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What was Jesus really trying to say?

What does it take to get into heaven?What's hell really like?Will God really damn millions of people to Hell because they've never "...
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Angelology: A Hidden Best-Seller

"New York Times Best Seller." That says it all, doesn't it?Well, actually, it doesn't. That little tag in red, all-caps font...
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Digital publisher Electric Literature launches Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading, an online free publication launched by publisher Electric Literature, will feature one story a week by well-known and up-and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc
  • May 22, 2012
The American educational textbook leader, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday after...
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Maurice Sendak of the popular 'Where the Wild Things Are,' dies at 83

The twentieth century's most prolific childrens book author, Maurice Sendak, whose stories have enchanted generations past and present, has...
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Pigeon Comes Back to Houston!

  • children's events in Houston
  • April 25, 2012
Your favorite pigeon is in a hilarious new story called The Duckling Gets A Cookie?! By Mo Willems. Come hear Pigeon’s latest adventure on...
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Book Wizard

Children's book publishing makes up approximately 10.7% of the publishing industry (IBIS Reports, 2011). Despite this being a small corner of...
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Seven tips for boosting your writing confidence

  • Motivational writing tips
  • January 11, 2012
At some point in your career, you may begin to heara fewmental whispers that tell you to toss your hard work and pages of manuscript into the trash...
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For True Blood fans—Author Charlaine Harris...aw Sookie, Sookie now

A word of advice to aspiring authors: “Read everything you can cram into your head. Research how to get a book published on the web; there...
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Department of Justice investigating industry giants in e-book price-fixing probe

  • E-book price fixing
  • January 6, 2012
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice-DOJ confirmed to the Los Angeles Timesa joint investigation with its counterpart, the European Union-EU...
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