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    • Reading 125 Titles a Year? — NPR

      Posted at 8:35 am by Laura, on November 2, 2012

      Reading 125 Titles a Year? That’s ‘One For the Books’! — NPR

      Joe Queenan reads so many books, it’s amazing that he can also find time to write them. Queenan estimates he’s read between 6,000 and 7,000 books total, at a rate of about 125 books a year — (or 100 in a “slow” year). “Some years I just went completely nuts,” Queenan tells NPR’s Robert Siegel. “A couple years ago I read about 250. I was trying to read a book every single day of the year but I kind of ran out of gas.”

      Queenan is the author of nine books on a diversity of topics: from Closing Time, a memoir about his childhood in a Philadelphia housing project, to Imperial Caddy, a humorous takedown of Dan Quayle. His latest work, called One for the Books, is a meditation on his lifelong obsession with reading. He talks with Siegel about what he reads, why he reads and how he loves books but hates book clubs.

      Definitely read and listen to the interview NPR provides. Queenan has some interesting things to say about libraries (including “most of the books you see in the library shelves are terrible”), bookstores (booksellers recommend books on his appearance), and book clubs (“there’s no theme”). Although I find his constant use of the word “stupid” annoying, he does offer some insight on how he plans what he reads next, what he considers trashy reads, and how many books he thinks the average person reads.

      Makes my goal of 50 books a year seem puny.

      (Have you voted yet for the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards?)

      Posted in books, Link | 0 Comments | Tagged books, news, radio, reading
    • Publishers and Booksellers See a ‘Predatory’ Amazon – NPR

      Posted at 6:21 pm by Laura, on January 23, 2012

      Publishers and Booksellers See a ‘Predatory’ Amazon – National Public Radio – Lynn Neary

      Publishers have long complained about Amazon’s pricing policies; it sold e-books at cut-rate prices in order to win customers for the Kindle. Now, explains Joe Wikert, general manager and publisher at O’Reilly Media, Amazon is undercutting competitors by selling e-readers, like the new Kindle Fire, at a loss.

      Amazon has power, yes. What we don’t know is how long they can hold that power.

      Posted in Link | 2 Comments | Tagged news, publishing, radio, technology
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      I'm a bookish bookworm and book hoarder. By day I'm a literary agent, and by night I'm forever rearranging my bookshelves. I could talk your ear off about Gothic literature, and in my past life people thought I'd become a professional musician. I have a fluffy black cat named Rossetti, I love to knit, tea is my drink of choice, British TV is the best, and I'm obsessed with popcorn. Welcome to Scribbles & Wanderlust! Grab your favorite hot beverage and let's chat books!
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