Friday, July 31, 2009

Literary Links: Barnes & Noble Gets Wi-Fi + Editing Palin

Girl gone mild in Carlene Bauer’s Not That Kind of Girl: “If life maneuvers received scores for technical difficulty, Bauer would be competing for gold.” [via Daily Beast]

Flash fiction at your fingertips: give it a whirl at NameYourTale.com. [via GalleyCat]

For one month, from July 4 to August 4, access 2 million e-book titles at the World eBook Fair, courtesy of the World Public Library. [via Genre Reviews]

Editing Sarah Palin: Wayne Lawson, executive literary editor at Vanity Fair, took the red pen to Palin’s resignation speech. [via Inkwell Bookstore]

What’s in a prize? Should readers read what’s on the Booker Prize list, or choose for themselves? Do other prize lists offer better suggestions? [via Stuck in a Book]

Barnes & Noble to catch up with the times: the chain will soon be offering free in-store wi-fi access through AT&T. [via Publishers Weekly]

Book trailers are becoming more and more mainstream. Watch the trailer for So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother). [via Flux Now]

--Rachel Frier

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