Recommended: This excerpt from Jessica Anya Blau’s new novel.
Fitting Room Drama
Another story altogether.
Michelle Dean on the love affair between Rebecca West and H.G. Wells.
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On Online Publishing
Everybody should read this great piece on online publishing by Sean Bishop, Better’s founding editor.
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The Rise of Annotated Literature
Recommended Reading: On how Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice paved the way for the modern trend of literary annotation.
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Amazon’s Price-Check Debacle
A lot of people were outraged by initial reports of Amazon's price-check promotion, and a lot of that had to do with misinformation. Thankfully, Richard Russo sets the record straight about at least one point of contention. (The discount doesn't apply to books.)
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Catalog Upon Catalog
LibraryThing has published the catalog of F. Scott Fitzgerald's personal library. You can check out a list of all 322 titles here (PDF). Meanwhile, from the department of "new books you can actually buy," New Directions has published their Fall 2012 and Winter 2013 catalog (PDF) as well.
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