February 7, 2005

When they say "minor," remember that in the UK, "minor" is the new "major" . .

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The Guardian notes that its “three years on” since Jessa Crispin started Bookslut.com and now “she is a minor celebrity,” so they asked her provide a diary of a week in the life. In her report, Crispin explains, “I started this website specifically in the hope that publishers would send me free books, but some days it’s only self-published books with a lot of questionable punctuation. One book came with a mis-spelt, handwritten letter from the author including the statement that ‘Murakami Haruki’ is his favourite author.”

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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