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If a third instance makes a trend, then here’s a new trend: book titles that read like the T-shirts sold in spring-break hot-spots. Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea, by Chelsea Handler (2008) I Drink for a Reason, by David Cross (2009) You Can’t Drink All Day if You Don’t Start in the Morning, [...]

Nook, vook, blook, p-book, wovel, poegel . . . am I forgetting anything? Some in the publishing industry say that, thanks to e-readers such as the Kindle, people are reading more books (“E-Book Fans Keep Format in Spotlight,” by Brad Stone, New York Times). Who, exactly, says this? Well, the manufacturers of the Kindle, but [...]

I know something happened this week–everybody was talking about it. Writing about it, even. Something, something . . . some guy published a book? Oh, yeah! Dan Brown thrilled the world by finally–finally–giving us The Lost Symbol. The New York Times, which really is getting the hang of this breaking-the-embargo thing, wrote, puzzlingly, that Brown [...]