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The Short Road to Happiness
Supporting your local bookstore will strengthen your community— and make you happy
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From Cold Feet to Happy Feet
The author of the first Happy Feetmakes lemonade out of lemons.
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Hot or Not?
Yes, I'm cute. Now can we talk about my book?
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The Power of Fiction
A new novel, and a Nobelist, pack the old wallop.
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Yes, We Still Need Book Embargoes
Embargoes do more good than harm for everyone, especially readers.
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Digging To China
Are American publishers prepared to work with the Middle Kingdom?
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Wanted: A Digital Rights Policy
When it comes to digital licensing, choose policies over lawsuits.
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Barbarians at the Gate?
The Sobol Award uses technology to help aspiring novelists get through the "No Unsolicited Manuscripts" door.
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How Do You Say 'Deal' in Thai?
Publishers and agents often take a passive approach to foreign rights, even though such sales amount to virtually free money.
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Don't Fear eBay
Publishers sometimes mistake opportunities for threats.
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The Art of the Blurb
An unscientific study of "logrolling in our time".
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Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
Erotica presents sex the way women like it.
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Razing The Tower Of e-Babel
The reason e-books haven't caught on is simple: they're too complicated.
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How About Cooking Something Up with Me?
Cooks are looking to the Internet—and so should cookbook publishers
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Zero-Waste Publishing
While going to recycled paper is an essential first step, real change will only come when book sales become nonreturnable.
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I Made It Up
Advice, how-to and miscellany for first-time authors of fiction.
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Isn't Getting Teens to Read a Good Thing?
The controversy over the product mentions in Cathy's Book misses the point.
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Romancing the Store
Independent booksellers are ignoring some of the most popular books in the market: series romance.
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Publishing Math 101
The publishing world is mysterious and unpredictable—unless you know algebra.
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A Bookselling Tail
Why publishers should focus on the misses instead of the hits.