http://workingtitlez.com Book Publishing News and Resources for Authors Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://workingtitlez.com/2009/01/21/a-book-about-books/ http://workingtitlez.com/2009/01/21/a-book-about-books/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:35:42 +0000 admin http://carolynhayesuber.wordpress.com/?p=757 Books about books are a category I didn’t even know existed until my colleague Geoff Schumacher, a true bibliophile, introduced me. Currently I’m reading Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry, of Lonesome Dove fame. His life in the book world is fascinating and who knew he has owned Booked Up one of the biggest used and rare bookstores in the country (300,000 books) in the unlikely location of Archer City, Texas for thirty years. A rare interview with McMurtry in the Houston Chronicle reveals his concerns for readers in a world of technological gadgets taking the place of a good book.

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