Fiction Writing News: Page 48
Google's Trademark Lawyers Take Aim At Googling (August 16, 2006): We knew it.
Gunter Grass Can Keep His Nobel Prize (August 16, 2006): German author Gunter Grass will keep his Nobel Prize for literature, despite his recent admission that he was a member of Hitler's SS during World War II.
The Ongoing Google Book Scanning Wars (August 14, 2006): The Washington Post has a lengthy article about Google's agreement with Stanford University to digitize the libarary's collection for its controversial digital library project.
Novels Set in Paris Book Publishing Trend (August 9, 2006): A hot trend in books right now is the novel set in Paris.
Jasper Fforde and the Fourth Bear (August 9, 2006): Jasper Fforde discusses his new book The Fourth Bear, the latest in his Nursery Crime series, with Rob Thomas of The Capital Times.
The Business of Writing Romance (August 2, 2006): The Associated Press has an interesting report about the recent Romance Writers of America convention.
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners Announced (July 14, 2006): The winners for the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest have been announced.
Novelist's Hometown Refuses A Name Change (July 3, 2006): Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez grew up in the town of Aracataca.
Neil Gaiman and the Aspiring Novelist (June 23, 2006): Neil Gaiman describes an encounter he had on an airplane on a recent entry in his journal.
Google Launches Shakespeare Site (June 16, 2006): Search engine giant Google has launched a new website which features all things Shakespeare.
Colm Toibin Wins World's Richest Literary Prize (June 14, 2006): Irish author Colm Toibin has won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel, The Master, which makes him the first Irish writer to win the lucrative prize.
Judge Rules For Family in Steinbeck Copyright Case (June 13, 2006): A judge has awarded the publishing rights to some of John Steinbeck's most important novels to Steinbeck's son and granddaughter.
Product Placement Biz Booming in Novels (June 12, 2006): Motoko Rich of The New York Times discusses the booming business of product placement in novels.
Julia Quinn and the Original E-Books (June 10, 2006): Embracing the digital book revolution are HarperCollins and bestselling romance author Julia Quinn.
Seth Mnookin: the New Captain Ahab? (June 7, 2006): He's won every court case brought against him.
The Return Of The Paperback Original (June 6, 2006): The Wall Street Journal reports on a new trend: straight to paperback.
Using BookScan As a Weapon (June 5, 2006): Slate has a feature which points out the evil uses of Bookscan.
Author of The Graduate is Writing a Sequel (June 3, 2006): Charles Webb has signed a book deal to write Home School, a sequel to his popular The Graduate novel that became the hit movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft.
In Ceccano, Italy, The Da Vinci Code is Burning (May 24, 2006): A copy of The Da Vinci Code was burned in Ceccano, Italy by two council members. Other townspeople through rotten tomatoes at the council members.
John Updike Rallies The Literati (May 22, 2006): Book Expo was a veritable hotbed of controversy as the technorati and the literati squared off over the issues of technology and copyrights.
