Book news, reviews, and musings 13 Nov 2010

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News and features

The New York Times is to begin including ebooks in its bestseller lists.

A mobile app known as Social Books is designed to make reading more social.

The Green Books Campaign, run by Eco-Libris to promote awareness of eco-friendly publishing, is still going strong. As part of the campaign we reviewed'The Last Whale by Chris Pash.'Please support the programme by visiting the Eco-Libris website, and by reading and commenting on bloggers reviews.

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Interviews

Charlotte at Charlottes Library interviews Pegasus author Robin McKinley.

Cynthia Leitich Smith interviews author Beth Fehlbaum about her book Courage in Patience.

Reviews

Linuss Blanket'reviews'Folly'by Marthe Jocelyn.

The California Lit Review'reviews How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell.

Amanda Rutter reviews the very creepy The Snowman by Jo Nesbo.

Musings

Michael Pryor reflects on writing diseases.

Richard Handler reflects on Douglas Couplands work.

Laura Wright reflects on her book Eternal Hunger.

Just for fun

Atom books has good fun at its book blogger night.

Author birthdays

Happy birthday, Robert Louis Stephenson, Stephen Baxter, and William Gibson!

Quote of the Day

None of my work has met my own standards. ' William Faulkner

Beautiful book cover of the day:

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