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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.
July 19, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

AdWords finally working

Update, 7:51 a.m., July 20: The AdWords gods have sent me other notes recommending Amazon-style features but for now are

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July 18, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

More on AdWords’ nitpicking

Update, 5:53 p.m.: I’ve just heard from Google’s Alan Davidson and will not be calling the FTC tomorrow. As a

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July 18, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ movie on real estate hell: ‘Coffee’s for closers’ and ‘Only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.’

";” alt=””>   Not everyone in real estate or construction is Washington-smooth like Sy Solomon. Thanks to my friend Court

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July 16, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

Ah, yes! To the Flemish Cap, Speaker Boehner!

";” alt=””> Film as perfect budget-crisis metaphor? As generic rhetoric, some in Washington may talk of  a “perfect storm” of

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June 28, 2011 Building collapses / Media / Publicity / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

How to ‘Scandalize’ your book group—either the online or in-person kind

The Solomon Scandals is fiction—a mix of suspense, tragedy and satire—but more than a little history lurks within in it.

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June 24, 2011 Uncategorized

Whitey Bulger: The mobster as an avid reader and history buff

“He would fit in well here.” – Chronicle of Higher Education commenter quoting a CNN report on just-captured mobster Whitey

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June 14, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

Tony, please stay in Congress—you’re good for ‘Scandals’ sales

Like almost all other novels by unknowns, The Solomon Scandals has faced its challenges, but now my book has a

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June 4, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

The John Edwards campaign finance indictment: Should my almost-neighbor go to jail?

From ABC News Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a multimillionaire benefactor of John Edwards, slipped him hundreds of thousands of dollars without

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June 3, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Media / Washington area life

‘Conde Nast Maidens’ vs. grubby defense workers as terrorist bait

Terrorists must love the Quarter Pentagon, aka BRAC-133, just off I-395 here in Alexandria, Virginia. We’re talking about 6,400 defense

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