http://blog.bythebookwise.com I write your book in two days Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:25:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Podcasts are a new one for me, I must admit. It is a blog post that is read to you. You can hear news shows, radio talk shows, or now being introduced, entire books.  Authors such as Scott Sigler http://www.scottsigler.com/ are reading a novel in chapters, similar to what was done in earlier times on the ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/the-latest-way-to-publish-a-book-is-reading-it-on-podcast-it-can-boost-readership-junkies-and-entice-publishers/ Increasingly, more information is coming out about over-the-counter eye drops that may  prevent and cure cataracts, according to Russian and American researchers. The drops say nothing about cataracts on box, but contain 1 percent N-Acetyl Carnosine (NAC).  The drops are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for this use. Most recently, according to Popular ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/there-may-be-hope-with-eye-drops-for-millions-of-people-suffering-from-cataracts/ Although the usual article on http://www. blog.bythebookwise.com has to do with books or reading in the news, this will be somewhat of a digression due to the recent state of affairs in Connecticut that was recently reported in the news. This article was disturbing enough that allowances had to be ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/no-child-left-behind-teaching-students-to-cheat/ Movies always do it.  Produce prequels and sequels, that is.  There's always part one and part two and part three, and.... Or, as with "Star Wars," the newer movie went back in time. What about book classics? What about Anne of Green Gables?  To celebrate the centennial of Lucy Maud Montgomery's 1908 original novel, Penguin ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/prequels-and-sequels-should-books-be-left-alone/ My phone rang today and it was the office of  the office of Congressman Tom Cole, (R) Oklahoma, chairman of National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) . I was being nominated for the Congressional Order of Merit for my outstanding work as a small business person.  Being a public relations and ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/wow-i-joined-1000s-of-people-called-for-congressional-order-of-merit/ It's easy to see how the United States is becoming more diverse and the books much wider in their subject area. The winners of this year's National Book Critics Circle are Dominican American Junot Diaz, who took the fiction prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and Harriet A. ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/congratulations-to-national-book-critics-circle-winners/ Here we go again. This time, the book was not even on the market for a week before it was announced that the author, Margaret B. Jones, lied about her name and her life. Instead of being a half-Native American raised by a black foster mother, the author grew up in the San ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/another-fake-love-and-consequences/ Remember how Oprah's "Suggested Reading" and "Bestseller" A Million Little Pieces by James Frey turned out to be fabricated? It's happened again with a Halocaust memoir, of all topics. How does a reader know that a memoir is true, or does it matter if it is entertaining and interesting? All memoirs have some ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/are-faked-memoirs-becoming-a-trend/ The British trade magazine, The Bookseller, is waiting for your vote for the Diagram Prize that honors the world’s oddest book title. You can cast your vote at www.thebookseller.com for one of these six final entries, which were submitted by publishers, bookstore employees and librarians worldwide. The nominees are:  I Was Tortured by the Pygmy Love Queen by ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/whats-the-weirdest-book-title-cast-your-vote/ In snowy, cold Vermont, if Northshire Bookstore does not have the book a reader wants to snuggle with in bed, then it's possible to try out the Espresso Book Machine (EBM). This bookstore became the fifth location worldwide and the only commercial location to have this print-on-demand machine.  The bookstore is testing it out and will provide ... http://blog.bythebookwise.com/books-printed-on-demand-fifth-kiosk-up-and-live/