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Year: 2005

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Is Book Marketing for the Birds?

Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeff Grim

Book promoter John Eklund, writing for Inversion, complains about book marketing while demonstrating why it's hard to market books to unique readers like him.

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Mystery Writers Weekend

Posted on January 31, 2005 by Jeff Grim

It’s not often that a blogger leaves the slipstream of electronic existence for a real time event in the oft neglected world outside the sliding door. Mys...

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Book Buying according to Values

Posted on January 29, 2005 by Jeff Grim

Last month, I saw that some in the literary blogosphere are upset that Amazon.com donates more to Republicans than Democrats. Dennis Loy Johnson of MobyLives.co...

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The News From Paraguay by Lilly Tuck

Posted on January 26, 2005 by Kevin Holtsberry

An intriguing and unique work in many ways but it never seem to rise to the level of art; of aesthetic and literary meaning deeper than mere description.

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Moral Fiction?

Posted on January 25, 2005 by Kevin Holtsberry

Interesting review/discussion over at Books & Culture. Philip Christman discusses the possibilities of “moral fiction” in a review of Yellow Do...

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Madras On Rainy Days by Samina Ali

Posted on January 25, 2005 by Jeff Grim

MADRAS ON RAINY DAYS By Samina Ali Despite the title, most of this debut novel takes place within the walls of the Old City of Hyderabad. Layla, the protagonist...

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