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As one who has read many of the Potter books in ebook form (AFTER having read them at least once each in their tome-esque glory, please note), I was mildly surprised that the latest release from The Rowling Empire, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/i> will not<\/i> be released in ebook form. And then I read the rest of the article<\/a>, and realized every ebook copy I’ve read has been… illegally pirated!? Oh. Wow. And to think I’ve felt quite righteous in only buying the books from independent booksellers. Ouch.<\/p>\n

A fun factoid from the UK Guardian is a look at the various languages the Potter books come in — sometimes, due to familiarity and language issues, Professor Snape becomes Professor Sneep<\/a>… but never mind, you’d recognize his sneer in any language.<\/p>\n

You’ve no doubt heard of The Class of 2k7<\/a>, a group of first-time children’s and YA authors with debut books coming out in 2007 who hope to promote each other’s books with a joint website, blog, newsletter, forum, chat room, and brochure. While it’s a great idea, it begs the question (at least to me) of what people do when this year’s “class” graduates. Are there plans for a Class of ’08, or is the newness of the idea played out?<\/p>\n

I had a chuckle last week, having just read a note from Ursula LeGuin on how smart writers ought not depend on the connections of other writers they meet to promote them (a VAST paraphrase, read the whole piece here<\/a>), A few weeks ago, one of my Cybils<\/a> Sisters met Justina Chen Headley<\/a> for the first time, and she briefly lost the power of coherent speech, and grinned a lot. Now, I ask you, WHO<\/i> are the people who, when meeting an author, decide that they simply must<\/i> shove their manuscript into their hands? Who has that kind of …nerve?! It still galls me that I ghosted around a Conference<\/a> where two of my favorite authors were speaking and I could not<\/i> do so much as meet their eyes. I guess I’d definitely rather be ridiculously awe-struck than ridiculously forward, though.<\/p>\n

I have neither seen the Bollywood<\/a> version of Pride & Prejudice nor seen the latest installment of it which starred Keira Knightly<\/a> (I’m a BBC\/Colin Firth fan, thank you very<\/i> much), but I have, of course, read the ORIGINAL<\/a>, and also read Enthusiasm<\/a>, so I well knew that 2006 was very much the Year of Our Jane. Now, I find I was early with that idea — THIS year is ostensibly being dedicated to all things Austen. Methinks 2007 is the year of Jane Austen OVERKILL — as publishers and filmmakers rush to reshape her work for teen audiences.<\/a> And here we’d thought Jane had already done that herself! And may I just share Bookslut<\/i> contributer Jessica Crispin’s ire<\/a> regarding the UK Telegraph’s use of the word ‘spinster’ in regards to Ms. Austen!? Sigh…<\/p>\n

Well, we book purists have either swooned or shuddered over the impending Pan Scarlet sequel<\/a> currently being penned by Geraldine McCaughrean<\/a> — latest details on the the newest Neverland tale, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve just got new running\/walking\/theoretically-moving-quickly shoes. Don’t you think this great tee would go well with them? You can purchase this fab shirt at AnneBLevy’s Gallery at Zazzle<\/a> in any of 250 lovely styles and colors, as a tee, a hoodie, or a tank. You know you want one: it’ll pair nicely with your ratty Sunday shorts and the ALA bracelet about banned books. Support your reading habit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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