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Book News: Lauren Conrad will be an Author

September 16th, 2008

Lauren Conrad is apparently one of the “stars” of the TV show The Hills, a reality show about life in Bevery Hills (I think.  I’ve never seen it.)  Conard just signed a 3 book deal with Harper Collins.  From The Montreal Gazzette:
All three (books) will be what’s called young adult fiction, about “a girl who moves [...]

Book News: David Foster Wallace Dead

September 14th, 2008

Sad news from the LA Times:
David Foster Wallace, the novelist, essayist and humorist best known for his 1996 novel “Infinite Jest,” was found dead Friday night at his home in Claremont, according to the Claremont Police Department. He was 46. 
His wife came home only to find that her husband had hanged himself. 
Wallace was an excellent [...]

Book News: Michael Phelps is an Author too!

September 13th, 2008

Michael Phelps is king of the world right now.  He is hosting Saturday Night Live tonight (although I’m not sure if that is show is significant anymore) and just signed a $1.6 million deal to write his autobiography/memoir.  From The Cleveland Leader:
The minimum price tag just to start dealing was $1 million, which went up [...]

Book News: More E-Reader News

September 12th, 2008

From Sky.com (another British article about the Sony Reader):
Reading material for kids is mainly limited to menus, text messages and tarot cards. But as they all love gadgets, the E Reader might be a way of actually getting them to read. 
These are the ridiculous words of British author Kathy Lette. Menus, text messages and [...]

Book News: Sony Reader to Kill off Paper Books?

September 8th, 2008

From The Telegraph:
The £199 Sony Reader, which will be available in more than 200 Waterstone’s stores from Thursday, could throw the future of the traditional book into doubt. 
Haven’t we gone through this already with the Kindle? Why would the Sony reader do what the Kindle has not done so far? The odd thing [...]

Book News: Sarah Palin Book is Extremely Popular

September 7th, 2008

This morning I posted about Barack Obama books, so it’s only fair to post about the Sarah Palin biography that is taking a HUGE leap in sales since her VP nomination.  From Northern Star Online:
The book, written by Kaylene Johnson, is currently out of stock. It sits high above the list, beating books written about [...]

Book News: Study Shows People Read Magazines in Public

September 5th, 2008

I don’t get this one from Market Watch:
The AudienceLab(TM) Study of Public Place Engagement, released today by McPheters & Company, has found that 57% of all magazine reading takes place outside the home and that 45% of time spent reading magazines occurs in public places such as waiting areas, airplanes and hotels.
They go on to [...]

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