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The Rook by Daniel O’Malley A couple of you mentioned enjoying this book in our December open thread. It had been languishing on Mount Kilimanjaro my TBR pile for years, and the love in the open thread prompted me to actually read it. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) Thomas comes to ... more >
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Man Booker International Prize reveals 2017 shortlist – The International Prize honors translated fiction, and the six shortlisted titles emerge from a longlist of thirteen. In some ways, the Prize recognizes translation as a literary art on par with original writing, as both translator and original author receive the same amount of ... more >
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Court Documents Regarding All Romance E-Books’ Disturbing Business Practices Surface – I have not had time yet to go through all the documents mentioned here, but if any of these allegations are true, the All Romance eBooks closure is even more troubling than previously thought. Did anyone even know all this ... more >
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Apple’s Appeal in E-Book Pricing Case – Without providing justification or explanation, the Supreme Court turned down Apple’s request for the Court’s review of the Second Circuit’s appellate decision that the company’s agreement with Big 5 publishers amounted to price-fixing. Which means that Apple is still ... more >
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The Hong Kong Bookseller Who’s Keeping ‘Banned’ Books On His Shelves – Despite the disappearance (and in a couple of cases, reappearance in mainland police custody) of five bookseller/publishers, some Hong Kong booksellers, including People’s Bookstore owner Peter Tang, are keeping mainland-banned titles on their shelves. It appears to be publishers ... more >
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Amazon opens its first real bookstore — at U-Village – The rumors, apparently, are true. Amazon now has its first brick and mortar bookstore, in Seattle, and while it is selling some of the same books as Amazon.com at the same prices (including a book written by Jeff Bezos’s wife, MacKenzie), ... more >