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May 28, 2009

President Obama and First Lady Obama to Host National Book Festival

JanePublishing Newsobama5 Comments

On Saturday, September 26, 2009, President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the National Book Festival on the National Mall. This is the ninth annual event and the last two years saw crowds of 120,000 plus. Somehow I think that DC better order up a whole fleet of ... more >

February 4, 2009

Wednesday Day Night Links of No Love

JaneBook ReviewsBarnes & Noble / Borders / cover-art / obama / Stephen-King / Stephenie-Meyer60 Comments

Stephen King laid the smackdown on Stephenie Meyer in an interview yesterday. “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.” [Thanks Emmy] The comments to ... more >

January 21, 2009

Wednesday Late Nite Links of Fisting?

JaneBook ReviewsAudible / Britney-Spears / Bullet-Catchers / Celebrity books / obama10 Comments

Audible is offering a free download of almost any of the 50,000 titles in its catalog. You know that Audible is the only one not stripping its DRM from the offerings in iTunes. Alloy Entertainment is a packager and backed the popular Gossip Girl and The Sisterhood of the Traveling ... more >

January 12, 2009

Monday Links of Love

JaneEbooksDorchester-Publishing / obama / Simon & Schuster5 Comments

Someone’s going to hell over this. Vatican’s hottest in priest’s robes. (JD Robb’s Salvation in Death has a hot priest). According to one commenter, though, these pictures are not only 4 years old but also not of priests but of Gondola drivers in robes. Simon & Schuster has totally redone ... more >

July 14, 2008

Literary Satire Gone Too Far?

JanePublishing NewsLiterary Criticism / obama / political-books / Satire27 Comments

The New Yorker’s cover this month features about every Obama slur possible on its cover. It’s obviously meant to be satiric but is it? My thinking is that if you put McCain on there as a Manchurian candidate, while ironic and satirical, it would also be offensive. Of course, media ... more >

April 4, 2008

The Political Elites and Their Book Income

JanePublishing Newsobama / Royalty2 Comments

Hilary Clinton just released her tax returns for the period in the Senate. The big numbers that jumped out at me was how much money the two made on their books: Senator Clinton’s Book Income: $10,457,083 President Clinton’s Book Income: $29,580,525 Interestingly both Clintons appear to have earned out their ... more >

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