salon.com - 11/18/2009
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The National Book Foundation will present its annual National Book Awards in downtown Manhattan Wednesday night, at a gala event in the glittering, Greek-revival setting of Cipriani Wall Street. The ceremony's organizers labor mightily to bring glamour to a notoriously dowdy industry, and no ...
glbt-reading.blogspot.com - 11/16/2009
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For the main GLBT Challenge, there will be
a prize given quarterly. Prizes are to be determined,...
but may consist of a gift card or book. Active participants of the challenge will be eligible, so please remember to come back and add your reviews to the ...
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First, self publishing. Then, self prize-giving.
lying for a living —
... Upset that your vanity-press-published book didn’t win the National Book Award? Fear not. Enter it in the National Best Books Awards. Authors published by vanity presses can now “win” vanity book awards. ...
Random Media Notes
The Rumpus.net —
Layoffs begin at The AP.
New study points to healthy newspaper readership.
Police raid New York newspaper offices in corruption probe.
YouTube connects with news organizations.
Are awards the new reviews? “Vanity Book Awards”
Bookmarks: Birthday wishes for Margaret Atwood, and more
Quill & Quire —
... Expanding on James Wood’s assertion that “prizes are the new reviews,” Salon.com’s Laura Miller discusses the emerging trend of “vanity book awards” ...
Weeklings: Blyton, Palin, F-Bombs, and Bad Sex
Book Blog - Likely Stories, by Keir Graff - Booklist Online —
... And, finally, feeling bad about not being nominated for any award this year? The remedy is in your hands, friend: buy one (”Vanity book awards,” by Laura Miller, Salon). ...
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