On book banning…

          Alright since I gave you some history and fact yesterday, I thought tonight I would share some personal thoughts.  Let me start by saying I love that there is a Book Banning Week.  It is a great week to bring light to the subject.  Many people don’t think this is still an issue today [...]

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Banned Book Week History and Facts

          As some of you may know, it is Banned Book Week.  The event started in 1982 and is held during the last week of September.  The aim of BBW is to gain public awareness of the practice of banning books. 
          Most books that appear on list in regards to being banned are actually being [...]

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Labron James gives credit where it is due

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090921/ap_en_re/us_book_review_shooting_stars
          This is a really good review.  I just came across it and instantly was like, I WANT to read that book.  Sport memiors are not even my thing at all.  Actually, the only one I have read was Drive by Larry Byrd.  It was for class.  However, this writer makes Labron James’ new books [...]

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When to get an book agent?

          Such an easy sounding question but the answer is so much less clear.  Every website and book I’ve looked at on the subject suggest before you even think about going to an agent that you should edit, have other people edit, take a class, pay a professional editor, and so on.  Is all that [...]

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Craigslist killer

http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2009/09/22/new_book_delves_into_so_called_craigslist_killing/
          Wow, this is apparently the big book news of the day.  Every place I looked had a link to some kind of story on it.  Basically, it is just a little story saying that there is a book coming out talking about some crimes that were linked back to ads on Craigslist.
          Apparently this [...]

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So sorry

          As you might have noticed, I’ve missed a few days in news.  I’ll try to get back on top of things tomorrow.
          The reason I have been missing is actually VERY exciting.  Since quiting my job I have been writing a lot more than before.  In the past couple of weeks I started concentrating [...]

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Pick and print

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10355318-265.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
          The world of books is definately chaning.  Technology is taking over and chaning everything.  This is just more evidence of that fact.  Google is hoping to announce tomorrow that all their public domain book will be available to print on demand. 
          The idea that it is a answer to people reluctate to switch to [...]

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From runway to recession…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090915/stage_nm/us_fashion_strategy_1
          That was actually the very first story that popped up tonight when I was looking and I instantly found it interesting.  Obviously many of us are feeling the recession.  I’m very fortunate to work at a job that is not.  I recently quit my second job though so am definately learning to stretch my [...]

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Examining the Wild Things

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090914/ap_en_ot/us_book_review_making_mischief
          Not surprisingly, an author is coming out with a book about Where the Wild Things are and it’s author Maurice Sendak.  The movie is coming out here soon so of course someone is capitalizing on it.
          Sorry, I know that is a pretty negative outlook but that was my first reaction when I saw [...]

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