- Head on over to the LBC website for some delicious discussion this week of Jeff Ford’s novel The Girl in the Glass.
- The new issue of Boldtype went up this morning. This month’s topic is Taste and there’s an interview with George Saunders. Has anyone read his new book?
- This is amazing—the Brown Bookstore shall remain independent! The little guy wins!
- Also in bookstore news, the newly repainted Grolier Book Store reopens on this Friday, May 5th. The Globe recently profiled the new owner Ifeanyi A. Menkiti, Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley.
- Here’s your Kaavya Viswanathan update—they’re taking all books off the market and not bothering to reprint “updated” editions. Click here to stay abreast of the situation—everyone under the sun seems to be reporting on it. I particularly enjoyed Meghan Daum’s take on the whole mess.
- May kicks off Reading the World month, celebrating reading works in translation. Booksellers across the country (including my own store—can’t miss them as you walk in the front door) are displaying many exciting works written outside the U.S.
- Here’s a funny practical joke fellow blogger Jeff played on an author—luckily he didn’t get punched in the face.
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