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Bookish news and publishing tidbits 28 September 2011

book news Bookish news and publishing tidbits 28 September 2011Read Ten Classic Books in Under a Minute'bit.ly/qm9eus

A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics sexed-up reboot of Starfire'io9.com/5844355

Top 5 best graphic novels of the decade, 2000-2009 ow.ly/1eRqOo

Our collective attention span for someone who is ill lasts about two weeks. Sara Douglass on The Silence of the Dying.'bit.ly/ate8Xr'(RIP, Sara)

Ghostwriter: Is it OK to pad out the book with this kind of crap? Publisher: Be my guest Assange digestedgu.com/p/3274y/tw

Gotta love a literary prize thats smart and irreverent.'

Article from the independent declaring the imminent end of chick lit 'ind.pn/p2bYU9

Random House Australias Marketing and Publicity Director Brett Osmonds Picks for 2012tinyurl.com/3bqraqw

A Word With: Paulo Coelho Discusses 'Aleph,' His New Novel'nyti.ms/pmvjWH

A headline to crush our writing souls Virtual monkeys write Shakespeare:bbc.in/pmS604

A Visual History of Literary References on The Simpsonsgoo.gl/FY1vI

This top 10 literary cities list will make you dig your globe-trotting boots out of the closet:'http://ow.ly/6E2k1

Harry Potter Minimalist Covers

Mary Victoria talks about the setting of her Chronicles of the Tree series:bit.ly/r8p8ca
Thomas Pynchon Has 10/1 Odds of Winning Nobel Prize

TechCrunch Predicts Bookstores Will Disappear by 2018

Lovely hand-written letter from Roald Dahl to his mum oxford.ly/qNA3Hq

latimes.com reports that Glendale school board may block In Cold Blood -'goo.gl/LYxXC

People upset over Amazons control of the market.cot.ag/pXmIVn