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Category Archives: Books
LAT: Publishers are reeling from Trump’s win, but the news is not all bad
Los Angeles Times: The morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election, Paul Bogaards awoke with “a feeling of despair and dread or worse.” The director of public relations at Knopf Doubleday emailed that to his staff; he also told … Continue reading
The Demographics Of Publishing
Comments: * I covered book publishing for more than 15 years as a reporter, up till the early 2000s, and during that time it was my impression that the editorial side of the business was about 3/4 female, and that … Continue reading
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Writing Acknowledgments
David Shenk writes in the New York Times: “A few inquiries remain unanswered. I would still be delighted to hear from: David Cesarani, Liane Dirks (on Polityka), Guido Knopp (on sources), Jörg Müllner (on the sound editing of the tapes) … Continue reading
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What Is A ‘Soft Block’?
I was just checking out my “holds” at LAPL.org and saw that my borrower status was “soft block.” So I Googled the matter and could find no info on what a “soft block” is and what I’ve done to enter … Continue reading
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Fly Fishing With Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys
Author Matt Labash emails: Hey Luke, long time, no talk. Thought you should know my new book’s out, and you’re in it. The porners meet the professors piece, in which you served as my guide. The book is kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Hitchens, darth vader, hitmen, jim traficant, kinky friedman, matt labash, mudcat saunders, wall street journal, wrestlers
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