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The First Tiger Woods Scandalography Is in the Works

People writer Steve Helling will write an oh-so-unauthorized biography of Tiger Woods. Publisher Perseus Books tells Publishers Weekly it will be "the first" post-scandal book on the sexaholic golfer. But surely not the last. Title ideas, anyone? (Via GalleyCat)

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By Ryan Tate

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'Climate Change' Is for Sex Pervs

Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the UN's panel on climate change, has written a scandalous sexxxy novel about a sexy environmental scientist that, by political logic, thereby discredits the concept of "global warming." Is the book really that bad? More »

02/08/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#internalmemos

Macmillan CEO to Authors: 'We Will Make Less Money on the Sale of E-books'

02/04/10

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Is 'Twelve' the Worst Movie in the History of Sundance?

Nick McDonell was 17 when he wrote 2002's Twelve, about New York's richkids experimenting with new superdrugs. Now it's a Sundance movie, by Joel Schumacher, starring Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Keifer Sutherland, and 50 Cent. And it sucks. Terribly. More »

01/30/10

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By Foster Kamer

#onthebooks

The Lauren Conrad Reading List

After the loss of two celebrated writers this week — Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger — it's easy to feel like there's nobody left. But there is! Lauren Conrad, Hills star and author. And now she's sharing her favorite books. More »

01/29/10

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By Richard Lawson

#trendwatch

Celebrity Autobiographies from Beyond the Grave: Brilliant

On the 15th anniversary of her death, Tejano queen Selena is finally telling her story—by co-writing a new book with her former publicist, who channels Selena with the help of a psychic. This will save publishing. [Guanabee]

01/28/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#instantreview

Print Media's Big Tablet Letdown

No doubt, Steve Jobs showed off a compelling tablet computer today, one that should excite people who make videogames, TV shows — even books. But today's Apple iPad debut was a big letdown for magazine and newspaper people. More »

01/27/10

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By Ryan Tate

#leaks

Watch Steve Jobs' Code of Silence Get Violated

01/26/10

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#imagefile

Books for Thoroughly Creeping Out Your Kids

Here's a collection of children's books perfect for the child who's sleeping under the bed. Above: Betrugs-Lexikon, whose back-cover text translates literally as: "The World's Wagon and Plow Is only Train Lies and Fraud."* [via The Rumpus] More »

01/19/10

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By Ryan Tate

#fonts

Did Gore Change Numbers In Climate Book?

Yes, he did, because the fancy typeface he used for Our Choice had ones that looked too much like I's.

01/15/10

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By Pareene

#feuds

Gerald Boyd vs. Jonathan Landman: Beef Well Done

01/13/10

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Lessons from the Holocaust Faux-Memoirist's Book Contract, By the Numbers

Herman Rosenblat is the Holocaust survivor whose Oprah-endorsed story of meeting his wife while in a concentration camp turned out to be fake. When his publisher found out, they demanded their advance back. We've got the documents. More »

01/08/10

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By Doree Shafrir

#endlesscampaign

Attention Political Journalists: It Is No Longer 2008

Odious hack Mark Halperin (and fine New York Magazine political reporter John Heilmann) wrote a book about the 2008 campaign! Did you read one of its many scoops, today? Probably, because the same information was cut-and-pasted everywhere. More »

01/08/10

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By Pareene

#bookclub

Gawker Book Club: American Voyeur by Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Today in the Gawker Book Club: Benoit Denizet-Lewis will be taking your questions on sex addiction, Tiger Woods, the sexual revolution, creepy NAMBLA members, and why the hell he lives in Boston. More »

01/08/10

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By Gabriel Snyder

#repeatpraylove

Meet Elizabeth Gilbert, Unrecognized Public Intellectual

Elizabeth Gilbert, who—SPOILER ALERT!—married the guy she met at the end of Eat, Pray, Love, just published a new book about said marriage. But all she really wants is to be taken seriously as a smart person. More »

01/07/10

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By Doree Shafrir

#google

Did Tech Geeks Rip Off Sci Fi Geeks?

Ha, the family of sci-fi writer Philip "K" Dick is threatening to sue Google for stealing its "Nexus One" phone name from the Dick story that inspired Blade Runner (it also featured Androids, get it??). Google's response: "Nerds." [WSJ]

01/06/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#imagefile

Tiger Woods Books Now Filed in Irony Section

This is an actual picture from a bookstore in Singapore, sent in by a friend of ours. And no, we didn't crop it to add the "F Skills" truncation (bonus irony!).

01/05/10

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By Ryan Tate

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The Revenge of a Booted Fox News Babe

Aspiring fameball Rachel Marsden once loved Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes like an uncle responsible for her career — even after his henchmen booted Marsden from the building. No more: in a "novel" she's shopping, Ailes is the "blubbery" villain. More »

01/05/10

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#oped

Katie Roiphe’s Big Cock Block

On Sunday Katie Roiphe published a big essay (and pink charts) labeling this generation of male novelists "too cool for sex." Author Steve Almond replies in a piece first published on The Rumpus, one of our favorite literary sites. More »

01/05/10

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By Steve Almond : The Rumpus

#notafraidtobecervixey

Katie Roiphe's NYT Book Review Essay on Sexuality of Male Authors Condensed into 40 Words

Long thing everyone's reading by person with funny last name about guys who write famous books, with pretty pink emasculating charts. Old ones=assholes. New ones=pussies. Only pointed conclusion is that John Updike's still a perv. And that's 40! [NYT]

01/03/10

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By Foster Kamer

#blinditems

What Drunk Boulder, Colorado Author Tried Stealing His Own Book?

A literary blind item in the New York Times? Yes! Buried in novelist Margo Rabb's NYT Sunday Book Review essay about increases in shoplifting at bookstores is an anecdote about an unnamed author who jacked his own product from one. More »