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7x20x21 at DBW lineup

If you are still on the fence about attending tonight’s Digital Book World opening ceremonies, allow me to present you with two compelling points. First, the bartenders pour some seriously stiff drinks. And second, 7x20x21 will return with a delightful new slate of speakers: 

The ceremonies begin at 530, and 7x20x21 begins at 715 on the nose, in the second floor ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers. Me and the delightful Ryan Chapman hosting. Hope to see you there!

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Hello from New Orleans.

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I am now 100% obsessed with this comic book, Blue. Inexplicably not coming out for TWO MONTHS. Please go to his website and follow the dotted line to the bottom. It’s so gross. Zoom

I am now 100% obsessed with this comic book, Blue. Inexplicably not coming out for TWO MONTHS. Please go to his website and follow the dotted line to the bottom. It’s so gross.

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McNally Jackson Bookmongers: McNally J's Bestsellers of 2011

We are petitioning the head of McNally’s Espresso Book Machine to do a talk at Digital Book World, because THIS. IS. AWESOME. (PS: Erin, I hope you can do it. Please, please, please.)

mcnallyjackson:

Here are McNally J’s bestselling books of 2011. It’s a list! 31 books long. Arbitrarily. I had to go get my laundry.

  1. Just Kids, Patti Smith (Now also the bestselling book in McNJ’s history.)
  2. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
  3. On Booze, F. Scott Fitzgerald
  4. Bossypants, Tina Fey
  5. The…
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This has made me the happiest girl in 2012.

daviditsyourfather:

Talking points:

  • Be on the look out for a package.
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Make 2012 the Year You Resolve to Read More Books.

I don’t have any reading resolutions yet in 2012, but I have been inspired by Matt’s list below to make a list of my favorite books that I *read* this year, rather than just those that came out this year.

  • How Should a Person Be 
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • State of Wonder
  • The Family Fang
  • My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me 
  • Ten Thousand Saints
  • Zoo City
  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
  • A Storm of Swords

mrmullin:

Matt Mullin Books Read in 2011

In 2011 my New Years Resolution was to keep track of all the books I read in print. I’d initially planned to write a small paragraph about each with a family member so I could share them at the end of December, but that’s not particularly easy thing to do when you finish a book on a full 4 train. But just tracking your books is a wonderful contrivance to remind yourself to read, even when work, games, or packed trains get in the way.

If you haven’t made a reading resolution yet, I really encourage you to give it a try. If you read mostly in print (as I did in 2011), clear out a bookshelf or a space to pile the books up. I found that having the a totem in my room acted as a helpful reminder to always have a book in my bag. That stack will give you a better sense of what you like in your reading (for me, it’s novels. The ratio is 34:1 in the fiction vs non-fiction category).

If you read in both print and ebook, try using GoodReads to track your reading. The barcode scanner on their iPhone app lets you easily port your print titles to your profile.

If you read exclusively in ebook, consider Kobo, as you can use Reading Life to track your pages, hours read, and more.

My reading preferences and top 10 of the year below the break.

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I’m just glad they included Shelia Heti’s How Should a Person Be, which I was lucky enough to buy and read in Canada last year, and which if there is any justice in the world will take America by storm in May, if we can just wait that long.

At 8,400 words strong and encompassing 81 titles, this is the only 2012 book preview you will ever need.

- The Great 2012 Book Preview (via millionsmillions)

Always the best year-in-books preview. Check it out.

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A solid base for your probably-already-towering TBR pile.

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This Is Why You’re Midwestern returns for the holiday season. And we’re taking submissions. Fire up your Instagram, homeward-bound east and west coast kids. thisiswhyyouremidwestern: Spreadable cheese and beer. Delicious. Zoom

This Is Why You’re Midwestern returns for the holiday season. And we’re taking submissions. Fire up your Instagram, homeward-bound east and west coast kids.

thisiswhyyouremidwestern:

Spreadable cheese and beer. Delicious.

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5 Books You Can’t Download

Such a bummer.

scribnerbooks:

       

Because they’re not available as an e-book, and won’t be, for the foreseeable future.

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Surprisingly, I am less sure than this guy on Slate that independent bookstores are killing literacy.

I just emailed this post to every single person who works at my company.

towirr:

[The price indie bookstores charge for books] is not a markup. We charge what the publishers ask for the books. We simply can’t strongarm the publishers into giving us better discounts like B&N or discount every title deeply enough that we lose money on all of them in an effort to cut out our competitors, an effort alleviated somewhat by the money we make selling goddamned refrigerators out back. 

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