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  Would You Run Away with J.D. Salinger?

  1062 readers33-year-old J.D. Salinger tried to run away with a married woman at a Harper’s Magazine party in 1952, one writer explained in a new essay. According to a Paris Review essay by Blair Fuller, Salinger privately proposed to her sister, Jill Fox, a...

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  Washington DC Named America’s Most Literate City

  4056 readersFor the second year in a row, Washington DC has been named America’s most literate city. New York City has moved up to the 22nd place on Central Conneticut State University’s annual list. Here’s more about the study that began in 2003: “Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America’s Most Literate Cities

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  Pippa Middleton Land a $620K+ Book Deal

  4504 readersPippa Middleton, younger sister to the Duchess of Cambridge, has reportedly signed a £400,000 ($620,360.00) book deal with Penguin UK imprint, Michael Joseph. According to The Telegraph, Middleton will be writing a nonfiction tome on how to host the perfect party. The not-yet-titled book will contain party ideas, stories and recipes. Middleton’s resume includes a past job

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  10 Ways to Beat Online Obscurity

  5291 readers Listen, I’ve got some bad news for you. More than likely, no one knows who you are. And more than likely, they never will. How can I say that with such authority? Easy. As of December 2010, there were over 152 million blogs on the Internet — in the U.S. alone. That’s a lot of noise, with

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  GalleyCat & eBookNewser Party in Times Square

  9481 readersBetween blockbuster books and National Novel Writing Month, fall is a busy time for the publishing industry. To celebrate the season, GalleyCat and eBookNewser will host a free party in New York City next week. Follow this link to RSVP. The party will be held at Tonic Bar & Restaurant at 727 7th Avenue in Times

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  Mediabistro, Roseanne Cash & Carmela Ciuraru Get Booked

  4956 readersHere are some literary events to jump start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. GalleyCat editor Jason Boog, Kaiser Permanente senior web editor Michelle Thatcher and Write On! Online creator Debra Eckerling will all be at the mediabistro.com’s cocktail party at Lola’s in West Hollywood

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  We’ve Come a Long Way Baby

  1038 readersMy blog is one today! Happy Birthday First Three Chapters.I wrote my first blog post on Feb 16th 2009. Since then so much has happened, including one amazingly fabulous jump up and down thing (book deal baby!).I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who has followed/read/commented on my blog this past year. I love

• On "Doing It"

  1318 readersBeing a copyeditor has its trickier social elements. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not that we are dull and don’t have anything to talk about at cocktail parties. Instead, it’s that we are continually asked to “look over” the work of unpublished authors before they send them off to be rejected reviewed by a publisher.

• Mockingjay Midnight Release Parties

  2334 readers Tonight, bookstores around the country will celebrate the midnight release of Mockingjay, the third book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series. In the video embedded above, Collins reads from Mockingjay. Books of Wonder, the independent book store specializing in children's books will have Collins herself on site for their party tonight. Books of Wonder is located