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Outside the Jacob Javits Convention Center, it was another scorching day in Manhattan. Inside, an estimated 36,000 editors, booksellers, authors, journalists, and publicists would soon be commingling. Welcome to Book Expo America, the publishing industry's annual romp, where the written word is the most desirable commodity on earth.

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James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and ...

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  • Avg rating: (+3/-0 3)coreyspring
    coreyspring
    June 12, 2007, 2:39 a.m.

    I like the Colbert cardboard cutout; I'm looking forward to his tongue-in-cheek book coming out in October

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_America

    • Avg rating: (+3/-0 3)WCFIELDS
      WCFIELDS
      June 12, 2007, 10:03 p.m.

      I can read books pretty good. Sometimes my finger gets ink on it though.

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