can write from the grave, then James Patterson can publish 17 books in 3 years

Following up on some information from commenter Mary from Scottsdale yesterday — from the New York Times:

Yes, James Patterson Signs 17-Book Deal Compiled by Dave Itzkoff. Published: September 8, 2009 If over the next few months you see smoke coming from the direction of James Patterson’s house, it might be a result of [...]