Latest and Breaking Books News and Top Stories - July 8
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Self-publishing and ebook distribution platform Smashwords announced this week the results of its annual survey which tracks sales for the previous year and compiles an intense look at trends in ebook retailing from the data. Each year, ...
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One of the best aspects of going the digital route for your manga needs is the ability to keep them, rather than throwing them away. Physical manga books are made to be read and then discarded, digital allows you to keep them forever. Th...
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Following the same gameplay formula that has made Diablo a tremendous success, Soulcraft 2 League of Angels is the action RPG that empowers you to “continue your quest to save the world from the demons of the apocalypse.” To ...
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There are a few groups out there that claim to be the voice of advocacy and support for authors. Chief among them is the Author’s Guild, an organization that actively works to block self-published authors from its inner sanctum by ...
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You've heard the soundtrack, now read the book. Herewith, the first three pages of Morrissey's literary trip back to dear old blighty. I started reviewing this in December of last year, and haven't stopped adding notes to what has become...
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The answer is yes. You may be David ready to fight Goliath or take on the world, but it would be helpful to have, say, Brad Pitt to fight for you. Remember that opening scene in Troy where he jumped up and stabbed the big guy and then tu...
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Psychosis, codependence, grief. Deviants, tempests, feuding lovers. We think the only thing better than a rum & ginger beer is sipping it while reading a Dark & Stormy book. Added bonus: unlike the rum, we bet you'll never run out of pag...
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Welcome back to another installment of the Good e-Reader Radio Show with Mercy Pilkington and Michael Kozlowksi. Today on the show we talk about Libraries as Retail with the Simon & Schuster mandating that libraries sell eBooks in or...
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In 1979, while I was living through a revolution in Iran that brought my family and I first to France then to the States, the shifting elements that make the Middle East the perpetual tinder box that it is were aligning in Lebanon for a ...
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And my first post about a specific Shiny New Books item is to point you towards the competition on the homepage - you can win copies of the editors' favourite books from Issue 2 (including my choice of Tove Jansson's The Listener ) by te...
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The Next Chapter's annual mystery panel brings you the best mystery books of the year.
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“The New Arabs” by Juan Cole assesses Arab youth movements.
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California tells the story of a couple who, when they learn they are having a baby, leave their solitary refuge in a forest for a Utopian community in post-apocalyptic America.
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“Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands,” Chris Bohjalian’s terrific new novel, could serve as a master class on how to write the thinking reader’s bestseller. Suspenseful, provocative, often terrifying yet compassionate, it pushes a variety of ho...
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While getting ready for a recent appearance on "The Colbert Report," John Green revealed that he really likes wearing makeup and that he finally understands why some girls do, too. "I confess that in high school I was one of those guys w...
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The Kobo Aura HD and Onyx Boox T68 are the only two ebook readers currently available that feature E Ink’s 6.8-inch display, so a comparison review between them is needed to determine which device is better. Unfortunately that̵...
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Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR’s Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors ($0.99 Kindle), by James Hornfischer [Bantam] – Booklist *Starred Review* Book Description “Son, we’re going...
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As a writer and reader, I have more than a passing interest in book reviews. While some writers say they don't pay attention to reviews, that level of insouciance escapes me. I think it's a natural human tendency to be more than curious ...
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James Browning's The Fracking King is an engaging story about a high school junior named Winston Crwth. "Win," as he's called, is at Pennsylvania's Hale Academy (his third school in as many years), and he's there on a "Dark Scholarship"...
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It's the greatest time in history to be a writer. There are more ways to get published than ever before. While it's great to have so many options, it's also confusing. But when you break these many different ways down, they sort themselv...
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Offering up a free copy of your eBook has been a good way for self-published and first-time authors to promote their books to new readers. However, according to a new report from self-publishing site Smashwords, that tool may soon be pla...
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On June 12, members of the Cape Henlopen (Delaware) school board voted 6-1 to remove my LGBTQ YA novel , The Miseducation of Cameron Post , from their summer reading program for college prep and honors students. The reason they gave: "in...
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Writer Nancy Garden has died. She was 76-years-old. The New York Times reports that Garden became most well-known for her 1982 young adult book entitled Annie On My Mind ; it was one of the first to feature a lesbian relationship. Since...
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The Time in Between by Maria Duenas. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into ...
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Could politics trump economics as reason for growing income inequality?
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Review of The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book . By Peter Finn and Petra Couvée. Pantheon Books. 352 pp. $26.95 Following her arrest in October, 1949, Olga Ivinskaya, the mistress of Boris Paster...
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USC Online has created an infographic called, “The Five Laws of Library Science,” which explores five principles which can help guide the practices of librarians. According to the graphic, almost 2.5 million public library b...
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A few years ago, a local teacher asked me if I would give her students a lesson on how to be more creative. Teaching creativity is something of a daunting task and all the how-to blogs and articles full of bullet points only give us a pi...
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Our closet living relatives are pretty darn smart. Chimpanzees have complex social lives, and research has shown that they use tools and can even beat us at video games. And though they can't speak, scientists now know that chimps use a ...
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For months, I've envisioned my Book Tour by Bike only in fuzzy, lighthearted montage. It all begins with me riding (downhill, with a tailwind) on a lonely road. The camera cuts to a gas station, where I'm talking with a gruff-but-charmin...
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They call him The Bookworm. His crimes are derived from his reading list and his preferred mode of transportation is, of course, a book mobile. He is...
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"We substitute teachers like to think of ourselves as the marines of the public education system. Whenever a breach opens in our nation's educational front lines, off we go: The few, the brave, the stupid." -- From SUB: My Years Undergro...
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Read, read, read -- that's what summer is for! What better way to share values, to let ourselves be known to the next generation, than by sharing our love of reading: to share our favorite books from youth and adolescence and how books h...
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Here’s the first full trailer for GONE GIRL. Man, this looks good. You just finished reading First Full Trailer for GONE GIRL! Consider leaving a comment!Connect with Book Riot! You just finished reading First Full Trailer f...
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Free book time! We get a metric ton (hyperbole, sort of) of books in the mail here at Riot HQ, and we’re giving away 10 hand-picked pieces on the first Monday of every month! Just fill out the form below … Continued You just ...
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Rigid gender roles are irritating to many of us, damaging to society at large (whether people know it or not), and absolutely toxic to gender nonconforming children and their families. But like it or not, there are "boy's toys" and "girl...
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There’s a famous saying about the ethos of Seinfeld , and how it broke all the rules with a mere four words: “No hugging, no learning.” The characters didn’t evolve; we did. We watched Jerry, Elaine, George, and K...
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Today on Amazon’s Gold Box, save up to 45% on select beauty products shipped and sold by Amazon.com–makeup, skin care, bath & body, hair care, and more. Today is the last day to take advantage of this deal: 20 Kindle Tee...
