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  Publishing Spotted: Fake Lust, Real Love and Comic Advice

  http://www.thepublishingspot.com/2008/05/publishing_spotted_...
  3 days ago in ThePublishingSpot - About publishing, publishers and authors · Authority: 86

  From the imaginary libraries of Jorge Luis Borges to the books-inside-of-books that obsess Paul Auster's heroes--I've always loved imaginary texts inside fictional worlds. Novelist Chuck Palahuniuk's book trailer takes literary fakery into low-brow history--introducing a fake porno movie that features fictional characters from his book. The greasy porn stars that populate his novel get full porno treatment--complete with bad special effects, horrible audio and a cheesy soundtrack. The trailer isn't exactly safe for work, but it raises the question--what would Borges do if he had a book trailer? If that trailer isn't your cup of tea, you still have to check out the award-winning book review section at Truthdig. Novelist and blogger Mark Sarvas pointed us towards the no-nonsense, well-edited reviews have given me a week's worth of new reading. It's real book love. Finally, comics editor and mediabistro scribe Danny Fingeroth has collected six years worth of comic book writing advice in a single tome--Best of Write Now. Don't forget to check out our interview with comic strip writer Woody Wilson. (Thanks to the good folks at GalleyCat for the link.)

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