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Everybody’s an Expert, or, 1,972 Amazon Reviewers Can’t Be Wrong Alison Flood reports in the Guardian that a Harvard Business School study finds that “Amazon reviews are just as likely to give an accurate summary of a book’s quality as… Read more »
- The DSK Affair: One Year Later, a Shakespearean tragedy
Edward Jay Epstein made headlines two weeks ago with a big interview with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, drawn from his ebook original Three Days in May: Sex, Surveillance, and DSK, just out… Read more »
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France warns EU to watch out for Amazon’s “predatory pricing” Frederic Mitterand, the outgoing culture minister of France, has written a letter to the EU’s Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia critical of the EU lawsuit against publishers (see the earlier MobyLives… Read more »
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Winnie the Pooh house for sale If you’ve been wondering what to do with that $3.2m burning a hole in your pocket, you might consider investing in a piece of children’s literary history. A.A. Milne’s former home… 2 / Read more »
- Charlaine Harris drives a stake in the heart of her Southern Vampire series
Earlier this week, novelist Charlaine Harris confirmed on Facebook that the next installment in her bestselling Southern Vampire Mysteries series will be the last. The basis for HBO’s hit show… Read more »
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Is this the laziest book-related app of all time? The description on the iTunes page for this app tells you what you need to know: “Do you hate turning your neck sideways to read book titles at libraries… 1 / Read more »
- Day in Review
Seven bad habits of successful authors How fiction “tricks” readers out of their prejudices The only bookstore that ever won a Tony Award Federal judge requires robber to submit book… Read more »
- Oxford Comma dance break
Introducing our newest series: Friday music videos somehow or other related to books. First up, Vampire Weekend performing “Oxford Comma.” Yes, the first line is, “Who gives a fuck about… 1 / Read more »
