Simon & Schuster Publishers has teamed up with Media Predict; called Project Publish, the initiative allows virtual traders to bet on which book proposal will ultimately get the green light...An interesting departure from the usual system of editors selecting which books to launch. S&S's team will select the grand prize winner among the top scorers, and that author will land the book deal (via The New York Times).

Really, book publishing industry? "American Idol" tactics?

I guess it's the inevitable next step after The New York Times called you out on not being able to predict your own bestsellers (via Bookninja). Ouch.

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Zooba's got the newest from Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. The New York Times calls The Yiddish Policemen's Union "a gripping murder mystery and one of the most appealing detective heroes to come along since Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe." (Whoa!)

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Zooba's got the latest from bestselling author Elmore Leonard, Up In Honey's Room. This is a much better book name than his working title, Hitler's Birthday. (via ElmoreLeonard.com)

Check out a review, and get it now from Zooba.

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-It's White House Press Secretary lit: Ari Fleischer got a book deal, now Scott McClellan's inked his own. Tony Snow, care to comment? (via GalleyCat)

-May is Get Caught Reading Month, promoted with posters of celebrities with books. The only poster out of stock? Rosie O'Donnell's. (via Book Patrol)

-Oh, snap. Are blogs salting book reviewers' game? (via The New York Times)

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It seems like just yesterday that ex-CIA Director George Tenet was struggling with his manuscript deadline. The book is out now, and Wonkette has already weighed in.

Get it now from Zooba, and let us know what you think...

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