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February 12, 2008Having me recap tonight’s “Good Reads” panel is like having a writer review his own book: I can tell you all about how I hope things came across, but I can’t play my usual role of the objective journalist.
When books coverage became my job back in late 2007, I assumed that the best part would be what I got to read. Instead, much of the delight has instead come from whom I’ve met — intelligent people. Concerned people. Expressive, entertaining people. Book people. I had four delightful book people on stage with me at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Park, and I felt honored to help them talk about how we spread the word about great books — and letting them champion their own favorite reads. Some moments that seemed to get at the heart of what we were attempting:  Comments (1) Leave comment
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|  E-mail entryThe entry ""Good Reads"" has no entry tags. Looking forward to seeing you tonight at Barnes & Noble to talk about good reads. If you're staying home this evening and would like to play along for valuable prizes ... tell you what. I'll send a fresh copy of Shalom Auslander's "Foreskin's Lament," to the first person who can e-mail mmerschel@dallasnews.com with the name of at least one book you have recommended to a friend recently. I'll share the title with the blog, and send you the Auslander book. (Fellow A.H. Belo employees -- get back to work! You're not eligible.) Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry ""Good Reads" tonight" has no entry tags. For those of you who track these things, Richard Ford has left Knopf and joined Ecco. Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Richard Ford changes publishers" has no entry tags. OK, how many of us are willing to give up turning paper pages? If you're game, a couple of possibilities were announced today: The Journal also notes that Amazon's new Kindle electronic book reader "quickly sold out upon debut." I have tried reading on the big screen and the little screen. I hate to rain on this new-tech parade of offerings, but I don't see any need to give up the printed word. In fact, I printed out the Journal story so I didn't have to read it on the screen. Comments (2) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "New ways to sell books in digital form" has no entry tags. |
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