Tao Lin Lands $50K Deal with Random House

Tao Lin, author of the novel Richard Yates, announced on his blog yesterday that he's signed a deal with Random House for his next novel, Taipei, Taiwan. The New York Observer broke the news that the novel sold for $50,000 (!!!) According to GalleyCat, the novel will be a short one - between fifty and … Continue reading Tao Lin Lands $50K Deal with Random House →

As the Book World Turns…..

~Amazon, in a maneuver to avoid paying sales tax in the state of Texas, a state in which is has a physical presence and to which it would owe $269 million dollars according to Comptroller Combs if it were to cough up unpaid sales tax, offered the state government a deal by which it would … Continue reading As the Book World Turns….. →