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Author: David Rothman

David Rothman is the founder and publisher of the TeleRead e-book site and cofounder of LibraryEndowment.org. He is also author of Drone Child: A Novel of War, Family, and Survival. Other books are The Solomon Scandals novel and six tech-related books on topics ranging from the Internet to laptops. Passionate on digital divide issues, he is now pushing for the creation of a national digital library endowment.
January 22, 2009 Media / Politicians

‘Watchdogs are dozing’ in D.C., say two Politico writers

The Solomon Scandals, begun 30 years ago on an ancient electric typewriter, is partly about unsavory ties between the press,

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January 13, 2009 Uncategorized

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David Rothman is reachable at davidrothman@pobox.com or 703-370-6540. He is available for signings and other activities. For media outside the United

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January 4, 2009 Future scandals

Mind-reading and Scandals’ ‘Reporting Chips’

http://www.cbs.com/thunder/swf30can10cbsnews/rcpHolderCbs-3-4×3.swf Watch CBS Videos Online The Solomon Scandals is a time-warpy kind of novel. Most of the plot unfolds in

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December 21, 2008 Buying info

‘Solomon Scandals’ goes on sale now as e-book; January delivery in trade paperback

Psst! Advance promo copies of The Solomon Scandals are on sale now in e-book format (retail $5.95 USD). Twilight Times

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December 21, 2008 The Solomon Scandals

Corrections: Any to add to our list for the next printing?

Whoops. Ford Maverick automobiles existed in 1969, but the first model year was 1970. Salary figures on Pages 115-116 of

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December 20, 2008 Uncategorized

Deep Throat is dead—and so are the old rules of investigative journalism

Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, the whistleblower in the FBI who blew open much of the Watergate scandal for the

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December 20, 2008 Uncategorized

From Philip Roth to Agatha Christie and Arthur Clarke: BBC’s treasure trove of audio interviews

Here’s some inspiration for me or other writers aiming for radio exposure. I can’t recall where I ran across it—a

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December 20, 2008 Uncategorized

‘The impotence of proofreading’ (found on YouTube)

December 20, 2008 Building collapses

Crooked politicians mean tumbling buildings—in countries from Egypt to China, not just U.S.

In The Solomon Scandals, my Washington newspaper novel, hundreds of IRS and CIA bureaucrats die in the collapse of a

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