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Barbara Walters continues to tear the book world asunder with her memoir, Audition.
First, the New York Times ran its review of the book early, in spite of the fact that Knopf warned news outlets not to publish reviews before May 6. Now, journalists, including Doree Schafrir of the Observer, are angry that the Times managed […]

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 Not much to say about this one. Just take a look at the title: Things Unimportant, But Remembered.
Things Unimportant, But Remembered.
I believe this was also the proposed title for Augusten Burroughs’ latest memoir. Just saying.

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  At last! A week of remarkably bad behavior in the book world - bad behavior not entirely confined to J.K. Rowling! This gladdens our headline-hunting little hearts. Below, the best of the bunch.
- The LA Times reports that con artists are calling up bookstores and pretending to be the authors they’ve booked for signings - shortly before […]

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 Barbara Walters, master of televised sympathy, is releasing a new memoir about how much she hates everyone she knows.
Here are a few revelations about the book, gathered from the New York Daily News.
1) Walters had an affair with U.S. Senator William Brooke, the first black senator since the Reconstruction. When he told her that she was the oldest woman […]

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