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The Smart Set: Great Expectations and the London Book Fair

Books – Three days at the London Book Fair would drive anyone to drink. Check out Jessa Crispin's great writeup of the recent London Book Fair. Sounds like a fun and torturous event, all at the same time.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 23, 2008 12:21am

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The Way We Read

Books – What great power a bookseller has! It's incredibly gratifying to watch a customer purchase a novel or biography because you convinced them to do so; it's even better when they return to thank you for the recommendation.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 23, 2008 12:15am

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The Mystery of the Thriller... And How To File Them

Books – Publisher Weekly's Peter Cannon does his best to explain how he categorizes mysteries, thrillers and fiction, and where they end up on the shelf.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 23, 2008 12:14am

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Nicholson Baker yields a bold new history book on Hitler, which may offend Britain

Books – The allies should have left Hitler alone. So says the American writer whose obsessive research has yielded a bold new history book -- one that will deeply offend Britain. Check out the interview all about Nicholson Baker and his new book.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 23, 2008 12:11am

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JK Rowling Is Wrong

Books – People are getting pretty upset with J.K. Rowling over the whole Harry Potter lawsuit incident. What side do you fall on? I say sit back in your millions, lady, and don't worry about this website.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 22, 2008 11:42am

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IN CONVERSATION . . . With Tobias Wolff

Books – Given his subject matter (a world "where wounds did not heal, and things did not work out for the best"), a phone interviewer might be forgiven for expecting Tobias Wolff to sound dour, forbidding or at least gravelly.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:56pm

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Sued by Harry Potter's Creator, Lexicographer Breaks Down on the Stand

Books – Shhh! The librarian at the heart of the Harry Potter copyright-infringement lawsuit stood up to J. K. Rowling on Tuesday in a Manhattan courtroom, and then broke down sobbing.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:54pm

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Bethesda Start-Up Makes Writing a Little Less Lonely

Books – WEbook, which launched last week, invites writers, editors, topic experts and anyone else who has something to say to put their virtual pens together to work on literary projects. Check out the profile on this new publisher.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:50pm

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First-time novelists honoured in Orange shortlist | Special Reports | guardian.co.uk Books

Books – Three first novelists remain in contention for this year's Orange prize for fiction, in a shortlist announced this morning that pits them against three others with a total of 24 novels behind them.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:48pm

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New organ work by Bach unearthed, say scholars

Music – German music experts claimed yesterday to have found a long-lost organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach dating from the early days of his career. The piece, entitled Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns haelt (Where God the Lord does not stay by our side), was found in an auction lot by professors from the Martin-Luther University in Halle.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:48pm

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Legendary Disney animator dies at 95 - CNN.com

Movies – Ollie Johnston, the last of the "Nine Old Men" who animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Bambi" and other classic Walt Disney films, died Monday. He was 95.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:46pm

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Collecting Crime Fiction

Books – Detective fiction is probably the most avidly collected section of the modern second-hand first- edition market. Find out why crime fiction is such a hot commodity.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:43pm

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Candid Interview With Patricia Cornwell

Books – Thriller writer Patricia Cornwell on life, death and her own dark past. Check out her extraordinary life in the interview with the Times UK.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:20pm

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Marcel Berlins introduces The 50 Greatest Crime Writers list

Books – The Times Online presents their list of the 50 greatest crime writers that the world has ever known. Well, in their opinion. Maybe they'll band together to become a team of supercrimefighting authors.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:18pm

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Romance writer, publisher split up over plagiarism claims

Books – Romance writer Cassie Edwards and publisher Signet Books have decided to break up after allegations emerged in January that in she lifted passages in several of her books from other sources. Crime doesn't pay... but it might get you a few books published.

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Submitted and Voted for on April 20, 2008 10:14pm