01 Jun 2015
New Mystery and Thriller Releases | Week of 6/2
If you haven’t been as lucky as our marketing manager who got a chance to see Stephen King’s house, don’t fret. Stephen King just released his latest read Finders Keepers . And if you’re dying for new episodes of “House of Cards” and “Scandal” available, try The Governer’s Wife and Collision. Or, if you’re waiting on...
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01 Jun 2015
Au Courant Business Reads | Week of 6/2
Pick up Alvin E. Roth, Nobel Prize winner for economics’, new book, Who Gets What- And Why, while it’s still hot from the presses! Mixing psychology with statistics, improve your business acumen with these buzzy reads. Sign up for our email and we’ll send you the best new books in your favorite genres...
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30 May 2015
Stephen King’s New Book
BookCon 2015 is happening right now, and people are buzzing about Stephen King’s new book. It’s called Finder’s Keepers, and comes out on June 2nd! If you’re a Stephen King aficionado, take our quiz to see how many Stephen King books you’ve read! I was in Maine last week, and...
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29 May 2015
Bookish Fun From Around the Web | May 29
Check out neat things that came up on the Internet this week for book lovers! The Kindle Gets New Typography Amazon has officially unveiled Bookerly, the first typeface designed from scratch for the Kindle, as well as rolling out a new layout engine that brings us better text justification, kerning, drop...
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29 May 2015
#FridayFiveChallenge: May 29
This week, we decided to try the #FridayFiveChallenge! Here’s how it works: Go to your favorite book blog (like NewInBooks.com!) or online bookstore Pick a genre Pick a book solely based on its cover Read the description and a review or two Decide whether you’ll BUY or PASS Tell the...
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28 May 2015
Get to Know Taylor Antrim, Author of Immunity
Taylor Antrim has written two novels, The Headmaster Ritual (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Immunity (Regan Arts, May 2015). When not penning his own books, Antrim is a senior editor at Vogue. A fresh twist on the dystopian genre, Immunity is set in the New York City of an America ravaged by an Ebola-...
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27 May 2015
What’s Buzzing at BEA
Book Expo America is ON. Hundreds of authors and thousands of readers and bloggers (including some of our team members!) are currently swarming around Javits Center in New York City, taking in the literary awesomeness surrounding them. If you have the chance to go to BEA one year, we highly...
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27 May 2015
The Best Jonathan Franzen Quotes from BEA
Book Expo America opened today with a conversation between Jonathan Franzen and Laura Miller of Salon.com. Franzen’s new book, Purity, will be released on September 1, 2015. Here are our favorite quotes from the interview: For laughs: “I’m searching your words for implicit criticism” (the opening remark from Franzen) “I...
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26 May 2015
New Thriller and Mystery Books | Week of May 26th
This week the international thrills of Radiant Angel will transport you to a hostile, resurgent Russia while The Underwriting pits the power of Wall Street against the savvy of Silicon Valley. Interested in something with a little more science? Check out J.T. Ellison’s new release What Lies Behind, a shocking medical thriller....
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26 May 2015
New Biographies & Memoirs | Week of May 26th
Interested in the mingling of cultures? Pick up Carlos Fraenkel’s Teaching Plato in Palestine, a deeply intelligent travelogue with hints of philosophy and politics. Looking for a laugh? Pick up Mamrie Hart’s You Deserve a Drink, the popular youtuber’s crazy collection of cocktails and crazy stories. Sign up for our...
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