http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:10:38 -0700 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:24 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d19-NBF-hosts-annual-National-book-Awards?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Author Colum McCann; photo is courtesy of Brendan Bourke.n The National Book Foundation held it's annual award presentation for the National Book Awards on Wednesday, 11/18/2009. According to the Foundations website, "193 publishers submit... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d19-NBF-hosts-annual-National-book-Awards?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Google-Books-offers-retooled-settlement-to-renewed-opposition?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner  Photo courtesy of AP and Google.comGoogle Books has announced a new settlement proposal with authors and publishers after the original settlement had been withdrawn pending a federal court's decision on the legality of that original. Publishers... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:32:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Google-Books-offers-retooled-settlement-to-renewed-opposition?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Journeying-with-Barbara-Fleming?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Historical fiction writer Barbara Fleming released her latest novel, Journeying, through Five Star/Cengage in August of this year. She answered a few questions about her book and her writing style for me.   ~What first sparked that urge... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Journeying-with-Barbara-Fleming?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d2-NaNoWriMo30-days-of-literary-abandon?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Have a good idea for novel? Looking for a little encouragement? Or a place where you can brag a little, show off your progress, even find others doing the same? Look no further, NaNoWriMo is the place for you. Begun in 1999 by freelance author... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:36:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m11d2-NaNoWriMo30-days-of-literary-abandon?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Author-Atwood-promoting-a-green-book-tour-to-promote-latest-novel?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Author Margaret Atwood is promoting her latest novel, The Year of the Flood, with two websites, a blog, a Twitter account, and she'll be running a YouTube contest as well. But the object of the tour is to promote environmental groups and pract... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Author-Atwood-promoting-a-green-book-tour-to-promote-latest-novel?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Self-help-gurus-books-delayed-in-wake-of-sweat-lodge-deaths?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Hyperion Press announced on Tuesday, 10/27/2009, that it will be delaying the two books by motivational speaker and self-help guru, James Arthur Ray--the paperback edition of Harmonic Wealth and the hard cover release of The Seven Laws of True Wea... Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:06:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Self-help-gurus-books-delayed-in-wake-of-sweat-lodge-deaths?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Author-Maryann-Miller-tugs-on-the-heartstrings-with-latest?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Author Maryann Miller sat down with me for a little chat about writing and her latest novel of a mother's ultimate act for her son. ~Tell us a little about yourself--where are you from, married, children, etc? I’m originally ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:33:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Author-Maryann-Miller-tugs-on-the-heartstrings-with-latest?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Digital-age-isnt-welcomed-by-bookstores?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Amazon reported only 5% of all book sales are ebooks but market analysts are predicting double sales next year in 2010, as well as prediciting the eventual death of the brick and mortar bookstore. Forrester Research is prediciting sales of e-r... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:36:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d23-Digital-age-isnt-welcomed-by-bookstores?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d22-American-Booksellers-Association-asks-DOJ-to-investigate-pricing-war?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner And yet another player has entered the field of battle in the pricing war between retail giants Walmart, Amazon, Target, and Sears over new hardcover releases by such authors as Stephen King, Sarah Palin, and Dean Koontz. On Thursday, 10/22/... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:33:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d22-American-Booksellers-Association-asks-DOJ-to-investigate-pricing-war?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Ongoing-pricing-war-means-delay-of-new-Stephen-King-ebook?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner With the pricing war still raging between four giants in the retail industry, the first major casualty--or first serious volley, depending on how you look at it--was announced on Wed, 10/21/2009, when a spokesperson for Scribner Publishing (an imp... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:52:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Ongoing-pricing-war-means-delay-of-new-Stephen-King-ebook?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Another-player-joins-the-pricing-war-for-new-releases?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner First, it was Walmart. And Amazon hit back. Then Target jumped into the fray. And today, Sears decided to join the pricing war. Sears Holdings, the parent company of Sears and Kmart, announced the Keep America Reading program that upped the a... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Another-player-joins-the-pricing-war-for-new-releases?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Target-joins-the-pricing-war-over-book-sales?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner After the announcement on Friday of the pricing war between Walmart and Amazon, Target announced on Monday, 10/19/2009, that it too will become part of the war. Target has marked their upcoming releases to $8.99, cutting both giants by a pen... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:54:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Target-joins-the-pricing-war-over-book-sales?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Walmart-goes-head-to-head-with-Amazon-in-pricing-war?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Grisham's latest is one of the titles in abidding war between Amazon and Walmart. And who will flinch first?You know you've made it when you can put one of America's retail giants in a tizzy. Which is exactly what another retail giant did on Th... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:56:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Walmart-goes-head-to-head-with-Amazon-in-pricing-war?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Author-Lukasik-shares-a-love-of-writing-and-mystery?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Photo courtesy of author Gail Lukasik Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:54:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Author-Lukasik-shares-a-love-of-writing-and-mystery?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Markowitz-gives-the-gift-of-murder-for-Christmas?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner      Cover courtesy of Five Star Publishing, an      imprint of Cengage Publishing. Author Jeff Markowitz (Who's Killing Doah's Deer, A Minor Case of Murder: A Cassie O' Malley Mystery) has done it again w... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:35:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Markowitz-gives-the-gift-of-murder-for-Christmas?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Echo-in-the-Bone-another-winner-for-Gabaldon?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Photo of cover is courtesy of Delacort PressAn Echo in the Bone is Diana Gabaldon's latest novel, the seventh in the Outlander series, and another rip roaring, tense ride through the lives of 18th century highlander Jamie Fraser and his 20th century ... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:42:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Echo-in-the-Bone-another-winner-for-Gabaldon?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Amazon-announces-Kindle-sales?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner Brown's latest sold 2 million copies in the first week, 5% of which were ebooks.Even with the newest version of Kindle, Amazon has released the figures for overall sales of ebooks. The numbers appear to be holding steady at 5% of all book sales for 2... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:20:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m10d1-Amazon-announces-Kindle-sales?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d27-William-Safire-dead-at-79?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner William Safire appears on Meet the Press in 2007. William Safire, political columnist for The New York Times passed away on Sunday, 9/27/2009, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Safire made his first foray in to writing as a speechwrit... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:53:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d27-William-Safire-dead-at-79?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d26-Gabaldon-charms-fans-at-Joseph-Beth?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner (c) jwc 2005 -- Diana Gabaldon is escorted to the podium by Joseph-Beth employee, Bill, during the signing of A Breath of Snow andAshes.It was a huge turnout that waited patiently for author Diana Gabaldon (Outlander, Voyager, A Breath of Snow and As... Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:22:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d26-Gabaldon-charms-fans-at-Joseph-Beth?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Authors-publishers-request-delay-in-Google-settlement?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner      Photo courtesy of Reuters News AgencyAuthors and publishers have requested a delay in the hearing in which a U. S. judge will approve a settlement between the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, and Goog... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:36:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-12171-Lexington-Literature-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Authors-publishers-request-delay-in-Google-settlement?cid=exrss-Lexington-Literature-Examiner