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Sweat from Tourists Putting Sistine Chapel at Risk

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Sweat from Tourists Putting Sistine Chapel at Risk

Who Knew Sweaty Tourists Were So Dangerous? With so many people traipsing through the Sistine Chapel every day, the paintings are suffering. What will the Sistine Chapel do to save these Renaissance masterpieces?

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Fiction Nearly Rivals Bible Purchases

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Fiction Nearly Rivals Bible Purchases

At Least Folks Keep on Buying . . . ECPA’s latest report gives some interesting statistics on trends out there in the book- and Bible-buying world.

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PDF vs. EPUB Comparison Explanation

Friday, October 1st, 2010

PDF vs. EPUB Comparison Explanation

I Thought I Knew That . . . Sometimes the alphabet soup of acronyms in publishing is confusing. Here’s an explanation of a couple of the ones we all think we know . . .

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Sotheby’s to sell rare Audubon “Birds of America”

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Sotheby’s to sell rare Audubon “Birds of America”

A Book Collector’s Dream Now here’s a rare book auction where we’d like to be a fly on the wall—because we wouldn’t want to accidentally raise our hands!

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A Seminal Novel Turns 50

Friday, October 1st, 2010

A Seminal Novel Turns 50

Tribute: To Kill a Mockingbird Her childhood friend, Truman Capote, appears in the book. Her friends believed in her writing dream and supported her for a year off to pursue her passion. In that year off, she produced a book that won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and a movie that garnered three Academy Awards.

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The Rejection Letter of the Future Will Be Silence (And Why This Is a Good Thing)

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

The Rejection Letter of the Future Will Be Silence (And Why This Is a Good Thing)

Filtering the Digital Deluge E-book self-publishing is changing the way authors succeed or fail. How should publishers and literary agents adapt to this new environment, and how should authors decide which route to take? Check out the lively discussion at Nathan Bransford’s blog.

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Molly Ringle Writes the Worst Sentence of 2010

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Molly Ringle Writes the Worst Sentence of 2010

Here’s an Award to Be Proud Of! And the winner of this year’s contest for the "Worst Opening Sentence . . ." You editors out there? Take note!

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Will Digital License Plates Be The New Billboard?

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Will Digital License Plates Be The New Billboard?

Don’t Text . . . But Read My Plate! Just as I try to get used to those annoying blue headlights on cars, now I might actually be mesmerized by the changing license plate in the car stopped ahead of me? Yikes!

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Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast Cancer

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Joni Eareckson Tada to Undergo Surgery for Breast Cancer

Bestselling Author Needs Our Prayers Her books have sold millions and she’s been an inspiration to many more. Prayers for our friend Joni as she undergoes surgery for breast cancer.

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100 Years Later, Mark Twain’s Autobiography Set to be Published

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

100 Years Later, Mark Twain’s Autobiography Set to be Published

His Dying Wish It’s been sitting in a vault for nearly a century. At the wishes of the author, who died in 1910, his autobiography will be released this year—one hundred years after his death.

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