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Borders Non-Blogging Contract
Borders employees are claiming that they are being pressured into signing a non-blogging contract that essentially puts a gag on any writing about new policies and procedures implemented by the...
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Fear and Loathing in Borders Books
Due to the non-blogging contract, some Borders employees don’t feel like they can speak up for fear of being fired. I recently received an email from an employee at a store in Florida regarding a...
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Kindle Sales Theory is Flawed
In February, a Kindle sales theory was proposed by Citi Investment Research (PDF) using Sprint activation numbers. Thanks to CIR Telco Analyst Mike Rollins, we have uncovered a key disclosure in...
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A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore is a quick, engrossing, macabre and hilarious novel. It is everything that Moore’s next novel, You Suck, is not. A Dirty Job remains original while still drawing on...
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Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
Arthur & George by Julian Barnes is an interesting blend of history, biography and mystery. Rich in description, Barnes is able to provide a compelling biography for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle through...
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The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde is an entertaining, inventive read but doesn’t quite measure up to the Thursday Next series. Reduced down to a simple scale, The Big Over Easy is very good, while...
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The Lemur by Benjamin Black
The Lemur by Benjamin Black is a tidy, atmospheric novel that delivers on a tense and satisfying who-done-it plot. The story follows John Glass, an Irish journalist who is living a comfortable physical...
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The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez
The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez is a smart, entertaining science fiction romp that satisfies even though initial brilliance fizzles into mediocrity. Mack Megaton is a robot or ‘automated...
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Bite Me: Win The New Christopher Moore Novel
The good folks at HarperCollins and Wiredset have provided me with a copy of Bite Me, Christopher Moore’s newest novel. I’m a big Christopher Moore fan so I jumped at the chance to snag an early copy....
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Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants
Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants is a successful mix of mental health insight, religion, science fiction and the absurd. The novel begins in a straight-forward literary tradition, like a...
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