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Poet Sherwin Bitsui.
Credit: Jackie Alpers.
Nov/Dec 2009
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China Backs Copyright Complaints, To Hell With Books, and More
by Adrian Versteegh
Online Only, posted 11.30.09
High demand is keeping the Nook out of stores for another week; a major literary center will open next year at Melbourne’s State Library; one of the United Arab Emirates has an ambitious plan to hand out free books; the cash-strapped Washington Post is experimenting with an online bookstore; and other news.
Borders UK Going Under, Sedaris on Vinyl, and More
by Adrian Versteegh
Online Only, posted 11.25.09
Amazon has treated the six-inch Kindle to a pre-holiday upgrade; a book once owned by the girl who inspired Alice in Wonderland is going up for auction; “tweets” need no longer be lost to posterity, thanks to a new publisher; potential customers will soon get an in-store look at the Nook, B&N promises; and other news.
ALA Updates Google Guide, Smashwords to Supply Kindle Titles, and More
by Adrian Versteegh
Online Only, posted 11.24.09
British publishers are celebrating a bill that calls for tougher digital copyright rules; a prospective buyer is offering hope for the employees of a troubled Arizona paper; Steve Almond’s new publisher is Harvard’s print-on-demand bot; and other news.
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Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Molly Friedrich
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Feature
September/October 2008
Known as a heavy-hitting agent willing to go to bat for her clients, Molly Friedrich discusses how an author should choose an agent, what she looks for in a manuscript, and what separates great agents from merely good ones.
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The Audio Revolution: How to Amplify Your Poems
by Todd Boss
The Practical Writer
September/October 2009
If we agree that poetry is partly music, then we must also concede that to read a poem is partly to sing it. And when you consider that most Americans know by heart the words of at least one popular song—the one that has been played over and over again on the radio and been downloaded countless times from iTunes—it's easy to see their love of language as a tremendous opportunity.
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Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Nat Sobel
by Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Feature
May/June 2008
Agent Nat Sobel, one of the most forward-thinking and outspoken agents in the business, voices his opinions on what authors should do for themselves, the dangers of MFA programs, and what he finds in literary magazines.
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McSweeney’s to Champion Print by Adopting Newspaper Format
by Staff
Daily News
McSweeney’s founder Dave Eggers says his quarterly’s next issue intends to prove the viability of print by adopting a newspaper format. Eggers made the announcement at an Authors Guild gathering in New York City last month, where he was being feted for his charity work with the nonprofit 826 National.
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You Are Not Alone: Postcard From New York City
by Suzanne Pettypiece
Postcard
On a warm, breezy Saturday evening, hundreds of people who had spent the past three days at the annual BookExpo America took a break from the hubbub to attend You Are Not Alone, a celebration featuring comedy, music, and, of course, some top-notch literature.
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Q&A: Twichell Passes Ausable Torch
by Kevin Larimer
News and Trends
September/October 2008
Poet Chase Twichell talks about the decision to end her ten-year run as publisher and hand over her independent press to the nation’s largest poetry publisher, Copper Canyon Press.
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