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Odds & Ends On The Web: April 21st Edition

4/21/2012

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E. L. James and her erotic Twilight fanfic are continuing to take over the world, um, we mean minds and fantasies of Twilight moms. 50 Shades trilogy is not only selling thousands and thousand of copies, but is also causing a sales spike in sex shops. This, apparently, qualifies E. L. James to become one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012. New blogger Vinaya has an opinion about this.  Seeing the popularity of these books, we are inclined to predict erotica becomes the next big thing in publishing. Twilight moms have huge buying power.

More qualified people over at Pub(lishing) Crawl are speculating about the next big trend in YA. They think thrillers a la The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will make a splash. Would you agree?

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In more serious news, Pulitzer Prize for fiction is awarded to... NOBODY. We, Readventurers, do not claim to be particularly invested in this literary award, we are mostly YA/genre fiction gals, but we think Guardian has a point arguing that Pulitzer needs to put more effort into compiling its shortlist to avoid this faux pas in future.

More "serious book news." Ever wondered how your favorite classic would sound in a slang? Wonder no more. Our favorite is A Tale of Two Cities in surfer lingo. 

Or, have you ever wanted to insert yourself into one of your favorite classic novels? For $24.95, the customized book company U Star Novels will reprint a paperback edition of a classic novel starring you and your friends as the main characters. Hm, will Pride and Prejudice will have the same effect if there is Tatiana (or Flannery) instead of Lizzie? Catie of Green Gables sounds good though.

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Or, have you ever been interested why some famous writers chose to write under pseudonyms? Some odd stories here.

In the ever exciting world of self-publishing, a self-publishing author is all rage because professional publications dare to write scathing reviews in a way that prevents self-pubbers from cutting anything out of them that sounds remotely positive. Jane over at Dear Author chimes in.

On the other hand, one of Flannery's favorite self-published authors Andrea K. Höst gives us some great recommendations of more or less obscure fantasy and sci-fi titles that sounds like many of us would enjoy.

That's all for now. See you next week!

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kelly link
4/21/2012 12:42:02 am

The comments on the pub crawl article were interesting -- particularly the one about whether "The Game of Thrones" would see the trickle down effect. I think it already has. There are at least two I can think of coming out soon: "Falling Kingdoms" out of Razorbill and "Throne of Glass" out of Bloomsbury (and I'm sure there are more coming).

Sort of seems like "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" as a trickle down trend might have already passed. Sure there have been some thrillers that have come out lately, but I don't think in any more abundance than in the past. And I think it'd have been a quicker turnaround in the way Martin's books/television adaptation have produced a number of YA titles.

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Tatiana (The Readventurer) link
4/21/2012 12:50:38 am

Right now, for the rest of the year I am only seeing futuristic/SF types of thrillers, not so much real life ones, like "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Maybe it's going to happen next year.

I like your point about "Game of Throne." You might be right. There've been a few Graceling-alikes, maybe a few more complex YA titles are in the works now.

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Maggie, Young Adult Anonymous link
4/21/2012 11:36:11 am

Dude, A Tale of Two Cities is totally tubular. Haha. I would totally read Pirate Moby Dick though.

Great links again, ladies!

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Audrey link
4/21/2012 01:29:46 pm

BAHAHAH 1984 in textspeak!! too funny!! thanks for the links! :)

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Rachel B
4/22/2012 11:10:48 am

Never doubt the buying power of a Twi Mom! Haha! As for stories al la Girl with the Dragon Tattoo being popular, when were they not? Who doesn't like a kick-ass heroine. Great post with lots of interesting tidbits! :)

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