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Back to the other storm that rocked the book industry: Analysts weigh in on the Penguin Random House deal Coming out the storm — thankfully intact — it’s clear it’s still a hot topic under close consideration elsewhere in the book world.… Read more »
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Mo Yan liquor brand fetches $1.6m If you’ve ever experienced a powerful sense of dread while checking your bank balance after a night of drinking, this might make you feel better.
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Hurricane Sandy: clearly about publishing If anyone doubted whether Hurricane Sandy was a response, direct from on high, to the Penguin/Random House merger confirmed earlier this week, you outta take a look at the map… Read more »
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First-aid for water damaged books The Melville House office and bookstore is open. We are lucky that the water level did not reach our elevated first floor space. Libraries and bookstores throughout the Northeast experienced… Read more »
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When a tree falls in New Haven, do horror writers hear it? An old tree in New Haven, CT., snapped by Hurricane Sandy wind, revealed a perfectly macabre underbelly just in time for Halloween. The New Haven Independent reports: A homeless woman… Read more »
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The most boring headline out of the UK: Leveson report delayed The release of the Leveson Report, which has been investigating newspaper practices in the United Kingdom after the phone-hacking scandal has been delayed until late November. Lisa O’Carroll reports in… Read more »
