Comments on: Victory for T. Mercer! http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/ "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself." Franz Kafka Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Dave Lull http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Dave Lull Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:51:14 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=831#comment-1272 The Kindle Chronicles TKC 86 Elif Batuman "Interview - Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, found herself in the midst of a Kindle Kerfuffle which she handled gracefully on her blog. In this interview recorded on March 8, 2010, she talks about literature, reading on her Kindle, and what it was like to have pre-orders on her book blocked during the Amazon v. Macmillan showdown." Begins at about 11:34. http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/2010/03/11/tkc-86-elif-batuman/ The Kindle Chronicles
TKC 86 Elif Batuman

“Interview – Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, found herself in the midst of a Kindle Kerfuffle which she handled gracefully on her blog. In this interview recorded on March 8, 2010, she talks about literature, reading on her Kindle, and what it was like to have pre-orders on her book blocked during the Amazon v. Macmillan showdown.”

Begins at about 11:34.

http://www.thekindlechronicles.com/2010/03/11/tkc-86-elif-batuman/

]]> By: Kenny http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Kenny Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:30:58 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=831#comment-1243 I imagine that your cat spilled water on a nicely printed, English-language edition of the Brothers K.? Because if water had come in contact with the respective volume from the PSS, the paper would have not survived at all. I know this kind of thing from personal experience. (When I was doing research for my MA thesis, some pages from the green volume for the Diary of the Writer fell out as I was reading). For all of Russia's claims to be the book culture of all literate nations, many Russian books today and almost all books manufactured in the Soviet Union use extremely poor, high acid content paper and substandard bindings. I imagine that your cat spilled water on a nicely printed, English-language edition of the Brothers K.? Because if water had come in contact with the respective volume from the PSS, the paper would have not survived at all. I know this kind of thing from personal experience. (When I was doing research for my MA thesis, some pages from the green volume for the Diary of the Writer fell out as I was reading). For all of Russia’s claims to be the book culture of all literate nations, many Russian books today and almost all books manufactured in the Soviet Union use extremely poor, high acid content paper and substandard bindings.

]]> By: Elif http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Elif Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:14:58 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=831#comment-1230 Yes, one of the main reasons I decided to become a D-list writer instead of a gold-medal-winning Olympic hockey player is that there is no international scandal if I smoke cigars, drink beer, and sip champagne after all my readings. Yes, one of the main reasons I decided to become a D-list writer instead of a gold-medal-winning Olympic hockey player is that there is no international scandal if I smoke cigars, drink beer, and sip champagne after all my readings.

]]> By: Michael Fay http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Michael Fay Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:26:03 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=831#comment-1227 Happy to see our Canadian curling lovely in the blog entry, with her fierce eyes as she launches the big gray rock. The hockey lovlies caused an international incident by smoking cigars, drinking beer, and sipping champaigne on the ice after winning their gold. And the country stood still when our young hero scored against the Yanks in overtime to take the gold. And guess what? The next winter Games are in Russia. I think you've got to cover that frolic in the snow! Already Putin is demanding medals, medals, medals. Happy to see our Canadian curling lovely in the blog entry, with her fierce eyes as she launches the big gray rock. The hockey lovlies caused an international incident by smoking cigars, drinking beer, and sipping champaigne on the ice after winning their gold. And the country stood still when our young hero scored against the Yanks in overtime to take the gold. And guess what? The next winter Games are in Russia. I think you’ve got to cover that frolic in the snow! Already Putin is demanding medals, medals, medals.

]]> By: T.Mercer http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/03/06/victory-for-t-mercer/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 T.Mercer Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:56:19 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=831#comment-1226 What a lovely surprise, but I hope you'll forgive me for my suspicion of victories won on March 6, which also happens to be the date of the fall of the Alamo 174 years ago. Rather than ponder what electronic books, your novel, Russian literature, and the Texas Revolution might have to do with one another, I think I'd rather just buy your book and give it a read, which is what I had hoped to do all along! Remember the Alamo! What a lovely surprise, but I hope you’ll forgive me for my suspicion of victories won on March 6, which also happens to be the date of the fall of the Alamo 174 years ago.

Rather than ponder what electronic books, your novel, Russian literature, and the Texas Revolution might have to do with one another, I think I’d rather just buy your book and give it a read, which is what I had hoped to do all along!

Remember the Alamo!

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