Bookish: Some Lean Toward Darkness (8#) -

Reed BI has sold its Publishers Weekly to PWxyz LLC, a new company formed by George Slowik Jr, who is a former executive publisher there and, more recently, held the position of publisher at The American Prospect. They plan to expand the publication's online footprint.

# Impatient fans of Stieg Larsson
are ordering his latest book from overseas.

# All about Noir: You can add Orange County
California to your Noir collection, if you have one.

:: Megan Abott's ode to LA as the omphalos of Noir.

:: There is Faux Noir, too.

# Mike Ripley's latest column for Shots Magazine.

# New aggregators for Media
research shared by Kevin Anderson.

# In the mood to exercise some writing muscles? There's a Spring Flash Fiction Challenge you could try. Entries must be in by May 1.

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