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Rupert Murdoch laughs at Penguin-Random House merger
Apparently ticked that his $1.6 billion pitch to buy Penguin wasn’t taken more seriously, Murdoch took to Twitter… Read more »
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Stephen King's print only book available as pirated ebook
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Controversy erupts as "undiscovered" Joyce manuscript is published just in time for Bloomsday
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Ray Bradbury biographer reveals unfinished manuscript in tribute
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Profile Books publisher: majority of self-published books are "unutterable rubbish"
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Mo Yan: The rights fight
Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win has, unsurprisingly, precipitated a rights scuffle, with the Wylie Agency announcing at the Frankfurt Book Fair that they now represent all of Yan’s novels. A… Read more »
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Village Voice sues for use of “Best of”
Someway, somehow, The Village Voice has managed to trademark the use of “best of”. The Voice is suing the crowd-sourced review website Yelp for trademark infringement for its use of… Read more »
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Sonny Mehta acquires lucrative new titles while trapped by Hurricane Sandy
The Random House offices remained largely inaccessible again Wednesday and those employees who were able to make it in to the office around treacherous bridges and Donald Trump’s least-favorite crane… Read more »
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Free ebooks available for All Hallow’s Read
Even though Halloween is now over, it’s still worthwhile to celebrate Neil Gaiman’s latest endeavor: Two years ago, he decided to launch a tradition that he calls All Hallow’s Read,… Read more »
