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$69M book settlement is small change for average consumer
Officials across the nation are trumpeting a $69 million settlement in a nationwide price-fixing case against Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. But don't go rushing out to put a downpayment on a beach house. Maryland Attorney...
Tags: Consumers, E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc., The New York Times, Douglas F. Gansler
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Fox News did nothing wrong in naming Navy SEAL who wrote bin Laden book
The Baltimore SunI am sure Fox News will take some flak for naming the Navy SEAL who wrote about the killing of Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym. It's already getting pretty heavy on Twitter following a tweet from Richard Engel, NBC's foreign correspondent, saying:...Tags: News Agency, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), CBS Corp., Justice System, Authors
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Review -- And When She was Good
Laura Lippman's latest, "And When She was Good," is out this week, the latest from Baltimore's favorite mystery writer. Here's a review from Celeste Sollod, a book publishing veteran who writes about Baltimore literary life at BaltimoreBookTalk.com (You...
Tags: HIV, Thriller (genre), David Simon, Baltimore Book Festival, Authors
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Charles R. "Chuck" Callanan, Park School leader
Charles R. "Chuck" Callanan, a retired educator, volunteer and author who had headed Park School for nearly a decade, died July 6 of pulmonary disease at Sedgewood Commons, an assisted-living facility in Falmouth, Maine.
He was 86.
"I was right out of...Tags: College Sports, Students, Teachers, University of Pennsylvania, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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We treat with the knife
The Baltimore SunI am responding to a researcher's questionnaire about editing and the role of the editor. One question invites me to suggest a metaphor for editing, and the first that occurred to me is one I have made previously in these dispatches: surgery. Editors...Tags: Anthony Trollope
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Penn State scandal hits new Paterno bio
Sometimes, launching a book amid a brewing scandal can drive sales, but the author of a new bio of Joe Paterno is suffering from the backlash against the former Penn State football coach. As fallout from the child sex abuse scandal continues, publisher...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, FBI, The Pennsylvania State University, Authors
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Frisky's supporter sees monkey-business connection
Frisky's Wildlife and Primate Sanctuary, in Woodstock, relies on the kindness of strangers.
Strangers bring injured and abandoned animals to the 4-acre site, where they are sheltered and nursed to health. And strangers volunteer at the nonprofit...Tags: Animals, Charity, Wildlife
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Hey, AP, wanna talk dictionaries?
The Baltimore SunOn my desk at The Sun and on my shelves at Loyola and home are copies of Webster's New World College Dictionary. As old as I am, the dictionary is in common use in newsrooms and is the reference dictionary for the Associated Press Stylebook. But back...Tags: Online Media Industry, The Associated Press
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Many books challenged, banned for sexual content
While the "50 Shades" trilogy is the most recent bestseller to be challenged or denied by institutions like the Harford County Public Library for being "pornography," it is far from the only one. Many top-selling books have been censored or challenged...Tags: New York City, Literature, Alice Walker, Abusive Behavior, Gossip Girl (tv program)
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Rodgers Forge: Author on fast 'Tracks' to gold medal
Happy Fourth of July! As we celebrate this anniversary of our independence, let's join Forge resident Eric Goodman in celebrating his 2012 Gold Medal for Best Fiction in the mid-Atlantic region in Independent Publishing Book Award. His book, "Tracks:...Tags: Culture, Awards and Prizes, Baltimore County, Authors, Bastille Day
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Reisterstown: Fiction writer aiming for gold with 'Song of the Nile'
Ah, the lazy days of summer. There is nothing like grabbing a good read and heading for the nearest beach or pool to while away the hours. That might be a better-than-great idea if you are among those without electricity or water, or both following the...Tags: Fantasy (genre), Authors, Barbara Bush, Literature, Gloria Steinem
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Towson native's tribute to her father recalls stories as city firefighter
For years, the routine never changed. Glenmont resident Bill Heneck would sign off from his "second family," his co-workers at the West Baltimore firehouse where he served as a paramedic and firefighter for 28 years, and come home to his wife, Eunice, and...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Baltimore Convention Center, Australia, William Donald Schaefer, Pratt Street
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