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Bookish news and publishing tidbits 20 September 2011

book news Bookish news and publishing tidbits 20 September 2011

Amazon Stays Quiet As Their Appstore Goes International'tcrn.ch/oayrYL

World War Z Movie News: Are You Okay with Changes to the Story?'bit.ly/r6GH5o

Censorship in Literature; should it be imposed upon us, or self imposed?

Opening Chapter Advice Top Tips Mills & Boon

George R.R. Martin Sells One Million Kindle eBooks

Songs inspired by poets'http://ow.ly/6yCqq

Alex C. Telander of the website BookBanter on the end of Borders bookstore.'http://ow.ly/6ysts

How writers can be nice'http://dld.bz/QxDd

How to Approximate the College Experience in 10 Books:'bit.ly/qRzSuS

In E-Books, Publishing Houses Have a Rival in News Sites:'nyti.ms/pbwnXe

The worst book ever:'bit.ly/pgR4UM

Valerie Frankel Hates It When Other Authors Are NYT Bestsellers

Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon series, is fired up by the joy of words Telegraphtgr.ph/qtbLP6

PW chats with former Poet Laureate Rita Dove'bit.ly/ov9f9i

Philippa Gregory Inks Deal to Write Four YA Novels

SalmanRushdie1'has joined Twitter! Yes, its himand yes, he has 13,000+ followers after 2 days!

How Tumblr is changing journalism

20 Writing Quotes From Famous Authors ' From Hemingway to Jong'http://ow.ly/6ykE9

Why must we continue to strip covers?'bit.ly/rcrMv7

John Boyne interview: He was already an established (adult) novelist when he released The Boy In Striped Pyjamas

The Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for new and emerging poets is open'http://ow.ly/6xXSB

RIASS news:

We review'The Bad Always Die Twice by Cheryl Crane'and post a new round-up of book giveaways

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