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The 2014 Man Booker Longlist Snubs Women, Readers, Booksellers — Everyone, Really, Except for Americans
The 2014 Man Booker Longlist Snubs Women, Readers, Booksellers — Everyone, Really, Except for Americans
By Freddie Moore
August 04, 2014

The prize’s first “global” longlist proves the skeptics right.

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Charles Dickens’s Alternate Ending to Great Expectations
Charles Dickens’s Alternate Ending to Great Expectations
By Emma Kantor
August 01, 2014

On the anniversary of its publication, the final chapter of this Victorian classic continues to baffle.

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What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
What Great Expectations Would Look Like Today
By Adina Applebaum
August 01, 2014

Written in 2014, Charles Dickens’s serialized novel would be released on Twitter — and be a hell of a lot shorter.

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Drifting
Drifting
By Katia D. Ulysse
August 01, 2014

In a flash, a couple's Caribbean island getaway transforms into tragedy.

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How Not Reading Harry Potter Shaped My Life
How Not Reading Harry Potter Shaped My Life
By Michelle King
July 31, 2014

Today is Harry Potter’s birthday ... or so I am told.

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I Read All of the Harry Potter Books for the First Time Over the Last Month
I Read All of the Harry Potter Books for the First Time Over the Last Month
By Patrick Kilkelly
July 31, 2014

Celebrating Harry Potter’s birthday by discovering who the hell Harry Potter is.

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Happy Birthday, Penguin, and Thanks for Inventing the Modern Paperback Book
Happy Birthday, Penguin, and Thanks for Inventing the Modern Paperback Book
By Cassandra Mehlenbacher
July 30, 2014

Today marks the 79th anniversary of Penguin Books’ launch, which ushered in a paperback revolution.

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Wanted: Editorial Intern for Fall Semester
Wanted: Editorial Intern for Fall Semester
By Black Balloon Publishing
July 30, 2014

Make your dreams come true — or at least get some publishing industry experience and college credit — by interning with The Airship and Black Balloon Publishing.

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What Would Zora Neale Hurston Think of Crowdfunding? And Other Important Questions
What Would Zora Neale Hurston Think of Crowdfunding? And Other Important Questions
By Rhys Griffiths
July 29, 2014

Biographers fill in our favorite writers’ takes on big-brand fashion, the War on Drugs and other aspects of modern life.

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What is BookLamp and Why Did Apple Just Buy It for $15 Million?
What is BookLamp and Why Did Apple Just Buy It for $15 Million?
By Michelle King
July 29, 2014

What does the computer company want with the so-called “Pandora of Books?”

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