Publishing reporter Andrea Sachs writes about the book industry here every weekend.
It was a mournful day for late-night comedians in 2010 when Bill Clinton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that he had become a strict vegetarian. The …
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The Top 10 Moments in Reading in 2011
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Over in some other post on this site, we all listed our favorite Cultural Moments from 2011. That struck me as such a good idea that I thought …
TIME’s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2011
Dear reader, you’re probably as exhausted as we are from this month’s onslaught of Top Ten lists. (Don’t worry, we have a couple more we’re rolling out later this week.) But those deal with the macro. Here’s a bit of the micro …
Tintin 101: What You Need to Know Before You See the Movie
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Me, I don’t remember a time before Tintin. I grew up on him — those big floppy paperback editions you could practically get lost in. As a …
Happy Star Wars Day: Revisiting a Galaxy Very Very Close
What if the world of Star Wars collided with ours? Photographer Cédric Delsaux explores the possibilities in his new book, Dark Lens.
Galley Girl: Eric Weiner’s ‘Ikea God’ and a Pack of Publishing Old-Timers
Publishing reporter Andrea Sachs writes about the book industry here every weekend.
Growing up, Eric Weiner was hardly a soldier in the army of the Lord. He describes his family as “gastronomical Jews” (think bagels, lox
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My Five Things: Al Roker
Everybody needs a side gig, even the weatherman. A co-anchor on NBC’s The Today Show, Al Roker is also a novelist. He has co-written, with Dick Lochte, three murder mysteries starring chef/sleuth Billy Blessing: The Morning Show …
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: Traveling to Stay Alive
The first time I saw a copy of 1000 Places to See Before You Die, it was in the midst of an awkward silence. My aunt sat with the heavy tome after having unwrapped the gift, feeling the weight of the book on her lap and trying to …
Galley Girl: The Tragic and Inspiring Tale of Gabby Giffords
Publishing reporter Andrea Sachs writes about the book industry here every weekend.
It was, literally, a jet-set fairy tale. She was a two-term Democratic Congresswoman from Tucson; he was an accomplished astronaut in Houston. …
Browse at a Bookstore, Buy at Amazon: The Evil of Showrooming
Corrections appended: Dec. 9, 2011
The original version of this story dealt, in part, with Amazon’s Price Check mobile app, and claimed that the app allowed discounts on books, which it does not. References to the app have …
Seven Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2012
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The book business goes on a bit of a hiatus in December. If you release a book now you don’t really have time to push it out to bookstores …
My Five Things: Luis Alberto Urrea
From Mexican “Narco blogs” to Wilco, here are the five things that poet and novelist Luis Alberto Urrera can’t get enough of.
Origins: Jonathan Lethem on the Movies That Have Influenced His Novels
At some point in his career, novelist Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) realized that he didn’t need to shy away from writing about pop culture in his books. (Though, as he says, “I don’t even like the term pop culture. It’s culture!”) He realized that having his characters engage with the songs and albums …