Tag: reviews
group name: publishingnews
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October 13, 2006 04:18 AM EDT --
The £50,000 Booker prize is the world's most prestigious literary award for fiction. The prize founded in 1969, rewards the best book of the year in English language by a writer from the . . . more
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April 14, 2007 10:23 PM EDT --
I love it when I come upon an author who has written several books in a series. I get to start at the beginning with the first book and eventually read every book in the series. The characters . . . more
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September 16, 2006 07:53 PM EDT --
Book Review: The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
What goes through the mind of a terrorist who is willing to strap bombs or dynamite to their body and blow themselves to bits for a political cause? . . . more
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August 08, 2006 08:27 PM EDT --
Okay, this one isn't free. But I started reading one of the stories (you can read the first 1/2 of each story on the preview site-- http://preview.baens-universe.com/ ) . . . more
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May 30, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
Book lovers still reeling from cutbacks at newspaper book sections have a new reason to be upset: Amazon.com is reducing space for book reviews too.
Amazon is cutting the number of book reviews displayed . . . more
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June 21, 2006 08:30 AM EDT --
Bruce Henricksen's "The Zero Club" made me think about how literary writers are received in my own region. Duluth MN has some authors to be proud of. Connie Wanek and Barton Sutter are poets . . . more
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June 17, 2007 08:27 AM EDT --
As part of my duties as a mother, I try to read books with my daughters. Sometimes we read together as a group, sometimes we do so separately, but this allows for engaging in discussions about the . . . more
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August 24, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
I picked up a copy of An Invisible Sign of My Own when I remembered someone on Gather recommending Aimee Bender, and I was not disappointed. This is Bender’s first novel—coming after the collection . . . more
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October 18, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
On Oct. 11, the Swedish Academy announced that Doris Lessing (87) had won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Most bloggers reacted to the news by recounting meetings they have had with Lessing and by discussing . . . more
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May 02, 2008 05:08 AM EDT --
Neither editor nor expert, the reader reviewer occupies an ambiguous position in the food chain of the creative process. Uncertain of their own qualifications and abilities, the temptation exists . . . more
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April 30, 2007 03:03 PM EDT --
The Sony Reader, some have said, is a solution in search of a problem – that there's no apparent need for this technology and it is, at best, a benefit to a very narrow audience. I would argue, . . . more
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July 25, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
QUESTION: I'm considering mailing review copies of my self-published novel to a mailing list of reviewers. Since this will cost quite a bit of money, I'm concerned whether I'm likely to actually . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:44 AM EST --
I'm currently touring through various sites and am enjoying my time here on Gather.com.
I invite all Gather members who enjoy fantasy to take a read of my new novel:
Eafin Lokdore and the Magician's . . . more
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February 25, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
Yesterday I had yet another argument with a writer over grammar. He had asked me to review his book for my website, and as always I allowed him to see the review before it was posted. . . . more
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August 27, 2006 04:05 PM EDT --
Few adults who had young children in 1996 will forget the Elmo fever that swept the nation as Tickle Me, Elmo become the "must have" toy of the Christmas season. Anyone who unfamiliar with the . . . more
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April 30, 2007 09:07 PM EDT --
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July 22, 2007 02:23 PM EDT --
Positive reviews of your book on Amazon.com can boost its sales online and in brick-and-mortar stores. Bad reviews on Amazon, however, can have an even bigger impact, and the picture isn't pretty. . . . more
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April 12, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
For those that self-published via POD, there's another review site out there--taking thrillers, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy--just about anything except experimental and cookbooks!
http://www.podler.blogspot.com/ . . . more
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December 10, 2006 06:46 PM EST --
Edit: I'm going to cross-post this to the fantasy groups because the review site apply to fantasy--and I'm guessing the fantasy folks do a lot of reading too! . . . more
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August 07, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
What's the burning ambition of every wannabe author? It's to tour the country, signing books for legions of fans at every Barnes & Noble, Borders, and independent bookstore from coast to . . . more
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