Could You Write A Book?

Could You Write A Book? Should You? (Read This First)
Forbes
First of all, if your entrepreneurial goal is to author a book as a means of making a living from your book sales, here's fair warning: You probably won't. ... It will not be abook about “you.” That said, there is much success for books such as “31 ...

Forbes

Weekend picks for book lovers
USA TODAY
"Though imperfect, the book is a skillful, delicate apprehension of that picture and its moment in history." Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless; Gallery Books, 295 pp.; non-fiction. A memoir that recounts the author's unstable childhood under the care ...

'Parisian Diet:' Just Savor Food, Author Says
ABC News
'Parisian Diet:' Just Savor Food, Author Says. Can the key to being French skinny simply be portion control and enjoying your food?  ...

Pulp Tunes: Artist Re-Imagines Classic Rock Albums as Book Covers
TIME
What if Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? had been a business self-help book spun off a reality TV show titled “The Experience”? If Robert Zimmerman (that is, Bob Dylan) had penned a pulpy 1958 thriller about a lover's spat titled Blood on the Tracks?

TIME

Army's First Interactive iPad Book Lets You Finger-Swipe Through Afghanistan
Wired
The enhanced iPad edition is a step up from previous Army digitized books: It's the first immersive, interactive Army e-book, replacing the simple PDF-style scans with dynamic animations of the warzone. Maps shift, videos load, audio plays and pictures ...

Shereen El Feki discusses her new book on sex in the Arab world
Los Angeles Times
Shereen El Feki has chosen a decidedly less conventional lens with her new new book “Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World” (Pantheon, $29), due out Tuesday. The book takes a close look at the sexual lives of men and women in the ...

New Book Offers Tips On Extending A Dog's Life Expectancy
CBS Local
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Maybe, as the movie title goes, All Dogs Go to Heaven, but for their owners it's often too soon. But there are some things they can do about it. When author Ted Kerasote's dog Merle, died, he decided to rethink the whole process...

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Book Tries for Balanced View on Roosevelt and Jews
New York Times
The issue has spawned a large literary response, with books often bearing polemical titles like “The Abandonment of the Jews” or “Saving the Jews.” But in a new volume from Harvard University Press, two historians aim to set the matter straight with ...

New York Times

The Irish Times and Eason Book Club
Irish Times
... week's book: Absolution by Patrick Flanery Available from Saturday 9th - Friday 15th March In her garden, ensconced in the lush vegetation of the Western Cape, Clare Wald, world-renowned author, mother and critic, takes up her pen and confronts her ...

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