Overview of ‘The Solomon Scandals’ novel—a trade paperback from Twilight Times Books
Ever wonder why our politicians, business leaders, and media figures so often disappoint us, and what happens after the scandals?
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.
Truman and the ‘Get a dog’ quote—or nonquote
Did Harry Truman really say, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”? Or maybe “buy a dog”?
Well-stocked national digital library systems, please, Mr. Clinton—not a ‘Ministry of Truth’ or other police agency
Scam artists and worse infest the Internet. But the Net also brims with honest expressions of political opinion. Yes, I
‘Tabloid City’ vs. ‘The Solomon Scandals’: A quick, friendly comparison between Pete Hamill’s newspaper novel and mine
Pete Hamill is out with Tabloid City, a New York newspaper novel commanding its share of pixels, column inches and
‘Hillary Clinton deemed too sexy for Jewish newspaper’—so it zaps her from White House photo
Actually, any woman would have been too sexy in this case. In line with its no-females-in-photos rule, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish
E-trends and other fun for book people to mull over: A mix of reckless and not-so-reckless predictions
Note: This is an expanded version of my talk to the Washington Biography Group on Monday at Washington International School.
Osama bin Laden’s death is a military triumph, all right—but how secure are we if dumbed-down U.S. high school students think ‘Al’ Qaeda is a person?
Almost to the day, 66 years ago, on April 28, 1045, Mussolini’s enemies shot him and kicked and spat on
Writer’s tiny N.Y.C. apartment: Comfy or scary? I say it’s a mix. Time for Felice Cohen to try e-books as a space-saver?
";” alt=””> Felice Cohen is happy here. I’m not sure if I’d be, although I envy her ability as an
PressJack gives ‘Solomon Scandals’ blog a Flipboard magazine-style look in your browser: No iPad needed
Check out the resultant experience for yourself. More info on PressJack is here and here, and, yes, it will also
David Rothman at Large 