February 2012
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Feb 3rd
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The Millions' Guide to Litifying Your Tumblr... →
A great list. We got snubbed. But still, a really good compilations of literary tumblrs.
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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Jimmy Fallon’s DO NOT READ list. 
Feb 3rd
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Michelle Obama did 25 pushups today to beat Ellen. That’s pretty good. But our author Paula Broadwell bested Jon Stewart with 59. Really hoping this trend of pushup contests on talk shows catches on.
Feb 2nd
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“What accounts for an upsurge in confidence among independent booksellers? In...”
– Bill Petrocelli, co-owner of Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA via Shelf Awareness
Feb 1st
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January 2012
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This. Is. Awesome. In the Daily Show’s first-ever week with an all-female guest lineup, our author Paula Broadwell challenges Jon Stewart to a pushup contest for charity (Team Red, White, and Blue).
Jan 26th
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“The evidence of singletons’ buying power is beginning to emerge: in...”
– “Solo nation: American consumers stay single”, Fortune
Jan 25th
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10 Bestselling Books with 80+ One-Star Reviews
One-Star Reviews for Bestselling Books 1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (669 one-star reviews) 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by  Stieg Larsson (396 one-star reviews) 3. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (344 one-star reviews) 4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (169 one-star reviews) 5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (157 one-star reviews) 6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet...
Jan 23rd
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“He handed me the headphones. The music was high-pitched, like the sound track of...”
– from Jeet Thayil’s forthcoming book Narcopolis
Jan 19th
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Let Chris Morgan Jones convince you why you should read his new thriller THE SILENT OLIGARCH in his super-charming accent. 
Jan 17th
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Overheard in the Penguin Press office
I'm listening! I'm ready to have a spirit animal!
Jan 13th
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December 2011
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“Literature and art are important subjects which are indispensible to human life....”
– The first paragraph from Kim Jong Il’s LIFE AND LITERATURE, downloadable for free here.
Dec 19th
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dailylibertytv: Niall Ferguson discusses how the United States can avoid imminent collapse. What do you think of his plan?
Dec 16th
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Sh*t My Agent Sells: The Art of Turning Instafads... →
The New York Observer nails it.
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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The podcast of the CBC interview with Claire... →
awolfinpeopleclothes: As the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens is nearly upon us—just a few days under two months—it’s hard for someone like me to not get excited about something like this.  I have yet to read Tomalin’s biography of Dickens, but I hear it’s very good.  I hope that I can read it by February, but since I still have two novels by Dickens to finish and Gissing’s biography...
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
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