Jack McKeown

Ex-CEO Perseus Books; Director Verso Digital and Publishing Entrepreneur at large

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@MollyJongFast Read your critique of WHITE. I published both your mum and Brett BTW. Your are dead right. Consider it chaos theory.

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@maggieNYT Please look into zero absentee ballots mailed in Suffolk US 1 due to Republican lawsuit. Total news blackout about this.

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@maddow Rachel please investigate zero absentee ballots printed or mailed in NY 1st congressional district.

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@hardball Chris: Just discovered we share LaSalle and Gerald Tremblay. He changed my life (class of '70). So pleased we have a connection beyond politics. Shanti, shanti, shanti. @bookateur

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Coolest unexpected BEA moment: stumbling upon Ky-Mani Marley playing acoustic "Crazy Baldheads" in honor of his dad.

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Thanks one & all for helping hoist the Bks & Bks Westhampton banner at BEA. Best show ever for this old publishing dog.

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@glecharles: Brand new survey completed in April 2010. New data on indie mindshare v. marketshare, ebook usage, etc.

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Really? Bks & BKs model is under CONSTRUCTION. RT @PublishersLunch: Riggio admits "The store model is under pressure" http://bit.ly/cKpWbY

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Riggios on PubIt and self-pub authors: "Hey, since they hog all the chairs in our superstores, we decided to make some easy money off 'em."

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Yahoo's Assoc. Content to include pertinent pieces like "how to brush teeth more effectively." @http://bit.ly/ceW47J Be still my heart.

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@yrstrulyREL --You must , less someone lock me out, in the dark, food for the virals!

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Shoes still covered in sheetrock dust but already booking authors for Books & Books Westhampton. Yikes!

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Thanks one and all for the generous outpouring of support as we launch Books & Books Westhampton. See you at BEA!

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Read the fine print and pass the grain of salt. BCG tablet survey (@http://bit.ly/bWLN5M ) based on < IK consumers per country, inc. US

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RT @DBerthiaume: Remembering Kent State: May 4, 1970. [Seared into memory: photo of Mary Vecchio kneeling over Jeff Miller's body]

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Happy face Venn diagram T-shirts for BEA: "I escaped the Crown reorg kill zone.

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Carl Hiassen upcoming STAR ISLAND features SoBe hermit/ ex-gov of FL. @bookateur to audition for film role.

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Congrats to Seattle's Elliott Bay opening in new location @http://bit.ly/9oTS9v. Sending good vibes in yr general direction.

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Bezos security costs top $1.7 million (WSJ @http://bit.ly/d0nyaF) as crazed zombie indie booksellers invade Seattle.

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@yrstrulyREL Try Cowboy Junkies' cover of same-- unleashes song's lyrical power , replete with rugged (Cale-loving) guitar solo.