Books & Mags

Ghostwriting-And I Don't Mean Letters from Casper

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There is a underground subset of authors who take on the job of writing for someone else, with no credit to show for it. They get paid for the privilege but that’s all. There have been quite a few throughout the years–most ‘celebrities’ have no talent for creating sentences, so turn to the publisher to … Read more

Pulp Vixens

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Politically correct or not, I love the artwork on old paperbacks, magazine covers, and dust jackets depicting barely clad babes. I go as far as to collect them. And I find I’m not alone, by a long shot. I belong to flickr, the website for sharing photos. But besides pictures, there’s an underground section filled … Read more

Question for–Booksellers, Librarians, Teachers: What are 'Age Appropriate' Books?

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In my discussion about the banning of Water for Elephants for high school age kids  by a school district in NH, the question of  age appropriateness came up, and I started wondering what that really means, and to what age does what book belong? Can one really take an age appropriate brush and color all kids … Read more