It’s the week of fun edition; with crazy book titles, the worst how-to books, odd author items sold at auction and more – perfect for summer. Oh – and there’s some serious publishing news mixed in, too. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!
* Advice for authors on book promotion and reviews, http://bit.ly/d290Nf.
* GetGlue, a social network for entertainment, partners with book publishers for summer’s hot reads http://bit.ly/9OYwiG.
* Gay themed novels for young readers enter the mainstream, http://bit.ly/99Brz4.
* Celebrities poke fun at other celeb’s books (see Brady Bunch mom Florence Henderson as Madonna reading ‘Sex’), http://bit.ly/bxr0GG.
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* Libraries and librarians are endangered species: what you can do to help, http://huff.to/cs9CuU.
* Small chain to sell Kindles at their 11 airport bookstores, http://bit.ly/bjYWgQ.
* It’s never too late: 82-year-old grandmother lands three-book deal, http://dld.bz/jC7N.
* Advice to authors: respect the reader, put a lot of effort into writing, editing, revising your book, http://bit.ly/91TBz5.
* Competition among e-book readers heats up – learn how to make your book available, http://bit.ly/96AWbA.
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* Barnes & Noble captures 20% of e-book market, http://bit.ly/9olHBO.
* The most ridiculous how-to books of all time, http://huff.to/aQL3Tr. You mean you aren’t interested in How to be Pope?
* More celebs get book deals: I Dream of Jeannie’s Barbara Eden; Rob Lowe, http://bit.ly/bksPXV.
* Librarians join forces to create online e-book library: http://bit.ly/a3L6EN.
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* Kindle DX gets a new look and new lower price of $379, http://bit.ly/a70AWC.
* Can Google really help indie bookstores? Will it save the brick and mortar stores? http://nyti.ms/a2Ldec.
* 12 of the worst book titles ever, http://huff.to/boL9Vu. Living With Crazy Buttocks is definitely eligible.
* Author’s book title inadvertently becomes Facebook Fan Page phenom, http://bit.ly/9auByU.
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* Ten summer young-adult books you’ll want to read, despite your age, http://bit.ly/bJ51gH.
* Jane Austen’s hair, Dickens’ dog collar: 9 of the most surprising auctioned author memorabilia, http://huff.to/9qJIRB.
- Image by Nayara – Oliveira via Flickr
* 27 reasons that Eclipse the movie is better than Eclipse the book (snarky slideshow!), http://bit.ly/9c9fGo.
* Molly Ringle writes the worst sentence of 2010 (it’s pretty bad!), http://bit.ly/asJQyh.
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