Lulu.com Offers 5 Books Not to Miss this Summer

With summer just around the corner, many readers will be searching for the best picks to take with them on their travels. Whether they are hitting the beach, heading across country, or relaxing in the hammock...

The Skin of Water by Greg Johnston - Book Review

Price: $3.08 USD Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language: English ASIN: B0071511GO The Skin of Water by Greg Johnston is set against the fascinating historical backdrop of War Time affected Hungary. It is a truly wonderful, absorbing, and entrancing...

STEPFORD, USA - A Mystery By Lada Ray - Book Review

Book review by J.J.Collins This first instalment by Author - Lada Ray introduces us to brilliant investigative journalist - Jade Snow. Jade Snow we learn, is a twenty eight year old all action investigative journalist used to dodging straying bullets in Afghanistan, before a...

Book review - The Hole Opportunity by James Minter

 Title: The Hole Opportunity by James MinterReview by J.J.Collins“The Hole Opportunity” by James Minter is an unexpected delight, providing a brilliant & hilarious take on the changes to modern farmers’ lives and proving that true, well written classic...

a list of movies and books

i ran into a pretty good list of 'top 100 sci-fis' online a few days ago.. It inspired me to make this list of books and movies i really love :) i'll try my best to rank them first to last but cannot guarantee that order will be permanent 'in my heart' ;) [he] A Wizard of...

The Case of Maltin’s Movie Guides: The Expert and the Crowd

Maltin, Leonard - Leonard Maltin’s 2011 Movie Guide – New-York and London – Penguin Group (Plume Books) Maltin, Leonard - Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide – 2nd Edition (2010) - New-York and London – Penguin Group (Plume Books) In an age of crowdsourcing...

Harry Potter Fan? Move Into Author Jk Rowling's Home!

With the recent release of the final movie of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry Potter fanatics may be interested in learning that the childhood home of the incredible author of...

Entertaining the Masses in Developing, Poor Countries

The cramped offices of Toper, Macedonia’s leading publisher of reference works, are a shrine to the book. Thickset tomes – mainly translations from the English – are strewn everywhere. The proud owners show us their latest crop: two beautifully bound, quality paper...

Daniel Craig Talks "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"

It's not due in theaters until December 21st, and already "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is getting plenty of buzz. Star Daniel Craig recently gave an interview in which he conveyed his excitement over the flick and teased a bit about the subject matter. Craig...

Can an author turn into one of their characters?

Did you know that authors can sometimes live through their characters? In this video novelist, Sylvia Massara, talks about turning into Cat Ryan, her protagonist in her latest romantic comedy "Like...

Obama busts publishing trend

While books and intellectual content sales trend downward, the Obama’s are cranked up. Somebody has to pay taxes in this country. " “Obama made $1.7 million in 2010 By Perry Bacon Jr. President may be Barack...

Print Books (p-books) and Electronic Books (e-books)

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The first-ever print runs were tiny by our standards and costly by any standard. Gutenberg produced fewer than 200 copies of his eponymous and awe-inspiring Bible and died a broken and insolvent man. ...

Can you solve a murder with "acoustic" clues?

Sylvia Massara, novelist and host of the popular literary show, The Lit Chick Show, features mystery author Patricia Rockwell and her book "The Sounds of Murder". This is the first of a series of “Pamela...

The Lit Chick Show is Horrrrrrrrific!!!

In this latest edition of The Lit Chick Show, host Sylvia Massara features author, S.D. Hintz, a writer of horror novels and short stories, some of which have won awards. S.D. also runs his own publishing company. In this interview, S.D. discusses his latest novel,...

Lit Chick Show kicks off for 2011!

Hello and welcome to 2011! This year I am happy to say that the show has a great line up of exciting authors, so be sure to tune into the show. We kick off the New Year with this interview with Tonya...

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