Literature
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Amazon spat with publishers escalates as contracts endJun 08, 2014 6:00 am - Amazon.com Inc.'s sales contracts with some of the world's biggest publishers, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, are next up for renewal, signaling that skirmishes ove...
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Book notes: Local authors promote debut novel TuesdayJun 07, 2014 5:45 am - • “How to Babysit a Grandma” author Jean Reagan reads from and signs copies of her new children's book, the follow-up to her title “How to Babysit a Grandpa,” at 7 p.m. ...
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Eros, gender roles at heart of 'Euphoria'Jun 07, 2014 5:30 am - Lily King's new novel, “Euphoria,” unfolds on a South Pacific island where a trio of young anthropologists lives among isolated tribes to make groundbreaking studies...
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Colbert assails Amazon over delayed book shipmentsJun 05, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - On one side of a major publishing feud is Amazon.com, the industry's biggest book seller. On the other side is a leading New York publisher few readers have h...
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Series characters paired in 'FaceOff' anthologyJun 04, 2014 5:15 am - International Thriller Writers Inc. has worked with publishers on various anthologies with stories written by their members. In “FaceOff,” nearly two dozen authors t...
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Blogger tallies Springsteen's Top 100Jun 03, 2014 5:15 am - Music blogger Jim Beviglia is trying to do far more than start arguments with his latest book, “Counting Down Bruce Springsteen: His 100 Finest Songs.” He ranks Springst...
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Interactive Clifford exhibit towers inside Elgin libraryJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - If a 9-foot-tall Clifford the Big Red Dog isn't enough to get the attention of children as they enter the Gail Borden Public Library this summer, the nine other huge exh...
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'Suspicion' is a can't-miss thrillerJun 02, 2014 5:30 am - Danny Goodman loves his teenage daughter, Abby, more than he can express. He's been having a rough go of things raising her since her mother died, and the private school...
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'Ghost Ship' is solid entry in NUMA Files seriesJun 01, 2014 5:45 am - “Ghost Ship,” the latest NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Files entry by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown, is the closest yet to a flat-out James Bond adventur...
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Book notes: Chef Gale Gand signs her new cookbookMay 31, 2014 5:45 am - • Liane Moriarty, author of the best-selling book “The Husband's Secret,” will read from and sign copies of the book at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Anderson's Bookshop, 12...